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198. PHOLIDOTA conchoidea; spicá pendula distichá imbricata, bracteis 
oblongis concavis apiculatis, sepalorum lateralium carina limbo quali, 
epichilio 3-lobo laciniis lateralibus rotundatis intermedio obsoleto, hypo- 
chilio utrinque in lobum ascendentem producto basi intus lineis tribus 
elevatis distantibus. 
This curious plant was found in Manilla by Mr. Cuming, 
and raised at Knypersley, where it blossomed a month ago, 
after having been occupied in forming its flower spike during 
the space of six months. It is very like P. imbricata, but its 
flowers are nearly twice as large, and the keels of the lateral 
sepals are so deep and concave as to give the lower side of 
the flower the appearance of the inside of a bivalve shell. 
199. CONVOLVULIS joridus. Linn. suppl. 136. Jacq. ic. rar. t. 34. 
This plant has flowered with Mr. W. Young of the Milford 
Nursery. It is a shrub «with very long grey willow-like 
leaves, and terminal panicles of small cream-coloured flowers. 
It was raised from seeds collected in Teneriffe by Mr. Barker 
Webb.  Linnzus calls it the most beautiful of all Convolvuli, 
because of the abundance of its flowers: but they are far too 
small and colourless to justify such an encomium. It is how- 
ever a pretty greenhouse shrub. 
200. PRONAYA elegans. Hugel enum. p. 9. Bot. Arch. t. 6. 
A twining evergreen shrub from Swan River, with narrow 
greyish green leaves, and terminal clusters of pale lilac 
flowers. It has the habit of a Sollya, to which it is nearly 
allied, but it is very inferior to it in beauty. No doubt a 
greenhouse plant, although it may live out of doors in the 
summer, or be capable of enduring a mild winter. Specimens 
have been sent me by Mr. Young, from the Milford 
Nursery. 
201. EOM pendula. R. Brown, prodr. 436. Endlich. prodr. fl. 
Ori. . 
This pretty plant has been raised by Mr. Robert Arnott, 
of the Cambrian Nursery, Charlton Kings, near Cheltenham, 
from Norfolk Island seed. It was sown in the spring of 1839, 
and was preserved through the winter in a greenhouse, the 
temperature of which did not exceed 50°. It is a rather woody 
plant, with many prickles on the stem. The leaves are digi- 
tate, with the two lower lobes usually 2-lobed; the purple 
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