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Kosdcew. 



CRAT^GUS 



crenulata Roxb. Indian Pyracantha. A half hardy shrub ; growing 10 feet high ; with white 

 flowers ; appearing in spring : a native of Nepal ; increased by grafting or budding ; grown in 

 any common soil. Bot. Reg. 1S44, t. 52. 



In the climate of England a hardy evergreen shrub, rival- 

 ling the pyracantha itself, " in its scarlet haws, which are of 

 a peculiar vermillion tint, and of a very depressed figure." 

 The flavor of the berries is by no means ungrateful. It 

 forms a pretty shrub with leaves possessing a remarkable 

 glossy surface, and produces an abundance of its showy ber- 

 ries m September : the flowers are white and appear in June 

 in large and showy clusters. Though called hardy, it has 

 only proved so on a wall in the garden of the London Hor- 

 ticultural Society where it has stood several winters. It is 

 increased by grafting and budding on the common thorn, and 

 by seeds which should be done as sown as ripe. {Bot. Reg. 

 Sept.) 



Melastomdccce. 



OSBE'CK/^ 



stellita var. De Cand. Starry Osbeckia, with small scales. A greenhouse plant ; growing 4 

 feet high : with pale purple flowers ; a native of Nepal ; increased by cuttings -, grown in sandy 

 loam and peat. Bot. Rej. 1S44, t. 55. 



A fine melastomaceous plant coming from the Northerly 

 part of Nepal, in the valleys near the Massooree, and conse- 

 quently requiring only the heat of the greenhouse to grow it 

 well. It has an erect stem, with oblong, lanceolate leaves, 

 and terminal heads of lilac purple flowers. It is different 

 only from the O. stellata in having the calyx coated with 

 fringed scales over the whole surface. The species was 

 found in Nepal by Dr. Royle. It flourishes well in the 

 greenhouse liking a moist atmosphere, but not too much 

 water at the roots, and after flowering it should be cut back 

 within two inches of the old wood, and repotted as soon as 

 it has produced a few leaves. It is propagated from cuttings 

 in the usual way. {Bot. Reg., Octo.) 



^hamndcecB. 



CRYPTA'NDRA (so named from /trypio.', hidden and aw er a man, in allusion to the conceal- 

 ment of the anthers beneath the liooded petals.) Smith. 

 susi\is Lindl. Sweet-scented Cryptandra. A greenhouse shrub ; growing 2 feet high ; with wliite 

 flowers-, appearing in .January and February; a native of New Holland ; increased by cuttings ; 

 grown in sandy peat and loam. Bot. Reg. 1844, t. 56. 



A neat little Swan River shrub, with the aspect of a heath, 



