No. 1196. 
DICHORISANDRA THYRSIFLORA. 
Class. Order. 
HEXANDRIA MONOGY NIA. 
Anative of Brazil, growing wild about 
thirty miles from Rio Janeiro; first raised 
by Mr. Harrison of Liverpool, from the 
Botanic Garden of which place we were 
favoured with it by the kindness of our 
worthy friend Mr. Shepherd. It has a 
kind of tuberous fleshy root, whence the 
stems, which are of a succulent consistence, 
rise to the height of two or three feet, and 
produce their elegant flowers in the au- 
tumn: they continue long in succession. 
At present the plant is kept in the stove, 
but it appears not to be very tender, and 
will perhaps in time succeed in a green- 
house. It is increased by cuttings without 
difficulty, and should be potted in rich 
loam. : 
