HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 



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pianr, 'with an 

 osceudin^ stem, the slen- 

 der petioles support a 

 small holf-moou-shaped 

 leaf, sparmgljr {omisned 

 with yiscid hairs. 



D. spathulatar— this species 

 forms dense rosettes, 

 with spoon-shaped leaves 

 which axe covered with 

 viscid, bright reddish- 

 crimson hairs. 



Leaves erect, narrow, aix to nine inohea long, bright 

 green, the whole surface covered with purple, glan- 

 dular, viscid hairs. Flowers large, produced in a 

 terminal corymb, bright yellow. Spain, Portugal, &c. 



DkICSSA (COBSTLIinB) STBICTA COHSESTA. 



> SrOBOphyllum {D. lusitanicum) is a 

 growing, almost shrubby, representative of the 

 Sundew family. Sir Joseph Hooker says, the de- 

 velopment of its leaves ia circinate, and not revolute. 



EchinocactUB and Echinopsia. — These 

 genera belong to the Indian Fig family, or Caetacea. 

 They are very similar in appearance, yet have some 

 slight difierences, such as the position of their 



