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Movogynia, and ranks in the natural order of 

 Pomacece. 



The characters are : that the calyx is a one- 

 leafed, hell-shaped, five-cleft perianthium, divi- 

 sions expanding, withering: the corolla has five 

 petals, oblong, flat, spreading, inserted by their 

 claws into the calyx : the stamina consist of 

 very many stamens, placed in a circle, erect, in- 

 serted into the calyx : anthers small, twin: the 

 pistillum is an ovate germ: style of the shape 

 and length of the stamens; inserted laterally at 

 the base of the germ: stigma obtuse: the peri- 

 carpium is au ovate drupe, large, one-celled: 

 the seed a nut ovate, marked with five furrows, 

 wrinkled, five-valved. 



The species cultivated is the C. Icaco, Cocoa 

 Plum. 



It is an irregular shrub, from three to ten 

 feet high, covered with a ferruginous bark with 

 pale spots: the leaves ovate-roundish, obtuse, 

 entire, coriaceous, shining, on very short pe- 

 tioles, alternate, two inches long: racemes 

 branched, corymbed, lax, terminating and axil- 

 lary, short; the last common peduncles three- 

 flowered: the flowers are inodorous, small, with 

 white petals, having almost the character of the 

 plum: fruits roundish, about an inch in diame- 

 ter, either quite entire, or with five, six, or 

 seven grooves; red, purple, yellow, whitish, or 

 variegated, but never blue, as described by 

 Catesby. It is a native of the Caribbee Islands. 



There are two varieties of this with compound 

 leaves, and of tall shrubby growth. 



Culture. — These plants are increased by plant- 

 ing the stones or nucs of the fruit procured from 

 abroad in pots of light earth in the early spring, 

 plunging them in a very moderate hot-bed, oc- 

 casional waterings being given. When the 

 plants are of proper growth, as three or four 

 inches in height, they should be removed and 

 put in other pots of a small middling size, sepa- 

 rately, being re-plunged in the hot-bed, proper 

 shade arid moisture being given till they become 

 perfectly rooted. 



They must be kept constantly in the heat of 

 the stove, and managed as other exotics of the 

 same kind ; water should be given them fre- 

 quently during the summer months, but only in 

 small proportions at a time. In winter it should 

 be very sparingly employed, lest it make them 

 throw off their leaves. 



Tbev afford variety in the hot-house collections. 



CHRYSOCOMA, a genus comprising plants 

 of the flowery herbaceous perennial and shrubby 

 kinds. 



It belongs to the class and order Syngenesia 

 Polygamia JEquatis, and ranks in the natural 

 older of Composites Discoidece. 



The characters are: that the calyx is com- 

 mon hemispherical, imbricate ; scales linear, 

 outwardly convex, acuminate : the corolla com- 

 pound tubular, longer than the calyx : corollets 

 hermaphrodite, tubular, numerous, equal. Pro- 

 per funnel-form : border five-cleft, revolute : 

 the stamina consist of five filaments, filiform, 

 very short; anthers cylindric, tubular : the pis- 

 tillum is an oblong germ, crowned : style fili- 

 form ; scarce longer than the florets : stigmas 

 two, oblong, depressed, involute: there is no 

 pericarpium : calyx scarcely changed: the seeds 

 are solitary, ovate-oblong, 'compressed: pappus 

 hairy : the receptacle is naked, flat. 



The species cultivated are: 1. C. lAnosyris, 

 German Goldy Locks ; 2. C. comaurea, Great 

 Shrubby Goldy Locks; 3. C. annua, Small 

 Shrubby Goldy Locks. 



The first has a perennial root : the stalks rise 

 two feet and a half high, are round, stiff, and. 

 closely garnished with long, narrow, smooth 

 leaves, which come out without any order, of a 

 pale green colour : the upper part of the stalk 

 divides into many slender peduncles, each sus- 

 taining a single head of flowers,, of a bright yel- 

 low colour, and disposed in form of an umbel. 

 The plant, when handled, affords a very fine aro- 

 matic smell. It is a native of Germany. 



The second species rises with a ligneous stalk, 

 about a foot high, dividing into many small 

 branches, which are garnished with narrow 

 leaves, of a deep green, coming out on every 

 side without order : the back part of each leaf 

 has a small short appendix, which runs along 

 the stalks : the flowers are produced at the en2 

 of the branches, on. slender naked foot-stalks, 

 and are of a pale yellow colour. It flowers a 

 great part of the year, and the seeds ripen well 

 in autumn. It is a native of the Cape. 



The third is a less plant than the abave ; it has 

 a shrubby stalk, branching out in the same man- 

 ner : the leaves are shorter, and a little hairy: 

 the flowers are not half so large, of &■ pale sul- 

 phur colour, and nod on one side before they 

 are blown. It flowers a great part of the year 

 and ripens seeds well. It is a native of the Cape! 



Culture.— The first species may be raised by 

 sowing the seed in a bed of light mould during" 

 the early spring months, or by dividing the 

 roots, and planting them out in rather moist 

 open weather in the autumn. 



The other sorts may be increased by planting 

 cuttings of the young shoots in pots of li<rht 

 rich earth in the spring or summer months,, 

 plunging them in a slight hot-bed, or covering 

 them with hand glasses till they have stricken; 

 root. They may afterwards be planted out in, 

 separate pots. 



