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MARTYNIA LUTEA, 
The stems grow upwards of eighteen inches high, and emit a few branches, each 
of which are eventually terminated by a large cluster of closely aggregated flowers, 
about equal to those of the common foxglove of the hedges in magnitude, and 
somewhat similar in form. The beauty of the foliage, when not excessively over- 
grown, is of itself sufficient to recommend it as a desirable plant for the greenhouse 
in the summer season, when its acknowledged residents have been removed for the 
season. The flowers, too, are pretty, though perhaps inferior to some of its allies. 
We were kindly permitted to take our drawing from a specimen which 
flowered in the month of October, 1841, in one of the greenhouses at Messrs. 
Lowe's nursery, Clapton. 
The genus was named by Houston in compliment to John Martyn, F.R.S., 
Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge, about the middle of last 
century, and author of several botanical works. 
