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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



sum and ohovatum, orange ; obtusifolium and cordifoliwm,, 

 scarlet flowers. The species ellipticttm is a desirable plant, 

 for it has a profusion of yellow flowers, in terminal-headed 

 spikes, on every subdivision of its numerous branches, and 

 these continue in succession for a long period. They re- 

 quire sandy peat soil, and are increased by cuttings or 

 by seeds. 



BBACHYSEMA. 



Gen. Char. (JDecandria Monogynia) Calyx five-cleft, only 

 slightly unequal, with a ventricose tube ; standard shorter than the 

 compressed keel, which is as long as the wings ; ovary with a 

 stalk, surrounded at the base by a little sheath ; pod many-seeded, 

 ventricose. 



The name is derived from the Greek for short and stan- 

 dard. A genus of handsome plants from Australia, some 

 of which are climbers ; as B. latifolium, with scarlet flowers, 

 and undulatum, with straw-coloured flowers ; besides these 

 there are also brachiatum, Brummondii, and villosum, all 

 suitable for training to the pillars of a greenhouse. 



