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3.— HELIOPHILA STRICTA, Sims. UPRIGHT HELIOPHILA. 
Engravings.— Bot. Mag. t. 2526; and our fig. 6, in Plate 13. I tifld, upper ones linear, quite entire. Pods straight, mucronate 
Specific Character. —Leaves hairy, lower ones lanceolate, pinna- | pubescent.—(G. Don.) 
Description, Ac.— This is a curious little plant with very dark blue flowers, and a stiff upright habit of 
growth. It is a native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced in 1820. We do not know where seeds 
are to be procured. 
OTHER SPECIES OF HELIOPHILA. 
Besides the above, there are sixteen other species of Heliophila which are marked as having been introduced. 
They are all natives of the Cape of Good Hope, and are said to hear a general resemblance to each other, differing 
principally in the colour of their flowers, which are white, pink, purple, and blue. We do not think it necessary 
to enter into details respecting them, as they do not appear to have been figured in any botanical periodical, 
and as their names are not in any of the seedsmen’s catalogues. 
' GENUS X. 
SCHIZOPETALON, Sims. THE SCHIZOPETALON. 
Lin. Syst. TETRADYNAMIA SILIQUOSA. 
Generic Character. —Cotyledons 4, spirally twisted. Petals pinnatifid.— (G. Don.) 
1—SCHIZOPETALON WALKERII, Sims. WALKER’S SCHIZOPETALON. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 2379 ; Bot. Reg. t. 752. Sweet’s Brit. white, in long racemes. Pedicels each furnished with a linear bractea. 
Flow. Gard. 2nd Series, t. 387 ; and our fig. 5, in Plate 13. —(G. Don.) 
Specific Character. —Leaves alternate, sinuately pinnatifid. Flowers 
Description, &c. —A very remarkable plant, with fragrant white flowers, from the curious shape of which 
it takes its name, Schizopetalon signifying cut petal. The leaves are also cut; and the whole plant is covered 
over with short forked hairs. The stem is rather slender, and requires support; and the root, which resembles 
that of a young carrot, is very long, and furnished with a deep fringe of fibres at its lower extremity. It is a 
native of Chili, from which country Mr. Walker of Arno’s Grove, near Hornsey, received its seeds in 1821. It 
is hardy, and will sometimes grow well in the open border, while at others, it dies off’ without any apparent 
cause. The reason of this is the length of its root, which requires a light sandy soil that it can easily penetrate. 
To raise this plant, the seeds should be sown in light sandy soil where they are to remain; or sown in pots in a 
hotbed, and when planted out the whole of the earth should be taken out of the pot together, and planted in a 
hole made in the border, without disturbing the roots in the slightest degree. The seeds should be sown thickly, 
and not thinned out; they are rather scarce, as they will only ripen in Avarm dry summers, but we procured 
some from Mr. Charlwood in March last, which, sown in a pot in a hotbed, came up very well in about a week ; 
while others came up in about three weeks in the open ground. 
