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glands a little above the base, between the filaments:
segments broadly obovate, spreading, deeply jagged or
elegantly fringed round the edges, the mouth naked.
Stamens 4, inserted in the tube, and connected to it tor
some way u p : filaments flat, concave, tapering upwards,
smooth, hairy at the bottom, attached to the
back of the anthers : pollen bright yellow. Germm
quadrangular, tapering to the bottom and also at the
point. Stigmas 2, broadly lamellate, hairy on the
upper side, the points reflexed. Seeds rough, tuberculate.
Our drawing of this handsome species was made in
October last, at the Nursery of Mr. Colvill, where the
plant had been preserved, with many others, that came
up accidentally in the mould that was received from
North America about the roots of other plants; it
came up in the Autumn of 1824, and flowered and ripened
its seeds the following Autumn, when it died ;
so that it can only he considered a biennial; the best
soil for it is the greater part peat, and a little loam
mixed with it, and it may either be grown in the open
ground or in po ts; in the former way it will grow and
flower the strongest; as soon as the seeds are ripe, and
become sufficiently hardened, they should be sown ;
the young plants will then come up, and flower the
following Autumn; but if left till Spring, they will
not come up so readily, and will not flower until the
following season; but they will then flower earlier,
and their seeds will be better ripened ; care must be
taken to keep the young plants from snails and slugs
or other insects, and also to keep them clear from
weeds.
1. Calvx, showing its nneqnal segments, th e 2 b ro ad e r ones with membranaceous
margins. 2. Corolla spread open, to show the insertion of th e stamens,
and the 4 green glands between them. 3. Stamen d etached. 4. Germen, te r-
minated by th e bilaniellate Stigma.
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