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NATURAL HISTORY OF PLANTS. 



known is the beautiful ornamental plant, a native of India, of A\liicli we 

 possess so many rich varieties, /. Balsamina ' (fig. 40-48). The family 

 under consideration is one of those to which our cultivation owes 

 most of its ornamental species. It is sufficient to name the beautiful 

 Geraniums and Erodiums of our gardens ; the numerous species of 

 Pelargonium in oiu- green-houses and windows ; the magnificent 

 Monsonius, the cidture of which has become rare ; the Wastm-tiums 

 almost all climbing, generally sown as annuals ; the species of 

 Oxalis, with pretty yellow, white, pink, or red flowers, some two- 

 coloured, and some Floerltcas^ especially F. [Limnantlies) Douglasii 

 (fig. 50-54) often planted in our gardens. 



1 L. Spec. 1318.— Blackw. Herb. t. oS3.— 

 Btthamina horteiisis Deep, in Diet. Sc. Nat. iii. 



485._DC. Prodi: i. 685. {Eerie impatieide, 

 Jalousie, Merveille.) 



