No. 17. 
ALSTRCEMERIA LIGTU. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
TP. h 4 1 DE me É ES 1 
in 1776, from South America, reguires a 
pretty good heat, and is highly deserving a 
place in every stove. We have frequently had 
it begin to blow in October, and continue 
throwing up new flower-stems till March or 
April: the blossoms are delicately fragrant. 
Both this and the other species (as far as we 
are acquainted with them) have the singular 
property of the leaves being all resupinate : 
there is a twist in the petiole, which reverses 
every leaf, turning the underside upwards. 
Ata little distance this is not observable, as 
the under part assumes all the character of 
the outside. 
It is propagated by dividing the roots in 
spring: soil, loam and peat. — — 
