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THE LADIES’ FLOWER GARDEN 
S. LUSITANICA, Lin. 
Bears considerable resemblance to S. Anglica, except in having flesh-coloured petals. It is a native of Spain 
and Portugal, and was introduced in 1732. There are several other species nearly allied to the last two kinds, 
natives of Spain, France, and Africa. 
S. NOCTURNA, Lin. 
A species with rose-coloured flowers, a native of the south of Europe, introduced in 1683. 
S. CINEREA, Desf. 
A plant remarkable from its silky-greyish hue, with white flowers, and an almost procumbent stem. It is 
a native of Algiers, and was introduced in 1818. 
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S. NYCTANTHA, Willd. 
The leaves are somewhat fleshy, and the flowers are of a greenish-yellow. The plant was introduced about 
1815, but it is not stated of what country it is a native. 
S. DISTACHYA, Brot. 
The petals of the flowers are pale purple above, but green beneath, and so much cut as to appear each in two 
spikes. The plant is a native of Portugal, near Coimbra, and was introduced in 1817- 
S. COLORATA, Sclionsl. 
This species, and S. discolor, Smith, very closely x-escmble S. dislachya ; and all the three kinds are very 
ornamental. 
S. NICiEENSIS, All. 
This species is well adapted for rock-work ; it is procumbent, and grows in great abundance on the sandy 
shores of the Mediterranean. The petals are white on the upper surface; but of a pale yellowish-purple beneath. 
It is a native of the country near Nice, and was introduced in 1820. S. Ramosa, G. Don., and S. Arenaria, 
Dcsf., are very nearly allied species. They are all very ornamental, and very suitable for rock-work. 
S. NOCTIFLORA, Lin. 
This plant is a true Catch-fly, being covered with a clammy pubescence. It derives its name from its 
flowers, which are of a pale blush colour, expanding only at night. 
S. CRETICA, Lin. 
This species has deep rose-coloured flowers. It is a native of Crete, on rocks by the sea-side; and it was 
introduced in 1732. 
S. RETICULATA, Desf. 
This species is remarkable for its calyx, which is marked with ten prominent dark purple stripes, with net¬ 
work between of the same colour. The flowers are small, and rose-coloured. The species is a native of Algiers, 
and was introduced in 1804. 
S. ORCHIDEA, Lin. 
The flowers resemble those of some of the kinds of Orchis, and both the calyx and the petals are rose- 
coloured. The plant is a native of the Levant, and the Grecian Isles, and it was introduced in 1781. 
There are many other species, but we have selected the most remarkable. 
