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and then placed in a high temperature and watered well till 

 it shows flower, when the plant may again be restored to 

 the greenhouse, after being fresh potted in rich loam, which 

 should be well drained : this species is common in the South 

 of Europe. iV. odorum, the sweet-scented species, comes 

 from the East Indies, and requires the stove or warm green- 

 house ; thyrsiflorwrn is more hardy, from Nepaul, and will 

 thrive in the cooler house ; it has rose-coloured flowers. 



ALYXIA. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx five-parted ; co- 

 rolla monopetalous, five-lobed ; stamens five, growing on the 

 corolla ; anthers adhering to the stigma. 



A genus found useful in the greenhouse or conserva- 

 tory, from the deep green leaves and sweet-smelling flowers. 

 A. ruscifolia, called the ButcherVbroom-leaved Alyxia, has 

 white flowers, smelling like Jessamine, which are very 

 pretty, appearing at the termination of every little branch. 

 A. daphnoides, Forsteri, and buxifolia are all useful in the 

 greenhouse, and are easily propagated by cuttings : they are 

 Australian shrubs. 



