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LEPTOSIPHON ANDROSACEUS.-l. 
(androsace-like leptosiphon.) 
ORDER, 
MONOGYNIA. 
natural order. 
POLEMONIACEtE. 
Generic Character. — Calyx cauipanulate of five equal linear acute teeth. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
linab rotate, consisting of five ovale obtuse lobes. Stamens five, alternate with the lobes of the limb. 
Anthers oblong. 
Specific Character, — A hardy annual, growing from ten inches to a foot high. Stem taper, round. 
Leaves opposite, sessile, divided near the base into a number of linear, nearly round, segments, 
assuming the appearance of whorls. Flowers terminal, collected into heads ; at their base 
surrounded by a number of floral leaves, resembling in appearance the linear segments of the stem- 
leaves, from the midst of which arises the tube of the corolla, displaying at top five spreading, oval- 
shaped lobes, in colour varying from white to pale blue and pink. 
This pretty annual is a native of California, whence it was introduced to our 
collections about three years ago by Mr. Douglas. 
In the Botanical Register for October, 1834, Professor Lindley makes the 
following- remarks on this plant : — " Although it is perfectly hardy, yet it cannot 
bear our summer heats, and only flourishes in the spring-, or more particularly the 
autumn, when the sun has lost his power, and the nights are cool with heavy dews. 
It should therefore either be sown in the autumn, so as to flower early, or in June, 
in order that it may be ready for blossoming in September." 
It thrives in almost any kind of soil, and in point of situation we find one 
partially shaded the best. 
It flowers very freely, and continues to display them a great length of time, so 
that it is a desirable feature in our collections of hardy annuals. It does not 
seed very freely, therefore great care is required in collecting it, which should, if 
possible, be done on a fine dry day. A few plants raised in a sunny situation would 
be more likely to produce good seed than when sown in one partially shaded. 
Both species flowered beautifully at Chatsworth this summer, about the month 
of June, when our drawing was made. 
CLASS. 
PENTANDRIA. 
