No. 759. 
STROPHANTHUS DICHOTOMUS. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNI1A. 
A native of China and India, introduced 
not long since. It is a pretty stove plant, 
of moderate size, and flowering freely at 
different seasons: the blossoms usually 
cometwo together; they last a considerable 
time 
It may be propagated by cuttings, and 
should be potted in a mixture of loam and 
peat. 
The form of the flower is singularly in- 
teresting ; the five divisions of the corolla 
being of a most extraordinary length, some- 
times nearly two inches, hanging down like 
o many filaments. For what purpose this 
indire Sert is intended, no one 
can tell. It is one of the many instances in 
the shape and character of flowers, by which 
their DES AG — gl sed more 
sk 
particularly forth 
of intelligent beings. Wherefore should 
we neglect the calm = peaceful pleasure 
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