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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
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1.— HBRMANNIA ALTH^EIFOLIA Lin. THE MARSH MALLOW-LEAVED HERMANNIA. 
SvNoNYMEs. — H. aurea /acg. ; H. capensis Pet . ; Ketmia africana 
Com. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 307. 
Specific Character. — Leaves tomentose, obovatc, plaited, crenate ; 
stipules ovate-lanceolate, three or five-nerved. Peduncles solitary or 
twin, two or three-flowered, longer than the leaves. (G1 Don.) 
Description, &c. — This species is a plant of free grotvth, which continues to produce its deep orange-coloured 
flowers nearly all the summer. The flowers are pretty in themselves, but the plant is not particularly ornamental 
on account of its leaves, which have a somewhat weedy appearance. It was introduced from the Cape of Good 
Hope in 1728. When planted in the free soil of a conservatory, it forms a hush three or four feet high. ■ 
2.— HERMANNIA FLAMMEA Jacq. THE FLAME-COLOURED HERMANNIA. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 1349 ; Bot. Rep., t. 550 ; and our fig. 
3, in PI. 11. 
Specific Character. — Leaves smooth, wedge-shaped, lanceolate. 
truncated, and toothed at the apex. Racemes terminal. Peduncles 
one or two-flowered. Calyx somewhat reflexed. {Q. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A very pretty little shrub, with curious wedge-shaped leaves, and weak branches. The 
flowers are drooping, and grow all on one side of the stem. The petals are of a brilliant scarlet on the outside, 
and yellow within ; they are very curiously twisted together, and are veiy seldom seen completely expanded. The 
species is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced in 1794. The flowers are very 
odoriferous after sunset, but they have no fragrance in the daytime. They appear in succession during the 
whole of the season. 
OTHER SPECIES OF HERMANNIA. 
H. TENUIFOLIA Sims-, Bot. Mag., t. 1348. 
This is a very pretty little plant, with very slender leaves, and bright yellow flowers. Like the other species it 
is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced early in the present century. 
H. ALNIFOLIA Lin . ; Bot. Mag., t. 299. 
A pretty little plant, with bright yellow flowers. 
H. LAVANDUL^FOLIA lAn . ; Bot. Mag., t. 304. 
A plant with small yellow flowers, and very glaucous leaves. 
All the species grow freely in any light rich soil, and they all are very free flowerers, continuing to produce a 
succession of blossoms nearly all the summer months. 
GENUS V. 
MAHERNIA Lin. THE MAHERNIA. 
Un. Syst. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx naked, campanulate, five-cleft. Petals 
five, with an obcordate limb, spirally twisted, and straightish claws. 
Filaments five, monadelphous at the base, dilated into a cordate 
tubercle, or a cup-formed process in the middle. Styles five, some- 
times joined into one. Capsules five-celled, five-valved, many-seeded. 
{0. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The species included in tliis genus are not half so numerous as those included in 
Hermannia, from which they have been separated. The Mahemias are small shrubs with toothed or pinnatifid 
leaves, and red or yellow flowers. They are all natives of the Cape of Good Hope. The word Mahemia is 
an anagram of Hermannia. 
