ATTENUATA. 



This gi-nus was named by Linnaeus after 

 I. Dodonaeus, a celebrated Flemish physi- 

 ■i:ui and botanist of the 16th century, who 

 mblished several works on plants, particu- 

 arly Pemptades, or Thirty books of the 

 listorv ot plants, with many wood-cuts, 

 which at that period must have been a very 

 respectable performance. 



Our species is from New Holland, lately 



minutely toothed : it flowers in April, may 

 be increased by cuttings or sect!-, requires 

 the greenhouse, and should be potted in 



