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Cape. This, with the 6th, 8th, 9th, 14th, and 19th species, 

 are raised by planting cuttings of the young shoots in the 

 summer, in pots filled with light mould, giving them a little 

 water and shade; or, which is better, plunging them into a 

 hot-bed, and covering them with hand-glasses. When they 

 are become firmly established in the autumn, they should be 

 carefully removed into separate pots, being replaced in the 

 hot-bed till re-rooted, after which they should have the 

 management of other shrubby green-house plants. 



5. Xeranthemum Spirale ; Spiral-leaved Xeranthemum. 

 Shrubby, erect : leaves sessile, lanceolate, tomentose, keeled 

 beneath, and spirally imbricate; branches one-flowered. 

 Native of the Cape. 



6. Xeranthemum Speciosissimum ; Golden Eternal Flower. 

 Shrubby, erect: leaves sessile, lanceolate-obovate, acute, 

 three-nerved, woolly, tomentose; branches one-flowered. 

 Native of the Cape. See the 4th species. 



7. Xeranthemum Fulgidum ; Great Yellow-flowered Xeran- 

 themum. Suffruticose, erect: leaves embracing, ovate-lan- 

 ceolate, pubescent beneath, tomentose at the edge ; branches 

 subtriflorous. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



8. Xeranthemum Proliferum ; Proliferous Eternal Flower. 

 Shrubby, branched, diffused, proliferous : leaves roundish, 

 ovate, smooth, convex, closely imbricate; flowers sessile; 

 branches spreading, rigid ; ray of the flowers very shining, 

 blood-red. Native of the Cape. See the 4th species. 



9. Xeranthemum Imbricattim; Imbricated Eternal Flower. 

 Shrubby, branched : leaves oblong, lanceolate, silky, imbri- 

 cote; branches one-flowered; peduncles scaly. Native of 

 the Cape. See the 4th species. 



10. Xeranthemum Canescens. Shrubby, erect: leaves 

 oblong, obtuse, imbricate; branches one-flowered; calix- 

 scales ovate. Native of the Cape. 



11. Xeranthemum Bellidioides. Herbaceous : leaves ovate, 

 embracing, snowy, tomentose beneath ; branches one-flow- 

 ered ; peduncles naked. Native of New Zealand. 



12. Xeranthemum Argenteum. Shrubby, erect: leaves 

 oblong, silky, recurved. Native of the Cape. 



13. Xeranthemum Recurvatum. Shrubby, erect: leaves 

 lanceolate, tomentose, ciliate, recurved ; branches one-flow- 

 ered. Native of the Cape. 



14. Xeranthemum Retortum ; Reflexed-leaved Eternal 

 Flower. Shrubby, branched, decumbent : leaves lanceolate, 

 silky, somewhat recurved ; branchlets one-flowered ; pedun- 

 cles scaly. Native of the Cape, and of Cochin-china. See 

 the 4th species. 



15. Xeranthemum Stoloniferum. Herbaceous, creeping: 

 leaves lanceolate, silky, recurved, spreading; branches one- 

 flowered. Native of the Cape. 



16. Xeranthemum Rudicans. Herbaceous, creeping: leaves 

 ovate, obtuse, silky, reflexed. Native of the Cape. 



17. Xeranthemum Frigidum. Herbaceous, branched, pro- 

 cumbent : leaves imbricate, in four rows, oblong, blunt, 

 hoary ; branches one-flowered ; flowers sessile. Found on 

 Mount Libanus, and in Corsica. 



18. Xeranthemum Spinosum. Shrubby, erect: leaves lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, tomentose; branchlets one-flowered; calix- 

 scalcs mticronate, spiny. Native of the Cape. 



19. Xeranthemum Sesamoides ; Silvery Eternal Flower. 

 Shrubby, erect: leaves acerose, linear, keeled, smoothed, 

 pressed close ; branches one-flowered ; flowers sessile. 

 Native of the Cape. See the 4th species. 



20. Xcranthemum Fasciculatum. Shrubby, erect : leaves 

 acerose, linear, subcylindrical, tomentose above, lower spread- 

 ing, upper pressed close ; branches one-flowered ; peduncles 

 scaly. Native of the Cape. 



