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On the Cultivation o/'Rare Plants. 



it grows wild, by George Hibbert, Esq. The greatest 

 beauty of this plant is in its large plumose stigma ; and it 

 may be cultivated under a common frame, only requiring 

 protection from severe frost. 



BUTOME/E. 



Damasonium Australe. MSS. Actinocarpus minor. 

 Brown Prodr. p. 343. 



This plant flowered in Mr. Woodford's stove, not long 

 •before he left this country, and was purchased at his sale by 

 Messrs. Lee and Kennedy. As I did not see the ripe fruit, 

 I referred it to Tournefort's genus of Damasonium, which 

 name has been very unwarrantably transferred by Schreber 

 to another aquatic ; but from the specific character in the 

 learned work above quoted, the fruit splits differently to that 

 of Damasonium, and if so, it will constitute a distinct genus. 

 The plant, at Springwell, was cultivated in a cistern of water, 

 and appeared very healthy. 



Sagittaria Lancifolia. Kenn. in Bot. Repos. n. 333. 

 cum Ic.—Willd. Sp. PL v. 4. p. 4 JO. 



This fine aquatic grows wild in the islands of St. Domingo 

 and Jamaica, extending itself as far as South Carolina, on the 

 neighbouring continent. It was introduced, in 1800, by 

 George Hibbert, Esq. and may be preserved, with very 

 little heat, during the winter ; but will not thrive in sum- 

 mer, without more heat than the open air of our climate 

 affords. 



HYDROCHARIDE^E. 

 Hymenotiieca Latifolia. MSS. Damasonium Indicuni. 

 Ker in Bot. Mag. n. 1201. cum Ic.—Willd. Sp. PI v. 2. 



