17a 



POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



duced into the greenhouse ; they have yellow flowers and 

 are natives of the Cape. 



EUCHILUS. 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx deeply live-cleft, 

 two-lipped, the upper lip very large, with two bracts at the base ; 

 keel as long as the wings ; pod compressed. 



The name alludes to the large upper lip of the calyx. 

 E. ohcordatus is a pretty New Holland shrub for the green- 

 house, with yellow flowers and heart-shaped leaves. 



POINCIANA. (Flower Pence.) 



Gen. Char. (Decandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted ; petals 

 five, clawed, the upper dissimilar ; stamens very long, all fertile ; 

 pod compressed, flat. 



Named after De Poind, a promoter of botany. P.jpul- 

 cherrima is the beautiful Plower Pence of the Indies, with 

 orange flowers ; elata has yellow flowers ; insignis, copper- 

 coloured, and regia, scarlet; these are stove-plants, but 

 may be removed to flower in the greenhouse; and P. Gilliesii, 

 with orange-scarlet flowers, is sufficiently hardy to bear the 