21. Xeranthemum Virgatum. Shrubby, erect: leaves lan- 

 ceolate, tomentose, remote, spreading ; branches one-flowered ; 

 flowers peduncled. Native of the Cape. 



22. Xeranthemum Striatum. Leaves linear, nerved, vil- 

 lose; stem erect. Native of the Cape. 



23. Xeranthemum Paucifolium. Leaves lanceolate, acute, 

 silvery ; peduncles scaly. Native of the Cape. 



24. Xeranthemum Steepelina. Shrubby, erect: leaves ob- 

 long, lanceolate, attenuated at the base, silky; peduncles 

 naked, one-flowered, terminating. Native of the Cape. 



25. Xeranthemum Variegatum. Shrubby, erect, branched : 

 leaves oblong, tomentose, imbricate ; branches one-flowered ; 

 flowers nodding. Native place uncertain. 



26. Xeranthemum Paniculatum. Shrubby, erect : leaves 

 linear, lanceolate, silky ; corymb simple, terminating. Na- 

 tive of the Cape. 



27. Xeranthemum Chinense. Stem herbaceous, quite 

 simple ; leaves lanceolate, serrate. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



Xerochloa; a genus of the class Triandria, order Digynia. 

 ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Calix: two-flowered, of two un- 

 equal valves, parallel to the hollow of the receptacle, and 

 half sunk therein, the outer valve smallest. Corolla : of both 

 flowers longer than the calix, of two valves, awl-shaped, 

 membranous, awnless. Stamina: in the outermost flower. 

 Styles: in the inner one, combined at the base. Nectary: 

 none. Seed: enclosed in the inner paper-like valve of the 

 corolla. This genus consists of perennial, rushy, dry, smooth 

 grasses. The stem is terminated by alternate sheaths, each 

 containing from two to fonr short spikelets, of few flowers ; 

 the leaves awl-shaped, straight and stiff, with a very short 

 stipula. The species are, 



1. Xerochloa Imberbis ; Beardless Xerochloa. Spikelets 

 awl-shaped, slightly curved ; inner valve of the male flowers 

 smooth. Found in New Holland. 



2. Xerochloa Barbata ; Bearded Xerochloa. Spikelets lan- 

 ceolate, straight; inner valve of the male flowers bearded. 

 Native of the same country. 



Xerophyta ; a genus of the class Hexandria, order Mono- 

 gynia. GENERIC CHARACTER. Calix: none. Corolla: of 

 one petal, superior; limb in six deep ovate-oblong, acute, 

 permanent segments ; the three outer ones narrowest, spinous- 

 pointed, stoutest, externally glandular. Stamina: filamenta 

 six, inserted into the lower part of each segment, thread- 

 shaped, very short, equal; antherce erect, linear, half as long 

 as the corolla. Pistil: germen inferior, turbinate; style one, 

 short; stigma tumid, oblong, undivided. Pericarp: capsule 

 oval, rough, crowned with the faded corolla, with three cells 

 and many seeds. ESSENTIAL CHARACTER. Corolla: in 

 six deep segments, permanent; three outermost narrowest, 

 spinous-pointed. Stamina: inserted into the base of each 

 segment. Stigma: club-shaped. Capsule: inferior, of three 

 cells, with many seeds. The only known species is, 



1. Xerophyta Pinifolia; Fir-leaved Xerophyta. Leaves 

 alternate, two inches or more in length, linear, rigid, chan- 

 nelled, striated, with thick entire edges', and a pungent 

 spinous point, their base sheathing, fibrous, and rather 

 woolly ; flowers terminal, one or two at the end of each 

 branch, on simple stalks, an inch long, rough, like the ger- 

 men, with minute prominent glands, of which some traces 

 are also found on the backs of the three outward segments 

 of the corolla ; the colour, of the inner segments at least, 

 appears reddish. Each flower is about half the size of a 

 Snowdrop. It is a hard rigid shrub; the stem is round, 

 alternately branched ; the wood formed of parallel tubes ; 

 branches a quarter of an inch in diameter, thickly clothed 



