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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
1.— LOPHOSPERMUM ATROSANGUINEUM G. Don. THE DARK-PURPLE LOPHOSPERMUM. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 3367; Bot. Reg., t. 1755; Siveet’s 
Blit. Flow. Gard., 2nd series, t. 250 ; Paxton’s Mag. of Bot., vol. ii., 
p. 27 ; and our fig. 4, in PI. 40, under tFe name of Rhodochiton 
voluhile. 
Synonvmes. — L. Rhodochiton D.Don.-., Rhodochiton voluhile Zucc. 
Specific Character. — Leaves cordate, acuminate, coarsely and 
dentatedly serrated. Calyx partly five-cleft, spreading. Corolla 
tubular. Filaments simple. ((?. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This very beautiful plant, which is generally Imown under the name of Rhodochiton voluhile, 
is M'ell deserving of cultivation in shady places, as it thrives best when it is not exposed to the full glare of the 
sun. It is a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1832. 
OTHER SPECIES OF LOPHOSPERMUM. 
L. SCANDENS EooTc. 
This is one of the most beautiful plants of the genus, and as it ripens seed freely, new varieties of it are 
continually being raised. It is extremely valuable as a climbing plant, and may be planted in the open air in dry 
warm situations, where it will grow freely and continue expanding its beautiful flowers from June till October. 
It is a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1830. L. Hendersonii and L. spectahile are varieties of this 
species, which is also known in some places under the name of L. erubescens. 
GENUS II. 
MAURANDYA Ortega. THE MAURANDYA. 
Un. Syst. DID YN AMI A ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. — Corolla personate, gibbous at the base. Capsule dehiscing by ten teeth at the apex. {G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This genus is named in honour of Dr. Maurandy, a botanical professor at Carthagena. All 
the species are climbing shrubs, and one of them (Jf. Barclmjana) is one of the most ornamental climbing plants in 
British gardens. It is best raised from seeds on a hotbed, and planted out in the open ground in May, where 
it will continue flowering and ripening abundance of seeds all the summer, though it will be killed bj”- the first 
frost in autumn. It was introduced in 1825. There is a variety of this species with delicate white flowers which 
is extremely beautiful ; and there are two other species, viz. M. semperflorens, with pinkish flowers somewliat 
like those of the common Lophospermum, and M. antirrhiniflora, which has dark purple flowers of nearly the 
same colour as those of M. Barclayana, but very inferior in beauty. 
GENUS III. 
TORENIA Lin. THE TORENIA. 
Un. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Ch.aracter. — Calyx plicate, obliquely five-toothed. Stamens four, with arched elongated filaments and anthers approximating or 
cohering by pairs, the tivo lower filaments appendiculate or gibbous at the base. {O. Don.) 
Description, &c. — A genus of pretty perennial plants which are generally considered inhabitants of the stove, 
as they are all natives of Java and other parts of the East Indies. It has been found, however, that one species at 
