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7. S PsEUDO-CocciNEA, Don's syst. 4, p 749 ; Jaq. Ic. rar. 2, 

 t. 209; Bot. Mag. t. 2864. — Native of tropical America; flowers 

 of a beautiful scarlet. 



8. S CocciNKA, Linn. Mant. p 88. — Erect and more robust 

 than the last; leaves 2 inches, very soft; calyx purplish, corolla 

 scarlet. Native of South America, and also of East Indies (?) ; 

 found in gardens occasionally. 



ROSMARINUS, Diandria Monogynia. 



9. R Officinalis, Smith's Fl. Grseca. 1, t. 14; Woodv. 

 Med. Bot. t. 87; Blackwell t. 159 ; Don's syst. 4, p 749.— Native 

 of Europe ; is now often found in Indian gardens ; in those 

 of the Deccan it flowers freely. 



MARJORANA, Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



10. M HoRTENSis, Don's si/st p 766. — Sweet Maijoram ; an- 

 nual ; gardens, common. 



THYMUS, Didynamia Gymnospermia. 



11. T VuLGAHis, Woodv. Med. Bot. t. 109.— English Thyme; 

 common in gardens. 



12. T (?) sp. — A plant belonging to this genus in gar- 

 dens, Belgaum, Mr. Law. Was also at Dapoorie, but appears 

 to have died out. Information is solicited as to the Belgaum 

 plant. 



LEONOTIS, Didynamia Gymnospermia. From leo, a lion; 

 and ous, an ear ; in allusion to the fancied likeness in the flowers. 



13. L Nepetifolia. — " Matee-Sool." A tall erect-growing 

 plant, with globular whorls of orange -coloured flowers, and calyces 

 spinous toothed. Native of Asia, Africa, and Brazil. With us, if 

 not indigenous, it is often found in waste places near towns, in hill- 

 forts, &c. wild. 



14. L Leonuhus, Don's syst. 4, p850; Bot. Mag. t. 478; 

 Willd. sp. 3, p 127. — Flowers scarlet, much larger than the last, 

 drooping. Gardens, Belgaum, Mr. Law ; rare, climber. 



16. S Taetarica or Siberica. — A species having whorls of 

 rich pink flowers, variegated with white, raised from seed sent 

 by Professor Savi, of Pisa. It grows in Dapoorie, Hewra, and 

 Parell gardens. This is a very marked and beautiful species. 



HOLMSKOLDIA, Didynamia Gymnospermia. In memory 

 of Holmshold, a Danish botanist. 



1 6. H Sanguinba, Don's syst. 4, p 856 ; Haslingia coccinea, 

 Roxb. 3, p 65; Smith Ex. Bot. t. 100; Bot. Reg. t. 792.— An 

 elegant shrub, with brigiit-scarlet flowers, in a membranaceous, 

 round-spread calyx of a dim red. Native of Sylhet. Gardens 

 not uncommon. 



