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EUTOCA WRANGELIANA. 
(baron wrangel's e-utoca.) 
class. order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
HYDROPHYLLEiE. 
Generic Character. — Corolla deciduous. Ovarium roundly-oval, hairy. Placentas linear, adhering 
to the back of the partition of the ovary, from four to many-seeded. Capsule with incomplete 
divisions, usually two-celled. 
Specific Character. — Plant an annual, growing from four to six inches high. Stems numerous, par- 
tially declinate, somewhat tortuous, hairy. Leaves ovate, acute, entire. Corolla, twice as long a3 
the calyx ; and about equal in length to the stamens. Placentas eight to ten, ovulate. 
Considered as the principal ornaments of the flower-garden throughout the 
most delightful period of the year, and, during a considerable portion of it, the 
most interesting features in the greenhouse, annual plants have great claims to our 
attention, and should be very extensively cultivated in every pleasure-garden. 
But the vast number and variety of sorts that are now known in our collections, 
the whole of which it is almost impossible to introduce into even the most exten- 
sive gardens, renders necessary a judicious selection of the best kinds, in order to 
compensate for any deficiency in number or variety by the superior beauty of those 
which are admitted. 
In such a selection, the showy species here figured is well worthy of a distin- 
guished place, as it is a most elegant and ornamental plant, and one of which no 
flower-garden, greenhouse, verandah, or other suitable plant structure should be 
destitute. 
Although an excellent species for planting in beds in the flower-garden, it is 
peculiarly adapted for growing in pots, to supply the deficiency of other flowers in 
the greenhouse during certain periods of the year, as its dwarf and compact habits 
render it unnecessary to support the branches with more than a few very short 
