little above the mouth. Stigmas 2, nearly sessile
curious parasitical plant was raised last
s?eenntt hhii m Vby LMr . G e o rp Potter, from tfhre« ™B osteaendics
f r o l Calcutta, where they had been received
dk.d n f fT ih ’ u ' l r f *be plants came up, they
died off at the bottom, the tops catching hold of the
nearest plant within their reach, and soon growing
and spreading themselves in all directions, twining
round all the young shoots and footstalks of the
whrnh’iiT *.brust out a kind of teeth, by
which they inserted themselves into the plant The
more juicy and succulent the plant is, the stronger
they grow ; the strong growing species of Pelargonium
suits them admirably.
Spring began flowering in
Sptember, and soon became entirely covered with
flowers of a most delightful fragrance, somewhat
resembhng a mixture of violets and cowslips ; and a
plant that had taken hold of the ivy by Mr. Colvill’s
ttiZnudedT mT flo w' er t'£ th'e ver'y sev' ere f'rost,^ abnedr er iipt ecnoendIts
seed. Mild Winters it would survive very well
as It stood several severe frosts without being in-
1 1 f f*’cuted as an hardy annual, or
“rS ih o u sT ^ b-ame or
O n . ‘’P™’ « stamens, and 5 frinired
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