No. 311. 
PASSERINA SPICATA. 
Class. Order. 
OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
This is a native of the Cape, and was in- 
troduced about the year 1787. It was first 
observed by Thunberg, who called it spi- 
cata, perhaps not the happiest name that 
could have been chosen. It is a pretty 
greenhouse plant. Its delicate white 
flowers, though small, are very neat and 
pleasing, and it continues in bloom a long 
time during die sutumnal months. It may be 
and the pots should not be large, nor should 
they have too mueh water, especially in 
winter. 
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