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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— CHIRONIA DECUSSATA Vent. THE CROSS-LEAVED CHIRONIA. 
Synonymes. — C. frutescens latifolia Wendl . ; Roslinia frutescens Specific Character. — Shrubby, subtomentose. Leaves decussate, 
var. Mcench. oblong-obtuse. Calyx globose, in five parts. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 707 ; and our fig, 1, in PI. 39. 
Description, &c. — This plaut has been supposed by some botanists to be only a variety of C. frutescens, which 
is very inferior to it in beauty. It is occasionally called in the nurseries Chironia latifolia, its leaves being much 
broader than those of another common species, viz. C. jasminoides. C. decussata is, however, by far the hand- 
somest species of the genus, and it is of easy cultivation provided it be kept all the year in a greenhouse ; but it 
will not bear planting out in the open ground, as it is very apt to damp off. 
GENUS II. 
LISIANTHUS Browne. THE LISIANTHUS. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Calyx campanulate, five-clcft ; segments incumbent, revolute when old. Style elongated. Stigma bilaminate, 
erect, with membranous incumbent edges. Corolla funnel-shaped ; Seeds small, angular. {G. Don.') 
tube ventricose on one side ; limb equal, five-cleft. Anthers sagittate. 
Description, &c. — Most of the species belonging to this genus are annual plants, natives of the tropics, but 
some few are found in the southern part of Brazil, in a sufficiently mild climate to requu’e only a greenhouse in 
Great Britain. The name of Ldsianthus signifies dissolving flower, in allusion to some medicinal properties 
attributed to the genus. 
1.— LISIANTHUS RTJSSELLIANUS Hook. THE DUKE OF BEDFORD’S LISIANTHUS. 
Synonyme. — L. glaucifolius Nutt. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 3626 ; Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. vi., 
p. 31 ; The Botanist, t. 148 ; and our fig. 2, in PI. 39. 
Specific Character. — Leaves ovate, very acute, from three to 
five-nerved. Flowers in panicles. Calyx deeply cut ; segments very 
long, subulate. Corolla in five parts, campanulately funnel-shaped; 
segments broad, obovate, spreading. 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful plant is a native of Mexico, but it has also been found in the warmer 
parts of North America. It was at first supposed to be an annual, but it is now found to be a half hardy perennial. 
It is generally propagated by seeds, which should be raised on a hotbed ; but as seedling plants do not flower till 
they are three or fom’ years old, it is now judged better to raise young plants from cuttings, which strike when the 
pots are plunged in a hotbed. This beautiful plant only thrives as an inhabitant of the greenhouse, as it is apt 
to damp off when planted in the open ground. It is found, however, to flower best when it can be placed in a stove 
or hotbed early in spring, so as to give it a little additional excitement when it is about to form its flower-buds. 
Great care should be taken in shifting it, as its roots are few and very fragile. The species was introduced 
in 1835. 
CHAPTER XLV. 
BIGNONIACE^E R. Brown. 
Essential Character. — Corolla monopetalous, hypogynous, usually 
irregular, with a four or five-lobed limb. Stamens five ; filaments 
unequal ; anthers two-celled, cells usu.ally divaricate. Ovarium 
girded by a glandular disk, two-celled, many-seeded. Style one. 
Stigma bilaminate. Capsule two-valved, two-celled. Seeds trans- 
versely foliaceous, compressed. Embryo straight, foliaceous. 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to this order have generally trumpet-shaped flowers which are 
