Identifier: paxtonsmagazineo09paxt (find matches)
Title: Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
Year: 1842 (1840s)
Authors: Paxton, Sir Joseph, 1803-1865.
Subjects: Botany--Periodicals Flowers--Periodicals.
Publisher: London: W. S. Orr and Co.
Contributing Library: Pennsylvania Horticultural Society, McLean Library
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eand the stove, with a somewhat close atmosphere, would seem to be the mostappropriate; and if kej^t in a pot, it should be one of large dimensions. Plantingit in the border or a prepared bed of a warm conservatory would most likely bepreferable ; or a similar situation in a cool stove is equally good. The species is of a luxuriant habitude, with strong stems, handsome dark greenshining foliage ; and it bears a considerable number of its odorous blossoms. Thecalyx segments ai-e pale green, with numberless little pinkish dots on the inside.At a short distance the spots are not perceptible, and the surface appears entirelypink. The petals are narrower, with a whitish ground, and similar spottings.The nectary or crown consists of two rows of beautiful purple and white filaments,and is particularly showy. Altogether, it is a fine addition to the genus, and being easily multiplied bycuttings, it will speedily become common. Young plants can be had at either ofthe nurseries above specified.
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1 I SHQldeii.del.&Iitii. t^tyte9i^a/ J. <UVC^^tiif.< M TORENIA SCABRA. Class.DID YN AMI A. (Rough-loaved Torenia.) Natural Order. SCROPHUL ARI ACEiE. OrJcr. ANGIOSPERMIA. Generic Character.—Calyx tubular, plicate, oblique-ly five-toothed or bilabiate; lips two or three-toothed. Co-rolla ringent; upper lip bifid, lower one trifid: segmentsalmost flat. Stamens four, didynamous, the two upperones short, with entire filaments ; the two lower onesinserted at the base of the lower lip, with arched, elon-gated filaments, which are each furnished with a tooth-formed or filiform appendage at the base : anthersapproximating, or adhering by pairs, two-celled ; cellsdiverging or divaricate, confluent at the apex. Stylesimple. Stigma flattened. Capsule oblong, shorter than the calyx, two-valved ; valves entire, with flatmargins; dissepiment parallel, placentiferous, at lengthfree.—Dons Oard. and Botany. Specific Character.—Plant an annuaL Stem erect,pubescent at its base, but glabr

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