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THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS XL 
MAURANDYA, Ortega. THE MAURANDYA. 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Chakacter.— Corolla personate, gibbous at the base. Capsule dehiscing by ten teeth at the apex.— (ff. Bon.) 
Description, &c. — This genus is named in honour of Dr. Maurandy, a botanical professor at Carthagena. 
All the species are climbing plants, and continue flowering all the summer. 
1.— MAURANDYA BARCLAYANA, Lindl. MR. BARCLAY'S MAURANDYA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Reg. t. IIOS ; and am fig. 2, in PI. 39*. I Specific Character. — Mouth of the corolla gaping. Calyx glan- 
I dulously pubescent. 
Description, &c. — Seeds of this beautiful climber were imported from Mexico by Robert Barclay, Esq. 
(in honour of whom it is named), in 1826. It is always propagated by seeds, which may be sown on a hot- 
bed in February, or as soon as they are ripe. The young plants should be put into the open ground in May, 
and those raised from seeds sown in autumn will flower in June, about a month sooner than the otliers. They 
are also much stronger plants. Tliere is a white-flowered variety of this species, which is very beautiful. 
OTHER SPECIES OF MAURANDYA. 
M. SEMPERFLORENS, Ortega -. owe fig. 3, in Plate 39*. 
This species may be propagated by cuttings as well as seeds, as when preserved in a greenhouse through the 
winter, it becomes shrubby at the base. It may, however, be raised from seeds, which ripen abundantly, in 
tlie same manner as M. Barclayana, and it flowers about the same time. It is a native of Mexico, and was 
introduced in 1786. 
GENUS XIL 
LOPHOSPEHMUM, D. Don. THE LOPHOSPERMUM. 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. — Corolla bilabiate ; tube wide, gibbous at the base. Capsule dehiscing irregularly under the apex. — (<J. Don.) 
Description, &c. — Very beautiful climbing plants. Lophospermum signifies a crested seed. 
1.— LOPHOSPERMUM ERUBESCENS, D. Don. THE BLUSHING LOPHOSPERMUM. 
Synonyms. — L. scandens, Hort. 
Varieties. — L. e. 2. spectiibile, Paxt. Mai;, of Bot. vol. viii. p. 75 ; 
and OMxfir/. 4, in PI. 39*. The flowers are spotted. 
L. e. 3 Hendersonii, Sort. The flowers are of a very rich dark crim- 
son. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 3037, and t. 3038 ; Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. 
2nd ser. t. 68 ; Bot. Reg. t. 1381. 
Specific Character. — Leaves triangularly cordate ; roughly and un- 
equally serrated, pubescent. Segments of the calyx oblong, raucronulate. 
I Filaments simple. — {B. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This plant is very frequently confounded in the nurseries with L. scandens, or rather 
it is known by the name of that plant ; the true L. scandens being very rarely to be met with. The seeds of 
the present species were collected in thickets near Jalapa, in Mexico, in September 1829, and sent to Dr. Neill, 
of Edinburgh, in whose garden the plant first flowered in 1830. In 1838, the spotted variety we have figured 
was raised in the Camden nursery, Camden Town; and in 1840 a very beautiful kind, with dark crimson 
flowers, was raised by Messrs. Henderson of Pine-apple Place, Edgware Road. All the kinds raised from L. 
eruhescens seed freely, and flower the first year, but if preserved during the winter they become shrubby at the 
base. Jj. scandens has a tuberous loot, like a Dahlia. 
