CRUCIANEL'LA STYLO'SA. 
LONG-STYLED CROSSWORT. 
Class. Order. 
TETRANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
CALLAGES. 
Native of 
Heig-ht 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Persia. 
1§ foot. 
July. 
Perennial. 
in 1836. 
No. 684. 
The name of this genus has been formed as a 
diminutive of crux, a cross; in allusion to the 
foliage of some of the species which have four 
leaves in a whorl; hence it is also called Crosswort. 
The advantages offered by this pretty newly- 
introduced plant are fourfold. It may be grown 
in tufts, in the borders, amongst other herbaceous 
plants, where, being tied up, it will form a deli- 
cately tinted little bush; or, it may be grown in 
pots, and if kept in poor soil, with little pot room, 
will flower when much shorter in the stem than in 
the borders. For rock-work it is particularly suita- 
ble, for here it will recline upon the rugged frag- 
ments, blending its soft tints with the fleshy hue 
of the fellspar, or rise in stronger relief from the 
dark flint and trap rock. It will here flourish as 
where first discovered on the Persian mountains, 
overlooking the fruitful province of Ghilan, or on 
the more northerly far-extended range of Cauca- 
sus. Last of all, it is admirably calculated for 
filling up entire beds in geometric gardens; or 
where irregular parterres blend their wavy lines 
unconformably with each other — styles of decora- 
