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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



SCOTTIA. 



Gen. Char. (Diadelpftia Decandria.) Calyx imbricated with 

 bracts, five-toothed, with nearly equal teeth ; standard complicate, 

 shorter than the wings, which are as long as the keel ; stamens 

 all united ; pod stalked, compressed, thickened at each edge. 



Named after Mr. R. Scott, professor of Botany at Dublin. 

 This is an Australian genus of shrubs : dentata, with straw- 

 coloured flowers, and angustifolia, with yellowish-red flow- 

 ers, are often grown in the greenhouse ; also Icevis and 

 trapeziformis. Cuttings root in sand under glass. 



TEMPLETONIA. 



Gen. Char. (Diadelphia Decandria.) Calyx without bracts, 

 with five nearly equal teeth ; keel oblong ; stamens all united, 

 with uniform anthers ; pod flatly compressed, many-seeded. 



Named after Mr. Templeton, a promoter of Botany. 

 Australian shrubs for the greenhouse, with handsome scarlet 

 flowers ; the species are glauca and retusa, so named from 

 the smooth and retuse leaves of the two species. 



