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POPULAR GARDEN BOTANY. 



G ODENIA CUJS. 



Exogens, with the flowers distinct, never in heads. Calyx 

 usually superior, rarely inferior, equal or unequal, in from three 

 to five divisions. Corolla always more or less superior, mono- 

 petalous, more or less irregular, withering ; its tube split at the 

 back, and sometimes capable of being separated into five pieces ; 

 its limb five-parted, the edges of the segments being thinner 

 than the middle, and folded inwards in bud. Stamens five, dis- 

 tinct. Ovary one or two-celled. Style one, simple, very rarely 

 divided. Leaves scattered, often lobed. — Herbaceous plants, 

 rarely shrubs ; natives principally of Australia. 



LESCHENAULTIA. 



Gen. Char. (Pentandria Monogynia.) Calyx in five linear, sub- 

 ulate lobes ; corolla formed of a long tube, with the limb rather 

 two-lipped, and the lobes serrated. 



New Holland plants, introduced into the greenhouse, 

 as they are ornamental ; L. formosa is a handsome plant 

 with numerous narrow leaves, and flowers of a scarlet hue ; 

 ollata, orange; glauca, reddish -yellow ; liloba, blue; lari- 

 cina> violet ; and there are besides, arcuata, Baxterii, and 

 splendens. L. arcuata, from the Swan "River, is a curious 

 plant with innumerable branchlets, almost every one of which 

 is terminated by a large yellowish flower mixed with red : 



