RUSSELLIA JUNCEA. 
The Russellias are a genus of ornamental plants, of 
comparatively recent introduction; the species we illus¬ 
trate in this number of the Cabinet, was introduced into 
Berlin,in lS32,from Mexico, and from there found its way 
slowly into England, and from thence to this country. 
The plant was named in'Jionor of Dr. Alexander Rus¬ 
sell, a celebrated English physician and author. The 
genus are all greenhouse plants, requiring a high tem¬ 
perature for the perfect development of their showy 
scarlet flowers. But little attention has been paid to 
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