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GENUS II. 
ISOTOMA, Lindl. THE IvSOTOMA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
less ; tljo two lower ones mucronate. Stigma capitate, protruding. 
Capsule 2-ceUed, many-seeded, dehiscent. — (G. Don.) 
Generic Charactek. — Limb of calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver- 
shaped, or funnel-shaped, with an entiro or cleft tube, and a 5-parted 
nearly regular limb. Filaments combined ; anthers cohering, beard- 
Description, &c. — The name Iiotoma signifies in equal sections ; and it is given to this genus, from the 
segments of the corolla being nearly equal. 
ISOTOMA AXILLARIS, Lindl. THE AXIL-FLOWERED ISOTOMA. 
Engratings. — Bot. Reg. t. 964 ; and our^E^. 2, in Plate 29. 
Synonvmes. — Lobelia senecoides, Cunn. ; L. senecionis, Spreng. 
Specific Cuaractbr. — Plant rather downy; leaves sessile, pinna- 
tifid, toothed ; peduncles axillary, naked, elongated, 1-flowered ; 
corolla salvcr-shaped, with an entire tube. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — One of the most elegant of border flowers. We have seldom been so much delighted 
with any flower as we were with this, when we saw it for the first time in the nursery of Mr. Henderson, Pine 
Apple Place, Maida Hill. It is a native of the south coast of New Holland, whence it was introduced in 1824; 
but being supposed to be rather tender, and a perennial, it is only lately that it has come into general cultivation 
as a border annual. The seeds are now common in the seed-shops, and the plants do best raised on a hotbed in 
February or March, and planted out in May. If sown in the open border, it should not be till April or May ; in 
which case the plants will not flower till August or September. 
GENUS III. 
MONOPSIS, Sails. THE MONOPSIS. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character, — Calyx tubular, S. cleft. Corolla salver-shaped, with a terete tube, which is cleft on one side, allowing the stameni to 
escape, and a regular rotate limb. Anthers cohering. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded, dehiscent. — (G. Don.) 
MONOPSIS CONSPICUA, Salia. THE CONSPICUOUS MONOPSIS. 
Engravings Bot. Rep. t. 664 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1499. 
Stnonthes. — Lobelia speculum, Andrews ; Specularia, Solander. 
Description, &c — This very curious little plant has been separated from the genus Lobelia on account of the 
regularity of its corolla, which in shape is more like a very small Convolvulus than a Lobelia. It is a prostrate 
plant, with very rich dark blue flowers, having yellow anthers, on very long naked footstalks. It is a native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced in 1812. It is not easy to say where seeds can be procured; but 
if they should be obtained, they should be sown on a hotbed in pots filled with peat and sand, and when planted 
out in May, holes should be made in the border and filled with peat earth, into which they should be transplanted. 
