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UMBILICUS SEMPERVIVUM. 



This very scarce and interesting plant is a native of Eastern Caucasus, 

 where it is found in mountainous and stony places. It is in the collection of 

 the Birmingham Botanical and Horticultural Society, in whose garden it was 

 raised from Russian seeds received in 1837, through the late Mr. Hunneman. 



It should be grown in pots filled with loam and sand, using plenty of drainers 

 in the bottoms of the pots. Although it may probably be capable of enduring 

 the severity of our winters, it is likely to be rotted off by damp, on account of 

 its succulent leaves ; for which reason it ought to have the protection of the cold 

 frame in winter, and be kept rather dry. — It may be increased by offsets. 



Fig. 1, calyx ; 2, gamopetalous corolla laid open ; 3, the 5 carpels, with 

 their hypogynous scales. 



