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with scarlet leguminose blossoms; leaves opposite, 

 ovate, accuminate, serrate ; S. angustifblia has brown 

 flowers; S. trapezifbrmus, leaves ovate, acute, serrulate. 

 We do not know the colour of its flowers ; the pots 

 must be well drained, and the plants kept in the warm- 

 est part of the Green-house, and near the light. 



Sparrmdnnias, are strong growing Green-house 

 shrubs. S. africdna, is a plant very common in our 

 collections, with large three lobed cordate leaves, hairs 

 on both sides ; flowers from March to July. S. ru- 

 g6sa. The leaves are rugged ; flowers of both are 

 white, in a kind of corymb, supported by a long foot- 

 stalk ; buds drooping, flowers erect. There is a plant 

 known in our collections, as the free-flowering Sparr- 

 mdnnia, (which is Entelia arborescens^) and is easily dis- 

 tinguished from Sparrmdnnia by the leaves being cor- 

 date, accuminate, and otherwise, by all its filaments 

 being fertile, and the flowers more branching, and 

 blooming from November to June, profusely; very easily 

 cultivated, and desirable. 



Sph&rolbbiwns, only two species of leafless plants, 

 with yellow and red leguminose flowers, which proceed 

 from the young shoots. S. vimineum and S. medium. 

 They flower freely, and are easily cultivated. The old 

 wood should be frequently cut out where it is practica- 

 ble. Drain the pots. 



Sprengelia incarnata, the only species, a very pretty 

 plant, allied to Epdcris; small foliage, long, accuminate; 

 flowers small, pink, bearded, and in close spikes; grows 

 freely, delighting in shade. The pots must be well 

 drained, and the plants, when dormant, watered spa- 



