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It forms a small heath-like bush, about a foot high, and its 
branches are covered with flowers resembling 6-pointed stars, 
of the most intense and brilliant blue. 
14. CYRTOCHILUM maculatum, var. ecornutum. Bot. Mag. t. 3836. 
This does not appear to be in any respect different from 
the common state of this pretty species. 
15. DENDROBIUM moschatum. Wallich in Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 82. 
Of this noble plant there isa good figure in the Botanical 
Magazine, t. 3837, where Sir William Hooker states his 
opinion that the D. Calceolaria of his Exotic Flora is a mere 
variety of it. 
16. ABUTILON striatum. Dickson in Bot. Reg. 1839. misc. no. 53. 
Of this charming plant a figure is given in the Botanical 
Magazine, t. 8840, whence it appears that Mr. Tweedie, of 
Buenos Ayres, is the person by whom its seeds were originally 
sent home, and that in the year 1832 it was described by Dr. 
Gillies, in the Botanical Miscellany, under the name of Sida 
prcta. But as the plant is clearly an Abutilon, and as the 
genus Abutilon is certainly distinct from Sida, there is no 
occasion to alter the name it now universally bears in gardens. 
Sir William Hooker suggests that in all probability it will 
succeed in the open air, especially during the summer months. 
We fear, however, its foliage and flowers are both too tender 
to preserve their beauty if exposed to a low temperature, or 
if beaten by wind and cold rain. 
17. ARMERIA fasciculata. Willd. enum. Hort. berol. 1. p. 334. 
A handsome shrubby “ thrift,” forming a pretty bush, 
with long stiff leaves like those of a pine, is not uncommon 
in the gardens near London, under the name of Armeria 
scabra, and with the reputation of a Cape plant. This spe- 
cies is really a native of Corsica, near Ajaccio, and of Por- 
tugal, and is the Statice lusitanica fruticosa maritima magno 
Jlore of Tournefort’s Institutions.” It is worth cultivation, 
especially as a rock plant, but it needs protection in the winter 
near London, It will soon be figured here. 
