LAMIACEiE. 



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tirely, as incarnata, roscefolia, and others, from the Levant ; 

 aurea, dentata, and Africana, from the Cape ; leucaniha,polg- 

 stachya, excelsa, leonuroides, regia, coccinea, elegans,fulgens, 

 joulchella, Mexicana, etc. from America. The flowers of 

 these plants are of various shades of red and blue; the 

 species splendens and patens should always have a place in 

 the greenhouse. Cultivators advise that shoots should be 

 taken from the old plants in February or March ; these to 

 be cut close under a joint, and inserted in pots of white 

 sand, and placed in a hotbed frame with a bell-glass over 

 them, taking daily care to wipe the glass ; in about six 

 weeks they will be rooted sufficiently to bear removing to 

 small pots and a rich light loam, and left in the hotbed till 

 they are w 7 ell grown; they may then be removed to the 

 greenhouse, w r here they will flower well. In September a 

 number of shoots may be treated in the same way, and they 

 will flower during the depth of the winter, and be very or- 

 namental in the greenhouse. 



SCUTELLARIA. 



Gen. Char. (Didynamia Gymnosjie?*mia.) Calyx entire, after 

 flowering closed with a lid ; tube of the corolla elongated. 



