216 THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
in honour of his friend and correspondent John Ellis, F.R.S. The plant is now rarely to be met with, and is 
probably lost ; but it deserves to be re-introduced. It is of the easiest culture, as nothing more is necessary than 
to strew the seeds on the ground in any tolerably moist and shady situation, and the plants will need no farther 
care. 
GENUS II. 
NEMOPHILA, Barton. THE NEMOPHILA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Chiracter. — Sinuses of the calyx furnished with rcflcxed teeth. CoroUine processes 10, short or wanting. Stamens rather shorter 
than the corolla. Placentas large, 2 to 12-ovulate. — (G. Don.) 
].— NEMOPHILA PHACELIOIDES, Bart. THE PHACELIA-LIKE NEMOPHILA. 
Synonyme. — N. Nuttallii, Coll. 
Engravings Bot. Mag. t. 2373 ; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 1, 
t. 32 J Bot. Reg. t. 740; Bot. Gard. No. S86 ; and our fig. 8, iu 
Plato 37. 
Specific Character. — Petioles without appendages ; corolla exceed- 
ing the calyx a little ; sinuses of the calyx furnished with lanceolate 
appendages, which equal in length one half of the calyx ; placentas 
biovulate. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The flowers are large and of a pale lilac ; the plant has strong stems growing at least 
a foot high, and the calyxes are furnished with narrow leafy appendages. This species was the first Nemophila 
discovered, and it was found by Nuttall in shady places on the banks of the Missouri in the Arkansas territory, 
in North America. Seeds of it were sent to England in 1822, and it flowered in several gardens; it was, 
however, soon after lost, and not re-introduced till about 1837. It is still rather scarce, but we saw it flowering 
beautifully in the garden of Mrs. Marryat at Wimbledon House in the summer of 1839, and we there obtained 
the specimen from which our drawing was made. The culture resembles that of other annuals, except that it 
should not be thinned out, and that it should always be kept in the shade. 
2.— NEMOPHILA AURITA, lAndl. THE EAR-SHAPED NEMOPHILA. 
Engravings.— Bot.' Reg. 1601 ; Bot. Gard. No. 666; and our ^5. 
6, in Plate 37. 
Specific Character. — Petioles auriculately dilated at the base ; 
sinuses of the calyx furnished with elongated appendages ; corolla 
twice as long as the calyx ; placentas biovulate. — (G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The beauty of this species depends entirely on thd manner in which it is trained, as the 
stems, though thick Jind rather coarse-looking, are much too weak to support themselves. The flowers are purple, 
and are very pretty when they are displayed to advantage ; the calyx is curiously shaped, and is lengthened out into 
large appendages, something like those that distinguish the genus Malope from the genus Malva. The leaves are 
very strongly marked ; they are somewhat arrow-shaped, and deeply lobed, the lobes pointing towards the stems ; 
they are also ear-shaped at the base. This species is a native of California, where it was discovered and sent 
home by Douglas in 1831, and as it seeds freely it is now common in the seed-shops. The seeds should be sown, 
as soon as they are ripe, in order that they may stand the winter, or in January or February, as the young plants 
are quite hardy and bear cold better than they do heat. When they come up they should be thinned out to 
three or four in each patch, and a slight frame formed of three painted sticks, placed in the centre, or over tliem, 
to which the stems may be tied. Sometimes only one plant is left, and this is trained to a pyramidal ladder-like 
