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nitties of the branches : they are produced single, 

 bciwccn two leaves, and arc ^\ hite : the leaf- 

 lets are oval on the racemes, and from the axil 

 of each proceeds a solitan,' |)edicellcd flower : 

 the calvs is covered at the base with two ovate 

 leaflets : the anthers are oblon-r, bilid, and awn- 

 Icss. It is a native ot Swecien. It ailects a 

 mossv soil. 



There are varieties with oval leaves, with 

 globe flowers. 



In the tenth species the stem is arboreous, 

 with vimineous, subtlexuose, round, smooth, 

 leafv branches, flower-bearing at the end. The 

 leaves perennial, alternate, pctioled, from erect 

 spreading, with the edges a little rolled back ; 

 the upper sunace smooth, with two longitudinal 

 vessels parallel to the nerve, giving it the ap- 

 pearance of being three-nerved ; the low er 

 whitish, with a stout reddish nerve, reticulalely 

 veined; the pc-lioLs channelled, and smooth: 

 the racemes subpanielcd and ternnnating : thepe- 

 dicels all directid the sanie way, alternate, sim- 

 ple, short, apgnlar, without bractes ; w hen 

 llower-bcaring they nod, but when in fruit they 

 are from erect spreading : the caivx five-cleft 

 bevond the middle, wrinkled, fleshy, smooth, 

 sometinicj ciliate ; the cleft* deltoid, bluntish, 

 slightly keeled. The corolla thrice the length 

 of the calvx, ovate-cylindrical; clefts small, 

 roundish, blunt, and a little turned back : the 

 filaments bent, villose, dilated at the base : 

 anthers upright, oblong, awnless, two-celled, 

 openinc at the top in two pores, gibbous at 

 the base : the germ obscurely tive-lobed, and 

 smooth : the style aImo<t the length of the 

 corolla, straight, subquinquangular : the stigma 

 blunt, with live papillose gland.<; : the capsule 

 woodv, smooth, oblong : the valves concave 

 outwardly, inwardly bearing a partition from 

 the middle: the seeds numerous, small, and 

 oblong. It is a native of the island of IMau- 

 ritius. 



In the eleventh the stem is shrubby ; w ith 

 round, smooth, leafy branches, flower-hearing 

 at top. The leaves perennial, scattered, spread- 

 ing, blunt, a little rolled back at the edge, t)right 

 green and smooth above ; beneath whitish, reti- 

 culately-veined, with a stout midrib : the jie- 

 tioles short, channelled, and wrinkled : the 

 racemes towards the top of the twigs axillary, 

 scarcely ternnnating, straight, simple, angular, 

 slightly pubescent, without bractes, when in 

 flower nodd.ng a little, when in fruit from erect 

 spreading : the flowers in every re-pect similar 

 to those of the former, except that the calyxes 

 are more ciliate, and the segments of the corollas 

 erect. The unripe fruit is slightly pubescent, 

 but the strxictnre is the same as in the above. 



These two species scarcely differ in tfieir fructi- 

 fication : the strvieturc of their leaves is also the 

 same, and thev are only distinguished by th<' 

 form (if their leaves ; this having none of those 

 lines parallel to the midrib which are so con- 

 spicuous in the other species. It is a native of 

 the isle of i'ourbon. 



Ctilline. — These plants are capable of being 

 raised or propagated in ditVerent way-;; as by 

 seeds, bv lavers^ and by their creeping roots. 

 Thev all delight in a rather moist bogg)- soil. 



Ill the sorts that are raised by seeds, which 

 are those brought from America, they should be 

 sown on a mofst bed of earih in the spring sea- 

 son, and care taken to keep them clean from 

 weeds, and the ground in a suthcient state of 

 n)oi>ture till they are come up. 



In raising them by layers, the autumn is the 

 best season for performiiiii the business, a rather 

 boggy shaded situation l)cing chosen for the 

 purpose. 'I he most tender shoots are the 

 properest for being laid dow n. 



In increasing ihem by the roots, which may 

 be done in all the shrubby sorts, after the suckers 

 are come up and pretty well irrown, ihcy should 

 be taken oft' w ith as many liLres to the roots as 

 possible, and planted out in the situations where 

 thev are intended lo remain, as they do not suc- 

 ceed well when often removed. 'lire early pari 

 of the autumn is the best time for the purpose. 



The first sort is tender, requiring to be pro- 

 tected from frost in the winter season ; it should 

 therefore be kept in the green-house with a 

 tolerable degree of heal. It also requires nuicli 

 moisture in the summer season. 



The other species may be admitted in shrub- 

 beries, clumps, and other places, for the purpose 

 ot alTording variety and ornament. They suc- 

 ceed best wlicn the soil inclines to the boggy 

 kind, or where the land is not too dry in the 

 sunniier. 



'llie two last species are very beautiful 

 plant-;. 



AXDKVALA, a genus comprising plants of 

 the hardv annual, and green-house kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Si/iigrricfia 

 Pohjiiam'ia cctjiflh, and ranks in ih'e natural 

 oi<ler of Cowfuisitfe Sfiiiiflosciilo'iev. 



The characters of w Inch are : that the calvx 

 is common, many -pained, short, roundid inu! 

 villose; the scales very many, siib-equal, subu- 

 late, in a double row ; the corolla is compound, 

 imbricale, and uniform: the corollules are her- 

 maphrodite, numerous and equal ; each ligu- 

 late, linear, truncate, and live-tooihed ; the sta- 

 mina consist of live capillary llhments, very 

 short : the anther cylindrical and tubulose : the 

 pistillum consists of an ovale germ : ll.e slylr 



