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/. acquifo'liumheterophy'ttum (various-leaved). 



20. May. Britain. 

 laiifo'linm (broad-leaved). 20. 



May. Britain. 

 laurifo'lium (Laurel-leaved). 20. 



May. Britain. 

 . mar gina' turn (thick - margincd- 



leaved). 20. May. Britain. 

 me'dio pi'ctum (middle-painted 1 ) . 



10. May. Britain. 

 plntyphy'llum (broad - leaved). 



May. Europe. 1844. 

 recu'rvum (bent - back - leaved). 



20. May. Britain. 

 sene'scens (aged - spineless}. 20. 



May. Britain. 

 semz(/0'/jwi(saw-edged-leaved). 



20. May. Britain. 

 Bale'arica (Balearic). 10. May. Minorca. 



1815. 

 Canarie'nsis (Canary Island). 16. May. 



Canaries. 1820. 



Cossi'ne(Cassine), 12. August. Carolina. 



1700. 



Daho'on (Dahoon). 6. May. Carolina. 



1726. 



dipyre'na (two-seeded). 12. May. North 



India. 1840. 



latifo'lia (broad-leaved). 20. Japan. 1840. 



laxiflo'ra (loose-flowered). 20. May. Ca- 



rolina. 1811. 



opa'ca (opaque). 30. May. Carolina. 1744. 



recu'rva (bent-back). 6. May. 



vomito'ria (emetic). 10. July. Florida. 



1/00. 



ILLE'CEBRUM. Knot Grass. (From 

 illccebra, a charmer ; referring to the 

 pretty little annuals giving a charm to 

 waste places. Nat. ord., Knotioorts 

 [Illecebraceoe]. Linn., 5-Pentandria 

 1-Monogynia.) 



All white-flowered, and all propagated by 

 seed ; common soil, though verticillatum likes 

 a little moist peat. The greenhouse and stove 

 perennials merely require the extra heat, and 

 may also be propagated by division in the 

 spring. 



I. diffu'sum (spreading). 1. June. Trinidad. 

 1817 Greenhouse herbaceous peren- 

 nial. 



glomera 'turn (clustered) . ^. June. Brazil. 



1820. Stove herbaceous perennial. 

 *- gomplirenoi'des (Gomphrena-like). 3. June. 

 Peru, 1810. Stove annual. 



verticilla'tum (whorled). . July. England. 



Hardy trailing annual. 



ILLI'CIUM. Aniseed Tree. (From 

 illicio, to allure ; referring to the per- 

 fume. Nat. ord., Maj/nolluds [Magno- 

 liacene]. Linn., 13-Polyandria ti-Foly- 

 yyniu. Allied to Drimys.J 



The fruit of Anlsutum has the flavour of 

 Anise, being used as a spice in Chinese cookery ; 

 and the seed of Religionum is burnt as incense 

 in their temples. Half-hardy evergreen shrubs. 

 Cuttings of the young ripened shoots in sand, 

 under a glass, in summer ; by layers, from a 



j stool in a cold pit, where they generally remain 

 I two years before being removed; sandy loam 

 ! and peat ; require the protection of the cold 



pit or greenhouse in winter, though Floridanunt 

 . has stood out in many places with but a slight 

 I protection in severe weather. 



7. anisa'tum (Anise-scented). 6. Red. May. 

 Japan. 1/90. 



florida'num (red-Florida). 8. Red. May. 



Florida. 1/66. 



parviflo'nim (small-flowered). 6. Yellow. 



May. Florida. 1790. 



religio'sum (holy). 4. Yellow, green. 



March. Japan. 1842. 



ILLUPIE TREE. Ba'ssia. 



IMBRICA'PJA. (From imbrico, to cover 

 like tiles on a roof ; referring to the 

 divisions of the calyx. Nat. ord., Sapo- 

 tads [Sapotacese]. Linn., S-Octandna 

 1-Monogynia. Allied to Mimusops.) 



Stove trees, which produce fruit similar to an 

 orange. Cuttings of ripe shoots, in sand, under 

 a glass, in strong moist heat ; sandy loam and 

 peat. 



7, Borbo'nlca (Bourbon). White. Isle of 

 Bourbon. 1820. 



IMBRICATED. Leaves, sepals, &c. t are 

 said to be imbricated when one laps 

 over the next, and so in succession, like 

 the tiles of a house, as in the leaves of 

 the common Heath, or Ling, Erica 

 vitlgaris. 



IMPA'TIENS. Balsam. (From mipa- 

 tiens; referring to the elasticity of the 

 valves of the seed-pod, which discharge 

 the seeds when ripe, or when touched. 

 Nat. ord., Balsams [Balsamacete]. 

 Linn., 5-Pentandria l-Monogynia.) 



Hardy annuals and biennials by seed, in the 

 open border, in April ; Scapiflora, a bulb, re- 

 quires stove heat, and to be kept almost dry in 

 winter ; greenhouse annuals and biennials 

 merely require to be sown in a hotbed in March, 

 and planted out as half-hardy and tender an- 

 nuals. All these may be kept over the winter, 

 by taking off cuttings in the beginning of au- 

 tumn, which would bloom in the house early in 

 the spring. See Balsams. 



HARDY ANNUALS. 



I.biflo'ra (two -flowered). Orange. June. 

 North America. 



crista'ta (crested). 2. Yellow. August. 



China. 1827. 



di'scolor (various-coloured). 1. Yellow. 



August. Nepaul. 1820. 



fu'lva (yellow). 3. Dark yellow. June. 

 North America. Aquatic. 



macrochi'la (long-lipped). 8. Pale purple. 



August. India. 1839. 



STOVE ANNUALS AND BIENNIALS. 



1, cu'ndida (white). 6. White. May. Hima- 

 layas. 1839. Biennial. 



