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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



stipularis and macrostoma have yellow flowers, and are also 

 climbing plants of great beauty. They are all natives of 

 Mexico. 



PL UMBA GINACHJE. 



Exogens, with flowers either loosely panicled or contracted 

 into heads, flowering irregularly. Calyx tubular, plaited, some- 

 times coloured, not falling off. Corolla of a very thin texture, 

 monopetalous, with a narrow, angular tube, or of five petals, 

 which have a long narrow claw. Stamens definite, opposite the 

 petals,— in the monopetalous species growing from below the 

 ovary, — in the polypetalous arising from the petals. Ovary 

 superior. Leaves alternate or clustered, undivided, somewhat 

 sheathing at the base. — Herbaceous plants or undershrubs ; in- 

 habitants of temperate parts of the world. 



VALOEADIA. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx glumaceous and 

 membranous ; corolla tubular, salver-shaped, and five-parted ; 

 stamens five. 



This genus greatly resembles Plumbago, and V.plumbagi- 

 noides was formerly known as P. Larpenta ; it is a lovely 

 plant from China, having bright green leaves, and the 



