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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



interruptus, obovatus, etc. They require a peat and sandy 

 soil, and good drainage. 



STYPHELIA. 



Gen. Char. {Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted, with 

 many bracts ; corolla a long tube, having within five bundles of 

 hairs, and bearded reflexed segments ; filaments long and pro- 

 truding ; drupe juiceless, with a solid bony stone. 



A name derived from the Greek for dense, from the com- 

 pact habit of these shrubs. They are natives of New 

 Holland, with showy flowers : tubiflori and splendens are 

 very beautiful, the former has crimson flowers, which are 

 so numerous that they almost cover the plant, and will last 

 for many weeks ; triflora has crimson flowers with a tinge 

 of green; and viridiflora, latifolia, adscendens, Iceta, longi- 

 folia, etc., green flowers. They require, like most of this 

 Order, a sandy peat soil and the shelter of the greenhouse, 

 in which they are very useful, as they flower early in the 

 year. 



STENANTHERA. 



Gen. Char. {Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx with many bracts ; 



