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terminating in long loose spikes. It is a nati\-e 

 of Jamaica, flowering in June anil ihi; following 

 month. 



There arc other species in this gtnus that may 

 be cultivated. 



Cutltire. — These plants, which arc of the an- 

 nua! sort, are raised bv secd«, whicli should be 

 so'.vn in pots of light eartli in the early spring, 

 being plunged in a moderate hot-bed ; and when 

 the plants arc of a few inches growth they should 

 be removed into separate pots, and re-plungcd 

 in the hot-bed. When ibev have attained suf- 

 ticicnt srrowth, they should either be removed to 

 the stove or be jilaeed in the green-house, or 

 even in the open air, during the hot summer 

 months while they are in flower; in any ol' 

 *hich they produce a good effect. 



CLETilRA, a genus containing a plant of the 

 liardy deciduous flowering shrubby kind. 



It belongs to tlie class and order Decavdrin 

 Monogy/iki, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Bkorius. 



The characters are: that the calvx is a one- 

 leafcJ, five-parted periantliium : leaflets ovate, 

 concav<?, erect, permanent: tlie corolla has live 

 petals, oblong, broader on the outside, from 

 erect spreading, a little longer than the calyx; 

 the upper one broadest: the stamina consist of 

 ten subulate filaments, the length of the corolla : 

 anthers oblong-erect, gaping at the lop: the 

 pistilluni a roundish germ : style filiform, erect, 

 permanent, increasing : stigma trifid : tlie peri- 

 carpium is a roundish capsule, invols-ed in the 

 calvx, three-celled, tfiree-valved: the seeds are 

 very many, angular. 



The only species is C. ahi'ifolia, Alder-leaved 

 Ciethra. 



In this the roots spread far on every side, and 

 send up many stems, from eight or ten to four- 

 teen feet high, which are covered with a grayish 

 bark, and divide into small round alternate 

 branches. The leaves are about three inches 

 long, and an inch and quarter broad in the mid- 

 dle ; thev are of a deep green on their upper 

 side, and of a whitish green underneath, alter- 

 nate, and on very short petioles. The flowers 

 arc on loose spikes from four or five inches to a 

 span long; the petals are white. They appear 

 in July, and, when the season is mild, some 

 spikes are produced in October. It is a native of 

 North America. 



Culture. — This is propagated either by seeds, 

 layers, or suckers. 



In the first mode the seeds, procured from 

 Anicrica, should be sown in pots of light earth, 

 And removed into the shade during suiumcr, and 



siieller in winter, as sometimes the planli do 

 not come up tdl the second spring alter ilu-y 

 liave been sown. 



The layers should be made from the young 

 shoots in autumn, and water given them the fol- 

 lowing sunmier; and in the autumn after, or 

 when well rooted, they siiould be taken off and 

 planted out in separate pots, or in places where 

 thev are to remain. 



'file suckers from '.he roots mav be removed in 

 the autunni or early spring months, fibres being 

 preserved to them as much as possible, being 

 planted out in pots or other places where they 

 are to remain. 



It is a very ornamental shrub, particularly 

 diirinfr the time of its bloom, but should have a 

 rather moist soil. 



CLIFFOHTIA, a genus furnishing plants of 

 the evergreen exotic shrubby kind for the green- 

 house. 



It belones to the class and order D'mrcla Po- 

 li/uuJria, and ranks in the natural order of 7'n- 

 locrrp. 



The characters are: that in the n'ale the calyx 

 is a three- leaved perianliiium : leaflets ovate, 

 acute, coriaceous, spreading, deciduous : there 

 is no corolla : the stamina have about thirty 

 capillary erect fiiaments, the length of the calyx : 

 anthers twin, oblong, obtuse, erect, compressed. 

 In the female the calyx is a three-leaved peri- 

 antliium, equal, erect, superior, permanent: 

 leaflets acute, lance;)!ate : tliere is no corolla : 

 the pistilluni is an oblong, inferior germ: styles 

 two, filiform, long, plumose: the stigmas are 

 simple: the pcriearpium is an oblong cbpsule, 

 nearlv columnar, two-celled, crowned with the 

 calvx: the seeds solitary, nearly columnar, li- 

 near. 



The species princip?.llv cultivated arc: 1. C. 

 Utcif'olia, liix-leaved Clitlonia; 0. C. trij'oli- 

 afo, Three-leaved Clifl'orlia. 



The first is a shrub with alternate declining 

 branches, clothed with truncated membranes and 

 stipules. The leaves are alternate, sheathing 

 very shortly at the base, roundish, havinir seven 

 or nine teeth terminated with s|)ines, spreading, 

 recurved at the end, flat, cartilaginous about the 

 edge, nerved, smooth, biennial, horizontalfy de- 

 ciduous, leaving a reddish permanent sheath. 

 The flowers are lateral, axillary, sessile, solitary, 

 of a greenish yellow colour. 



The second species has slender, woody, pro- 

 cumbent stems, silky w ith hairs, sending out 

 slender branches on every side. The leaves arc 

 sessile, hairv, the middle leadet much broader 

 than the two side ones, which are lanceolate. 

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