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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS II. 
ISOTOMA, Lindl. THE ISOTOMA. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Limb of calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver- less; the two lower ones mucronate. Stigma capitate, protruding, 
shaped, or funnel-shaped, with an entire or cleft tube, and a 5-parted Capsule 2-cclled, many-seeded, dehiscent.— (G. Don.) 
nearly regular limb. Filaments combined; anthers cohering, beard- 
Description, &c. —The name Isotoma signifies in equal sections; and it is given to this genus, from the 
segments of the corolla being nearly equal. 
ISOTOMA AXILLARIS, Lindl. THE AXIL-FLOWERED ISOTOMA. 
Engravings. —Bot. Reg. t. 964 ; and our fig. 2, in Plate 29. I tifid, toothed; peduncles axillary, naked, elongated, 1-flowered ; 
Synonymes. — Lobelia senecoides, Cunn. ; L. senecionis, Spreng. corolla salver-shaped, with an entire tube.—(G. Don.) 
Specific Character. —Plant rather downy; leaves sessile, pinna- | 
Description, &c.— One of the most elegant of border flowers. We have seldom been so much delighted 
with any flower as we were with this, when we saw it for the first time in the nursery of Mr. Henderson, Pine 
Apple Place, Maida Hill. It is a native of the south coast of New Holland, whence it was introduced in 1824; 
but being supposed to be rather tender, and a perennial, it is only lately that it has come into general cultivation 
as a border annual. The seeds are now common in the seed-shops, and the plants do best raised on a hotbed in 
February or March, and planted out in May. If sown in the open border, it should not be till April or May; in 
which case the plants will not flower till August or September. 
GENUS III. 
MENOPSIS, Salis. THE MENOPSIS. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. Corolla salver-shaped, with a terete tube, which is cleft on one side, allowing the stamens to 
escape, and a regular rotate limb. Anthers cohering. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded, dehiscent.—(G. Don.) 
MENOPSIS CONSPICUA, Salis. THE CONSPICUOUS MENOPSIS. 
Engravings _Bot. Rep. t. C64 ; Bot. Mag. t. 1499. 
Synonymes. —Lobelia speculum, Andrews ; Specularia, Solander. 
Description, &c.— This very curious little plant has been separated from the genus Lobelia on account of the 
regularity of its corolla, which in shape is more like a very small Convolvulus than a Lobelia. It is a prostrate 
plant, with very rich dark blue flowers, having yellow anthers on very long naked footstalks. It is a native of the 
Cape of Good Hope, whence it was introduced in 1812. It is not easy to say where seeds can be procured ; but 
if they should be obtained, they should be sown on a hotbed in pots filled with peat and sand, and when planted 
out in May, holes should be made in the border and filled with peat earth, into which they should be transplanted. 
