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DICHORIZANDRA THYRSIFLORA. 
(tHYRSE-FLOWERED DICHORIZANDRA.) 
CLASS, OHDKR. 
HEXANDRIA. MONOGYNTA, 
NATURAL ORDER. 
COMMELINE^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx of three leaves, concave. Petals three. Stamens six, two of which ai c 
separated from the rest. Capsules three-sided and thiee-valved. 
Specific Character. — A shrubhy perennial herbaceous plant, from three to four feet high. Leaves 
smooth, of an oval-lanceolate shape, waved at the edges, and clasping the stem at the base, shining. 
Flowers produced in a dense erect thyrse, of a bright rich blue colour, making, when expanded, a 
lively show. 
This plant is handsome, and highly worthy of cultivation,— first, on account of 
its being" easy to cultivate ; secondly, for its free disposition to flower ; and lastly, 
on account of the immense number of blossoms produced on a single raceme, 
which not unfrequently exceeds six inches in length, and these of so rich a blue 
as to render it in a flowering state very desirable as an autumnal ornament for 
the stove. 
Our drawing- was made from a plant in the collection of Mr. Clowes, of Man- 
chester, which flowered beautifully in his stove about the middle of last autumn. 
To grow it well, a compost of rich but light soil should be prepared, composed 
of Ksandy loam, peat, and a little decayed vegetable mould, the two former in equal 
portions ; in this the plant should be potted, allowing- a good shift ; afterwards place 
them in a warm part of the stove, observing- to frequently syringe, and when grow- 
ing giving them a liberal supply of water ; of this element they dehght in a good 
quantity, providing attention has been paid to drainage, which is of the first 
importance. 
It was raised from seed some years ago received from the Brazils, where, 
Mr. Milkan informs us, the species is found wild at about thirty miles' distance 
rom Rio Janeiro. 
The generic name is taken from the Greek, and implies the separation of two of 
the anthers from the rest. 
The specific name alludes to the panicle or spike bearing the flowers, they 
being closely set thereon. 
