No. 1892. 

 WITHERINGIA PURPUREA. 



Class. Order. 



PENT A N DR I A MONOG YNIA . 



We received this plant in 1829 from our 

 kind friend Mr. George Eglinton, who sent 

 it us from Chili, of which it is a native. 

 The root is a small roundish tuber, which 

 produces several trailing branches, and 

 these taken off strike root readily, and form 

 plants. They should be preserved in a 

 greenhouse, potted in rich loam : they 

 flower during the summer months. 



