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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



AMPHICOMA. 



Gen. Char. (Bidynamia Angiospermia.) Corolla monopetalous ; 

 stamens five, unequal, one sterile ; ovary seated on a disc, two- 

 celled. 



A, arguta, a Himalayan plant, with pale flesh-coloured 

 flowers, appearing in June and lasting till September, is 

 occasionally introduced into the greenhouse. 



BIGNONI A . (Trumpet- flower . ) 



Gen. Char. {Bidynamia Angiospermia.) Calyx five-cleft, cup- 

 shaped ; corolla campanulate, five-cleft, ventricose beneath ; pod 

 two-celled ; seeds with membranous wings. 



Named after the Abbe Bignon, the friend of Tournefort, 

 the botanist. A genus of beautiful climbing plants, many 

 living only in the hothouse; a few are suitable for the 

 greenhouse, as B. capreolata, which has handsome yellowish- 

 purple flowers, and looks well trained either in the house or 

 in a warm situation out-of-doors : it is a North American 

 species; Cherere has orange flowers, and is from Guiana; 

 grandiflora has yellow, and speciosa lilac blossoms, both of 

 which are very beautiful ; radicans has orange flowers, and 



