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axillary, a foot or more in length, and reflex. 

 The coroilas fine blue. It is a native of Spain, 



The third seldom rises a foot in height where 

 the soil is good ; and where it is poor not more 

 than half that height. Its flowers grow in loose 

 spikes upon a smooth stalk. It is perennial, 

 flowers early, and is a native of North America. 

 The fourth species has the stems at the sides 

 of the crown of the root, hispid. The leaves 

 ovate, marked with lines, petiolate, and re- 

 mote. The peduncles axillary ; with two brac- 

 tes, opposite, sessile, lanceolate-ovate, many- 

 flowered : the corollas blue, with a short tube, 

 rather salver-shaped than funnel-shaped : the 

 calyx thick set with long, white, bristly hairs : 

 the segments rather longer than the tube of the 

 corolla: the germs imbedded in a hollow, glan- 

 dular receptacle, one or two generally abor- 

 tive : the seeds rough, of a bony hardness. It is 

 found native in Spain and Italy. 



Culture. — All the sorts may be propagated by 

 the roots, care being taken to plant them on 

 such soils as are pretty dry. They are likewise 

 capable of being raised by sowing the seeds in 

 the autumnal season upon beds of sandy earth, 

 and in the following spring removing the plants 

 that are sufficiently strong, and setting them out 

 in beds two feet apart, water being occasionally 

 given. They also all come up well from the 

 self-sown seed. They may be made use of for 

 the purpose of ornament, where a great variety 

 of easy cultivated plants are wanted, though they 

 possess but little beauty. 



ANDRACHNE, a genus comprehending 

 plants of the herbaceous and shrubby exotic 

 kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Monceda 

 Gunandria, and ranks in the natural order 

 Tr'icoccce. 



The characters of which are : that it has male 

 and female flowers : in the former the calvx is 

 a five-leaved, equal, niareescent perianthium : 

 the corolla has rive petals, emartnnate, slender, 

 and shorter than the calvx : the nectary has 

 five leaflets, semibifid, herbaceous, one within 

 each petal, and less than it : the stamina have 

 five filaments, small, inserted into the rudiment 

 of each style, and mple anthers : in the latter 

 the calyx is a five-leaved, equal, permanent pe- 

 rianthium : the corolla has no petals : the nectary 

 as in the male : the pistillum is a germ superior 

 and globose : the styles three, filiform, and two 

 parted : the stigmas globose : the pericarpium is 

 a capsule, globose-trilobate, three-celled, cells 

 bivalved, of the *ize of the calyx : the seeds are 

 in pairs, rounded on one side, triangular and ob- 

 tuse on the other. 



The species are : 1 . A. telephoides, or Bas- 

 tard Orphine j 2. A.fruticosa, or Shrubby An- 

 drachne. 



The first is a low plant, whose branches trail 

 on the ground. The leaves are small, of an oval 

 shape, smooth, and of a sea-green colour. It 

 is found native in some parts of Italy, and the 

 Archipelago. 



The second species rises twelve or fourteen 

 feet in height : the branches have spear-shaped, 

 pointed, smooth leaves, under which the pedun- 

 cles are produced : these are pretty long, and 

 hang downwards : the flowers are small, of an 

 herbaceous white colour, some of which are 

 male, and others female ; but when the latter 

 are situated at too great distance from the for- 

 mer, there are rarely any seeds within their 

 covers, though they seem very fair to the sight. 

 It is a native of the East Indies. 



Culture. — In the first sort, which is annual, the 

 propagation is effected by sowing the seeds on a 

 moderate hot-bed in March ; and, after the plants 

 are sufficiently high, transplanting them into 

 small pots, to be further brought forward by an- 

 other very moderate hot-bed, full supplies of 

 fresh air being admitted in mild weather, and 

 occasional waterings. They produce flowers in 

 June, and the seeds become ripe in September, 

 after which the plants decay. 



The second sort is capable of being raised 

 either by seeds or cuttings ; but it is a very ten- 

 der plant. The seeds may be sown in pots, and 

 plunged into a bark hot-bed, watering them oc- 

 casionally as the mould becomes dry in the pots. 

 When the plants are of sufficient growth, they 

 should be removed into separate pots, and 

 plunged into a bark bed, being shaded till they 

 have stricken fresh root ; free air being after- 

 wards admitted, and the plants kept constantly 

 in the stove. 



In rai-ing them by cuttings, some of the 

 shoots should be selected, and placed in pots of 

 rich earth, then plunged in a hot-bed. After 

 they have taken root they should be removed 

 into the bark-stove, where they must remain. 



ANDROMEDA, a genus comprising plant* 

 of the tree and shrub kind, which are mostly of 

 the hardy deciduous bushy sort. 



It belongs to the class and order Decamlria 

 Monogijuia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Bicomes. 



The characters of which are : that the calyx 

 is a five-parted, acute, very small, coloured, and 

 permanent perianthium : the corolla is mono- 

 petalous, campanulate, and quinquefid, clefts 

 reflex : the stamina have subulate filaments, 

 shorter than the corolla, and scarcely fixed to it : 

 the anthers two-horned and nodding : the 

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