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and narrow. It is a native of Chili, from which country seeds of it were received in 1823 by Mr. Place, and by 
him presented to the London Horticultural Society, in whose garden it flowered for the first time in 1824. The 
seeds were sown in a hotbed in March, and transplanted into the open ground at the beginning of May ; the 
flowers began to appear early in June, and continued till destroyed by the frosts of autumn. It requires a 
hot, dry, sandy situation, and it is admirably adapted for rockwork. Seeds may be procured in any of the 
seed-shops. 
2.— CALANDRINIA SPECIOSA, Lindl. THE SHOWY CALANDRINIA. 
Flowers racemose, pedicels aud bracteas very short. Petals longer than 
the calyx. — (Lindl.) 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 1598 ; and o\iTjig. 1, in Plate 18. 
Specific Character. — Glabrous, diffuse. Leaves spatulate, acute, 
elongated and narrowing at the base, so as to appear petiolated. 
Description, &c. — Few flowers have a more striking effect than this little Calandrinia with its brilliant 
dark crimson or rather maroon-coloured flowers, peeping out from its thick bed of leaves. There was a large bed 
of it in Mr. Hopgood's garden in the summer of 1838, which in the morning presented as rich a mass of flowers 
and leaves as could well be imagined, but by four o'clock every little flower was closed. "With the exception of 
the early closing of the petals, this species deserves to be generally cultivated, as nothing can exceed the rich 
velvety look of the flowers. It is quite hardy, a true annual, and ripens its seeds in great abundance. It is a 
native of Northern California, whence its seeds were sent home in 1832 by Douglas. It should be sown in dry 
and exposed situations, where it can have abundance of light and heat ; as the situation in which Douglas found it 
was a hot, dry bank. It requires very little water, and flourishes best in weather when most other plants are 
burnt up. It is well adapted for rockwork. It may be sown twice ; in March or April to flower in May and 
June, and in May or June to flower in August and September. Seeds may be had in all the seed-shops. 
The plant figured under the name of Calandrinia speciosa in the Bot. Mag., t. 3379, bears more resemblance 
to C. grandtflora than to the plant described in the Bot. Reg. as C. speciosa. Sir W. J. Hooker states that he 
received it under the name of C. speciosa from the Epsom nursery, and that he does not know its native country ; 
it is probable that it is a native of Chili, like the other species of the genus which it resembles, but from its 
woody stem and general appearance it is quite evident that it cannot be the Califomian annual described above. 
3.— CALANDRINIA ARENARIA, Hook, et Amott. THE SAND CALANDRINIA. 
Enokatings. — Bot. Reg. 1. 1605 ; and our fig. 3, in Plate 18. 
Specific CHARACTER.^Plant glaucous. Steins numerous, prostrate, 
glabrous, leafy. Leaves linear. Common peduncle terminal, naked. 
simple or branched. Racemes corymbose ; and pedicels a little longer 
than the bracteas. Bracteas oval, membranous, pointed by a dark 
purple branched middle nerve. Seeds glabrous. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &o. — A little weedy-looking flower, only remarkable for the curious markings of its calyx and 
bracteas. It is a native of the sandy plains near Valparaiso, whence it was introduced by Mr. Hugh Cuming 
in 1833. It is quite hardy, and produces abundance of seeds, which will flower in two months after sowing. 
4.— CALANDRINIA GRANDIFLORA. Lindl. THE LARGE-FLOWERED CALANDRINIA, 
acute, petiolate. Raceme simple, loose. Calyx spotted. Stamens 
numerous. Petals obcordate. — (G. Don.) 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. 1194; Bot. Mag. t. 3369; aaiom fig. 
4, in Plate 18. 
Specific Character. — Plant glancous. Leaves fleshy, rhomboid, 
Description, &o. — The flowers of this species were so much larger than those of the earliest-introduced 
kinds of Calandrinia, that Dr. Lindley gave it the name of grandijkra, a name which now seems ill applied. 
