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large growing shrubs. C. lanceolata and C. ovdta, 

 foliage silky-like, and light coloured; flowers yellow, 

 papilionaceous, and very abundant. 



Daviesias, above ten species, principally natives of 

 New South Wales, all yellow papilionaceous flowers. 

 D. ulidna, D. latifblia, D. aciculdris, and D. inricssdta, are 

 very fine species, flower and grow freely, and require 

 to be well drained ; bloom from April to August. 



Diosmas. This genus is now very much divided, and 

 only contains about thirteen species : the generas that 

 they have been given to, are Adenandra, Barosma, Ac- 

 madenia, and Agathosma. We will enumerate a few of 

 the finest species of each. D. capitata, D. oppositifolia, 

 D. longifblia, D. rubra, and Z). teretifblia, are the most 

 conspicuous, all small white flowers except Z). rubra ; 

 foliage small, and all handsome growing evergreens. 



Adenandras, eight species. This genus is the most 

 select of those that have been subdivided. A. specibsa, 

 A. umbelldta, A. alba, A. fragrans, and A. uniflbra, are 

 all splendid flowers : and all white except A. fragrdns, 

 which is red. Pots must be well drained. 



Barosmas, above ten species. B. serratifblia^ B. 

 pulchelkij purple, B.faticKmma, blush, B. odordta, white, 

 and B. dioica, pink, are the finest. 



Acmadenias, five species. A. lavigata, A. pungens, 

 and A. tetragbnia, blush, are good species. 



Agathosmas, above twenty-five species, many of them 

 very celebrated free flowering shrubby plants. A. ac- 

 cuminata, A. hybrida, A, Thunbergiana, A. imbricata, A. 

 prolifera, A. patula, and A. pulchella, which is the finest 

 of the genus, the dried leaves of which the Hottentots 



