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arum: the hood or spathe is twisted at the bottom, but spreads open 

 at the top, and is of a pure white colour. In the centre of this is 

 situated the spadix or club, which is of an herbaceous yellow colour, 

 upon which the small herbaceous flowers are closely placed; it is 

 only about half the length of the spathe; it is succeeded by roundish 

 red berries. It is a native of the Cape. 



Culture. This plant is readily increased by offsets from the root, 

 which should be separated in the autumn, and planted out singly in 

 pots of light earth, where they become full plants the following year. 

 The plants may be kept in the full air during the summer, but dur- 

 ing the winter should have the protection of the green-house or a 

 garden-frame. 



These plants, from the singularity of their growth, and their being 

 constantly furnished with leaves, have an agreeable effect, and pro- 

 duce much variety among other potted plants. 



2. CORONILLA EMERIS. 



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SCORPION SENNA. 



THIS genus comprises plants of the evergreen and deciduous 

 shrubby kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Diadelphia Decandria, and ranks 

 in the natural order of Papilionacea. 



The characters are: that the calyx is a simple umbellule: pe- 

 rianth one-leafed, very short, compressed, bifid, erect; the three 

 inferior teeth smaller; the two superior conjoined; permanent: the 

 corolla papilionaceous : standard heart-shaped, reflected on all sides, 

 scarce longer than the wings: wings ovate, converging at top, gaping 

 at bottom, obtuse: keel compressed, acuminate, ascending, usually 

 shorter than the wings: the stamina consist of diadelphous filaments 

 (single and nine-cleft), ascending at almost a right angle, the tips 

 widish; anthers simple, small: the pistillum is a columnar, oblong 



