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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
OTHER SPECIES OF HYPERICUM. 
H. GRANDIFLORUM Chois. 
This is rather a handsome species, a native of the Canary Islands, the flowers of which are produced in 
clusters. It flowers in July and August. H. florihimdum and H. milleporum ai'e two other natives of the Canary 
Islands, which ai’e also very ornamental. H. canariense is one of the oldest inhabitants of our greenhouses 
belonging to this family, as it is said to have been introduced by the Duchess of Beaufort in 1699. It is an 
ornamental little plant, with rather pale yellow flowers. The flowers seldom come out till late in the season, but 
they last till winter. The plant requires to he kept in the greenhouse or conservatory, and it may be multiplied 
by cuttings. The soil should be a light loam. 
H. CHINENSE Un. 
This species is a native of the East Indies, and it is remarkable for the brilhant yellow of its flowers. The 
leaves are marked with a few black dots. 
H. CORDIFOLIUM Chois. 
This is a very handsome species, with heart-shaped leaves, and an abundance of brilhant yellow flowers. It is 
a native of Nepal, and was introduced in 1825. 
There are several other species that requhe a gi'eenhouse in this country, and a few from Java and the hottest 
part of Brazil, which will not live without a stove. All these have yellow flowers, but there is one greenhouse 
species, which has been called H. Cochin-Chinensis, which is said to have scarlet flowers, and to be a shrub sixteen 
feet high. It is doubtful, however, whether tliis plant really belongs to the genus. 
The genus Lancretia contains only one plant, a pretty little greenhouse prostrate shrub, with clusters of white 
flowers. It is a native of Upper Egypt and Nubia. 
The genus Ascyrmn contains several species, all of which are elegant little plants, most of them being shrubby, 
and having elegant yellow flowers. They are all natives of North America, and the genus was formerly included 
in that of Hypericum. 
The genus Ochranthe is placed in this order by some botanists, though it is by no means certain, as the only 
plant known of it in this countiy died soon after it had flowered, and it has never again been introduced. The 
flowers were oi-namental, looking like a panicle of very small pale yellow or cream-colom’ed roses. It is a native 
of China, and was lost after havmg flowered in March 1826, having been introduced a year or two previously. 
CHAPTER XVI. 
Essential Character. — Calyx five-parted, sun'ounded externally 
by imbricating bracteas. Petals five, hypogynous. Stamens definite 
or indefinite, hypogynous, with or without a hypogynous disk; anthers 
peltate. Ovarium superior. Styles several, filiform or subulate. Fruit 
REAUMURIACEtE Lindl. 
capsular, with two or five valves, and as many cells, opening into the 
middle of the cells. Seeds definite, villous. Embryo straight, sur- 
rounded by a small quantity of mealy albumen, with the radicle next 
the hylum. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to this order are shrubs, with small fleshy leaves, which are fre- 
quently ai’ranged like scales. The flowers are solitaiy. The genus Reawnuria was formerly mcluded m Ficoidea 
