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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



A genus of Australian plants with purple Polygala-like 

 flowers; the species are gracilis, virgata, ericina, and cor- 

 difolia; they are occasionally introduced into the green- 

 house. 



MUEALTIA. 



Gen. Char. (DiadelpMa Octandria.) Divisions of calyx five, and 

 like that of the flower of grass, nearly equal ; petals three, united, 

 the middle bifid with blunt lobes ; ovary with four horns or tu- 

 bercles, two-valved, two-celled. 



Named after Muralt, a Swiss botanist. Handsome bushes, 

 from the Cape, suitable to the greenhouse, as they flower very 

 early in the spring, indeed as early as January. M. Heis- 

 teria, alqpecuroides, stipulacea, virgata, linophylla, macro- 

 ceras, and humilis, have purple flowers ; squarrosa, diffusa, 

 mixta, ciliaris, and puhescens, have lilac ; and juniperifolia 

 has red flowers : M. Heisteria is seldom out of flower : they 

 require similar treatment to Poli/gala. 



MUNDIA. 



Gen. Char. (DiadelpMa Octandria.) Divisions of calyx five, and 



