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axillary, a foot or more in length, and reflex. 

 The corollas fine blue. It is a native of Spain, 

 &c. 



The third seldom ri^es a foot in height whena 

 the soil is ^ood ; and where it is poor not more 

 than half inat iieight. Its flowers grow in loose 

 spikes upon a smooth sialk. It is perennial, 

 flowers earlv, and is a native of Norili America. 

 The fourth s|>ecies has the stems at the sides 

 of the erown of the root, hispid. The leaves 

 ovate, marked witli lines, petiolaie, and re- 

 mote. The pedmieles axillary ; w ith two brac- 

 tes, opposite, sessile, lanceolate-ovate, maiiy- 

 flowered : the corollas blue, with a short tube, 

 rather salver-shaped than Innnel-shapcd : the 

 calyx thick set with long, white, bristly hairs : 

 the segments rather longer than the tube of the 

 corolla : the germs imbedded in a hollow, glan- 

 dular receptacle, one or two generally abor- 

 tive : the seeds rough, of a bonv hardness. It is 

 found native in Spain and Italy. 



Cullure. — All the sorts may be propagated by 

 the roots, care being taken to plant them on 

 such soils as are pretiv dry. They are likewise 

 capable of being raised by sowing the seeds in 

 the autunuial season upon beds of sandy earth, 

 and in the following spring removing the plants 

 that are suflieiently strong, and settini; them out 

 in beds two feet apart, water being occasionally 

 given. They also all come up well from liie 

 self-sown seed. 'J'hey may be made use of for 

 t!ie purpose of ornament, where a great variety 

 of easy cuhivaled ])laiits are wanted, though they 

 possess but little 'ocauty. 



ANDRACHNK, a genus comprehending 

 plants of the herbaceous and shrubby exotic 

 kinds. 



It belongs to t!ie class and order J^Iunwcia 

 Gynandnu, and ranks in the natural order 

 Tricdccen. 



The characters of which are : that it has male 

 and female flowers : in the former the ealvx is 

 a five-leaved, equal, mareescenl perianthium : 

 the corolla ha-: five pet.ds, emarginate, slender, 

 and sh(uier than the calvx ; the nectary has 

 live leaflets, semibifitl, herbaceous, one within 

 each petal, and less than it : tho stamina have 

 five filaments, small, in'^erted into the rudiment 

 of each style, and simple anthers: in the latter 

 the calyx is a five-leaved, equal, permanent pe- 

 rianthium : the corolla has no petals : the nectary 

 as i:i the male ; the pisiiilum is a gtrm superior 

 and globose : the styles three, filiform, and two 

 parted : the stigmas globose : the pericarplum is 

 a capsule, globose-Trilobate, three-celled, cells 

 bivalved, of the size of the calyx : tlie seeds are 

 in pairs, rounded on one side, triangular and ob- 

 tuse on the other. 



TIjc species are : \. A. telcpho'tda, or Bas- 

 tard Orplime ; 2. A.J'ruticosa, or Slirubb\ An- 



draehne. 



The first is a low plant, wiiosc branches trail 

 on the ground. The haves are small, of an oval 

 shape, smooth, and of a sea-green colour. It 

 is found native m some parts of Italy, and the 

 Arehipelaiio. 



The second species rises twelve or fourteen 

 feet in heigiil : the branches have spjar- shaped, 

 pointed, smooth leaves, under which the pedun- 

 cles are produced : these are pretty long, and 

 hang downwards : tlie flowers are small, of an 

 herbaceous white colour, some ot which are 

 male, and others female ; but w hen the latter 

 are situated at loo great distance irom tiie for- 

 mer, there are rarely any seeds within their 

 covers, though they seem very lair to the sight. 

 It is a native of the East Indie.--. 



Cullure. — In the lirsl sort, which is annual, the 

 propagation is eflected by sowing the seeds on a 

 moderate hot-bed in March ; and, alter the plants 

 are suflicieutly high, transplantins them into 

 small pots, to 1)6 further brought lorward by an- 

 other very moderate hot-bed, full supplies of 

 fresh air being admitted in mild weather, and 

 occasional waterings. They produce Hov. eis in 

 .lune, and the seeds become ripe in September, 

 after which the plants decay. 



The second sort is capable of being raised 

 either by seeds or cuitinss ; but it iie a very ten- 

 der plant. The seeds may be sown in pot?, and 

 plunged into a bark hot-bed, watering them oc- 

 casionally as the mould becomes dry in the pots. 

 \V'h(n the plants are of sulTlcient growth, ihev 

 should be removed into separate pots, and 

 plunged into a baik bed, being shaded till they 

 have stricken fresh root ; free air being atier- 

 wards admitted, and the plants kept constantly 

 in the stove. 



In raising them bv enttinsrs, some of the 

 shoots should be selected, and placed in pots of 

 rii'h earth, then plun'j'ed in a hot-betl. After 

 they have tiken root they should be removed 

 into the bark-stove, where thev must remain. 



ANDKOMI'-DA, a genus comi)risiiig plants 

 of the tree and »hnil) kind, w hieh are mostly of 

 the hardy deciduous bushy sort. 



It belon<rs to the class and order Decandria 

 AIo?iOi;i/iiia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 BirnriK-i. 



The characters of which are : that the calyx 

 is a live-parted, acute, very small, coloured, and 

 permanent perianthium : the corolla is uioiio- 

 (fctalous, campanulate, and tjuiiuiueriil, clefts 

 reflex : the stainina have subulate lilametits, 

 shorter than the corolla, and scarcely fixed to it : 

 the anthers two-horned and nodding : ilir 

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