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the least touch, puncture the skin, and leave an irritation which 
lasts for some hours. 
Preferable to this is L . Herbertii , an hybrid, we believe, 
having much larger flowers, of a deep orange-red; it is of 
stronger habit, requiring to be trained upwards, and will cover 
a trellis of considerable size ; this is less venomous, and there¬ 
fore may be arranged with less difficulty. 
L. auraniiacct is by some affirmed to be no other than 
L. lateritia : if this be correct, there is certainly another 
unnamed species, or at least there must be a variety of it, for 
we have grown the true lateritia and another under the name 
of aurantiaca , and found them very different, the latter being of 
more robust habit, and producing flowers of a more golden hue ; 
but we know nothing of its history, and are inclined to believe 
it a garden variety. 
L. lucida , our present illustration, is a native of Chili, where 
it is found, but sparingly, on the coast of Coquimbo ; it was 
imported by Mr. James Carter, seedsman, of High Holborn, to 
whom we are indebted for the above information respecting it. 
The plant from which our drawing was taken was raised in the 
nursery of Messrs. Henderson, Pine Apple Place, in the spring of 
the present season, and where it is still producing its lovely and 
curious blossoms. The general character of the genus is what 
is called half-hardy annuals; and though from its scarcity 
L. lucida is now kept in a greenhouse, we suppose it will on 
trial be found sufficiently robust to bear exposure in the open 
garden through the summer months ; but even should it prove 
necessary to continue the protection of a house, it must always 
be desirable, were it only for pot-culture ; its free lnabit of 
blooming, and glossy bright green foliage, will ever render it a 
favourite in all collections. 
With respect to cultivation, the entire number of species 
may be similarly treated; the seed should be sown in Febru¬ 
ary in shallow pans, and placed in a moderate hot-bed frame, 
and kept moist until the plants have made four or five leaves, 
when they require to be potted singly into small pots, and after¬ 
wards removed into other larger ones as they advance in size, 
continuing them in the frame until the weather will allow their 
removal to the open borders : if intended to cover an orna¬ 
mental trellis, or the bottoms of the pillars of the conservatory, 
it is better to place them in the situation they are to bloom 
