No. 721. 
PHYLLANTHUS MIMOSOIDES, 
Cass. Order. 
MONOECIA TRIANDRA. 
This plant is a native of the West Indies : 
we raised it from seed in 1820. It grows 
about two or three feet high, with a slender 
erect shrubby stem and many thin deli- 
e branches ; the leaves are small and of 
a lively green, and the flowers which are 
produced among them, continue in succes- 
sion during the greater part of the year. 
Our drawing was made in December, at 
which season it was in great beauty. It 
must be continually preserved in the stove, 
and should not be too much crowded among 
other plants. It may be increased by cut- 
tings, and should be potted in a mixture of 
loam and peat earth. 
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