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POPULAR, GARDEN BOTANY. 



and which seems to be universal in hairs, so long as they 

 are living." P. macrocephala is a Swan River species and 

 is found easy of culture and blossoms freely in the summer ; 

 the flowers are very numerous and of a very pale rose-co- 

 lour, the stamens are very conspicuous, and the anthers 

 orange-red. Besides these species there are decussata, 

 Hendersonii, and spectabilis, pink-flowered; linifolia, glauca, 

 etc., white-flowered ; clavata, yellow-flowered, besides seve- 

 ral more. They all require sandy peat and not much water, 

 and are increased by cuttings. 



GNIDIA. 



Gen. Char. (Octandria Monogynia) Calyx funnel-shaped, 

 four a cleft, with from four to eight scale-like petals at the orifice ; 

 nut somewhat like a drupe. 



One of the names given by the ancients to the Daphne. 

 Cape shrubs, suitable to the greenhouse, and having the 

 flow r ers fragrant at night. G. pinifolia, radiata, juniperi- 

 folia, and capitata have white flowers ; simplex, hiflora, 

 stricta, and others, yellow; imberbis, imbricata, etc. straw- 

 coloured flowers. These plants should be potted in sandy 

 peat, and may be readily increased by cuttings. 



