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Flowers abundantly in August, and is propagated by 

 cuttings planted in silver-sand, under a hand-glass in a warm 

 frame. It is easily cultivated in a mixture of light sandy 

 loam and peat, in equal proportions. 



HERBACEOUS PLANTS. 

 XV. Hellenia abnormis. 



H. labello subrotundo emarginato, foliis ovali-lanceolatis glabris acuminatis 

 versus apicem ciliatis, ovario uniloculari monospermo, stylo glabro. 



This addition to the genus Hellenia was brought from 

 China in the year 1824 by Mr. John Damper Parks, and 

 flowered in a bark-bed, in September 1825. In beauty, it has 

 little to render it worthy of regard, but in structure it is too 

 remarkable to be passed by unnoticed, especially as it forms 

 an addition to a genus, few of the species of which are accu- 

 rately known. 



It grows to the height of ten or twelve inches, having its 

 slender erect stems closely covered with dull green leaves. 

 These have a split vagina which is coloured with red, and ex- 

 tends about a quarter of an inch higher than the base of the 

 leaf, in the form of two obtuse, unequal, ciliated lobes. The 

 form of the leaves is oval-lanceolate, tapering to each end, 

 especially towards the point, where their margin is furnished 

 with fine ciliae. Flowers small, white, in terminal, slightly 

 compound, erect racemes, which are shorter than the upper- 

 most leaf. Calyx as long as the tube, white, contracted 

 at the end, which is slightly three-lobed and reflexed. 

 Outer limb of the corolla three-parted, with equal, linear, 

 white, spreading segments, which are hooded at the apex. 



