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S. e'legans flo're-a'lbo (white -flowered), li- 

 White. July. C. of Good Hope. 1700. 



ple'nus-a'lbus (double-white). l. 



White. July. C. of Good Hope. 1/00. 



ple'nus-ru'ber (double-red). 2. Red. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 1/00. 



hcernatophy'llus (bloody-leaved). 2. April. 



1789- 



halimifo'lius (Halimus- leaved). 3. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1723. 



ilicifo'lius (Ilex-leaved). 3. June. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1/31. 



la'nceus (spew-leaved) . 3. August. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1731. 



L'Heritie'ri cyanophtha'lmus (L'Heritier's 



blue-blossomed). Whitish blue. June. 

 Canaries. 1843. Herbaceous. 



lila'cinus (Lilac). 6. Lilac. June. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1826. 



longifo'lius (long- leaved), 3. September. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1775. 



persiceefo'lius (Peach- leaved). 3. Purple. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 1820. 



peucedunifo' lius (Peucedanium-leaved). 3. 



Purple. May. C. of Good Hope. 1816. 



Pse'udo-Chi'na (Bastard-Chinese). . July. 



East Indies. 1/32. Herbaceous. 



pubi'gerus (downy). 2. Red. June. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1816. 



purpu'reus (purple). 2. Purple. August. 



C. of Good Hope. 1774- Herbaceous. 



reclina'tus (leaning). 2. Purple. July. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1774. 



rige'scens (stiffish-/ewed). 3. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1815. 



ri'gidus (hard-leaved). 3. July. Cape of 



Good Hope. 1704. 



rosmarinifo' lius (Rosemary - leaved). 3. 



July. Cape of Good Hope. 



sca'ber (scurfy). 4. July. Cape of Good 



Hope. 1700. Herbaceous. 



solidugi'neus (Solidago-like). 2. July. Cape 



of Good Hope. 1824. 



specio'stis (showy). . Scarlet. July. China. 



1/89- Herbaceous. 



tussila' ginis (Colts- foot- leaved"). 1. Purple. 



April. Teneriffe 1829. 



venu'stus (beautiful). l. Purple. August. 



Cape of Good Hope. 1774. 



HABDY HERBACEOUS. 



S. Adonidifo'lius (Adonis-leaved). 1. July. 

 Europe. 1800. 



Alpi'nus (Alpine). 2. July. S.Europe. 1683. 



arachnoides (spider-like). July. Italy. 1827. 



balsami'tes (Balsamita-like). June. N. Ame- 



rica. 1819- 



Canade'nsis (Canadian). l. July. N. 



America. 1820. 



cordifo'lius (heart-leaved). 2. July. Austria. 



1749. 



coria'ceus (leathery-/eaoerf). 4. July. Le- 



vant. 1/28. 



Croa'ticus (Croatian). 4. July. Hungary. 



1805. 



cro'ceus (reddish-yellow). June. Austria. 



1822. 



crue'nt us (bloody). Purple. April. Teneriffe. 



deci'piens (deceiving). May. C. of G. Hope. 



1821. 



delphinifo'lius (Larkspur-leaved), 1. July, 



Barbary. 1800. 



S. cudo'rus (sweet-scented). July. 1815. 



fri'gidus (cold). May. N. America. 1827. 



Japo'nicus (Japan). 1. August. Japan. 1774. 



leucophy'llus (white-leaved). 1. July. S. Eu- 



rope. 1816. 



lyratifo' Hits (Lyre-leaved). 2. July. Aus- 



tria. 1749. 



mlcrophy'llus (small - leaved). 4. July. 



Caucasus. 1818. 



nemore'nsis (grove). 3. July. Austria. 1785. 



odora'tus (sweet-scented). New Holland. 



Otho'ncK (Othona-like). 2. Pink. July. 



Iberia. 18 16. 



ova'tuft (egg-leaved). 3. September. Ger- 



many. 1823. 



prate 1 nuis (meadow). June. Galicia. 1828. 



&mi'thii (Smith's). Pink. July. Cape 



Horn. 1801. 



taraxacifo' lius (Dandelion -leaved). June. 

 Caucasus. 1824. 



Tournefo'rtii (Tournefort's). 3. July. Py 



renees. 1810. 



umbro'ws (shady). 2. July. Hungary. 1815. 



unifio'rus (one-flowered). 5. July. Alpine 



Europe. 178Q. 



SENSITIVE FERN. Onocle'a sensi'bilis. 



SENSITIVE PLANT. Mimo'sa pu'dica. 

 There are several other plants which 

 give evidence of being sensitive. The 

 Venus Fly Trap (Dionce'a musci'pula) 

 has jointed leaves, which are furnished 

 on their edges with a row of strong 

 prickles. Flies, attracted by honey 

 which is secreted in glands on their 

 surface, venture to alight upon them. 

 No sooner do their legs touch these 

 parts than the sides of the leaves spring 

 up, and, locking their rows of prickles 

 together, squeeze the insects to death. 

 O'xalls sensiti'va and Smi'thia sensiti'va 

 are similarly irritable, as are the fila- 

 ments of the stamens of the Berberry. 

 One of this sensitive tribe, Desmo'dium 

 gy'rans, has a spontaneous motion; its 

 leaves are frequently moving in various 

 directions, without order or co operation. 

 When an insect inserts its proboscis 

 between the converging anthers of a 

 Dog's Bane (Apo'cynitm androsscemi/o'- 

 lium) they close with a power usually 

 sufficient to detain the intruder until 

 death. 



SE'PTAS. (From sepicm, seven ; the 

 number prevailing in the parts of the 

 flower. Nat. ord., Houseleeks [Crassu- 

 lacese]. Linn., 1-Heptandrla 'L-Hepta- 

 gynia.) 



Greenhouse, white-flowered evergreens, from 

 the Cape of Good Hope. Increased by divi- 

 sion ot the roots ; plants kept dry in winter ; 

 sandy loam and brick rubbish, Winter temp., 

 38 to 45. 



