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TROPÆOLUM MINUS. SMALL TROPÆOLUM, OR INDIAN-CRESS.


_Class and Order._

OCTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.

_Generic Character._

_Cal._ 1-phyllus, calcaratus. _Petala_ 5, inæqualia. _Bacca_ tres,
siccæ.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

TROPÆOLUM _minus_ foliis peltatis repandis, petalis acuminato-setaceis.
_Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 357._

Indian-Cresses, or yellow Larke's-heeles. _Park. Parad. p. 280._

[Illustration: No 98]

This species of _Tropæolum_ (which like the _majus_ already figured in
this work, is a native of _Peru_) has long been an inhabitant of our
gardens; it was the only species we had in the time of PARKINSON, by
whom it is figured and described; it appears indeed to have been a great
favourite with that intelligent author, for he says this plant "is of so