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GENUS VII. 
HUNNEMANIA, Swt. THE HUNNEMANIA. 
Lin. Syst. POLYANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Petals four. Stamens indefinite. Stigma peltate, four-furrowed, slightly four-lobed. Capsules silique-formed, rather 
compressed, ten-ribbed, one-celled, two-valved_(G. Don.) There is only one species. 
1.—HUNNEMANIA FUMARIfEFOLIA, Swt. THE FUMITORY-LEAVED HUNNEMANIA. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 3016 ; Lodd. Bot. Cab. t. 1779 ; Brit. Flow. Card. t. 276. 
Specific Character. —Leaves decompound and triternate ; glaucous. Leaflets linear, bluntish.—(G. Don.) 
Description, History, &c.—The Hunnemania may be treated either as a shrubby, or suffruticose plant, 
as a perennial, or as an annual; and as it will flower beautifully according to the latter mode of treatment, we 
have included it in our list. The foliage of the Hunnemania bears a considerable resemblance to that of the 
Eschscholtzia, but it is more stiff, and upright; it is also of a darker bluish green. The flower is large, resem¬ 
bling in shape a single poppy, and of a most brilliant yellow. The capsule is a pod, and resembles that of the 
Eschscholtzia. The stem, which grows about three feet high, is erect and branching, bearing a solitary flower 
at the extremity of each branch. It is a native of Mexico, and was introduced in 1827, by the late Robert 
Barclay, Esq. of Bury Hill, to whom the Floricultural world is indebted for so many valuable plants. 
Culture.— The Hunnemania like the Eschscholtzia belongs to a class of plants for which we want a definite 
name. It may be treated as an annual, and suffered to die after it has flowered and ripened its seeds; but 
if protected during winter, it will live three or four years, flowering every summer; and if trained against a 
wall, and carefully protected from frost, it will live several years, and will soon become woody at the lower part 
of the stem near the root. The Calandrinas, and other Californian and Mexican plants, are of the same habit; 
but as they are all generally sold in the seed-shops as annuals, and bear splendid flowers, we have included 
them in this work. 
Though the Hunnemania continues in blossom nearly the whole summer, and is certainly one of the most 
splendid flowers that can be grown in the open ground, it is comparatively but seldom found in flower-gardens. 
This arises principally from its being considered as a perennial, and consequently, as difficult to keep through 
the winter. After it is planted out, it rapidly becomes a large plant, and, of course, very troublesome to 
protect; but if it is treated as an annual, that is, raised from seed every year, and suffered to die as soon as it 
has flowered and ripened its seed, it only requires protection in a cold frame the winter after it is sown, when, of 
course, the plants are quite small, and a great many may be kept in one pot. As this is the first tender annual 
we have treated of, we shall give a detailed account of its culture, as a similar mode of treatment will be suitable 
to several other plants; and we shall first say a few words on the general treatment of tender annuals raised 
in pots on a hot-bed. 
All tender annuals, to be flowered in the highest degree of perfection, must be raised on a hot-bed; and 
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