By George Bentham, Esq. 



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Papaver Argemone ; they do not appear likely to be so ornamental 

 as many others of the poppy tribe now in cultivation. 



LlMNANTHES DoUGLASII. 



This plant has been already described by Mr. Brown,* from 

 dried specimens, as the type of a new natural order, to which he 

 has given the name of Limnanthea?. It has since then flowered in 

 the Society's garden, and proves to be equally interesting in a horti- 

 cultural point of view from the elegance of its flowers and foliage. 

 It is a prostrate pale green annual, with finely divided, rather suc- 

 culent leaves, and white striated petals with a yellow base. The 

 flowers are about the size of Campanula rotundifolia, are slightly 

 fragrant, and very pretty. From the habit of this plant it seems to 

 require a damp and shady situation, where it will probably remain in 

 flower for a month or six weeks. It is propagated by seeds, which 

 are produced in tolerable plenty. 



Lupinus nanus. (Plate 14. fig. 2.) 



L. animus humilis pilosiusculus, caulibus decumbentibus parum ramosis, foliis 

 paucis, foliolis 5-7 spathulatis, floribus subverticiUatis racemosis, calycibus sericeo-lana- 

 tis inappendiculatis, labio superiore bifido inferiore longiore integro, alis vexillo vix 

 longioribus. 



The leaves of this charming little Lupin are very much like those 

 of L. bicolor, of which the cultivation has been abandoned on 

 account of the small size of its flowers and consequent want of 

 beauty. The flowers of L. nanus, are about the size of the old 

 annual Lupin, but more elegant from their number and variegated 

 colours. It has blossomed very freely, and produced a sufficient 

 quantity of seed to be partially distributed in the present season. 



* London and Edinburgh Philosophical Magazine, July, 1833. 



