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149. HIBISCUS (Azanza) Wrayce ,- caule fruticoso tomentoso, foliis palnia- 

 tis coi'tlatis tomentosis : lobis obovatis piniiatificlis laciuiis rotundatis sub- 

 crenatis, pcclunculis axillaribiis bifloris foliis lougioribus, iuvolucello 15- 

 dentato, stigmatis laciniis linearibus revolutis. 



For this also we are indebted to Mrs. Wray of Chelten- 

 ham, after whom it is named. It was raised by that Lady 

 from Swan River seeds, and is a handsome greenhouse shrub, 

 with fine large lilac flowers. The leaves are palmate, bright 

 green, with roundly pinnatifid lobes. The corolla is as much 

 as five inches across, and very showy. It is next to Hibiscus 

 HiKjelii ; fi'om which it differs in the form of the leaves, the 

 toothing of the involucre, the form of the stigma, and the 

 colour of the flowers, which, in that species, are yellow with 

 a purple eye. 



150. OXYANTHUS versicolo?' ; foliis oyali-lanceolatis iitriiique acuminatis 

 glabris, corollis decurvis versicoloribus : laciniis linearibus secundis sta- 

 minibus parum longioribus, filamentis antheris subsequalibus. 



This is a beautiful stove shrub, introduced from Cuba by 

 Messrs. Loddiges. The flow^ers are sweet-scented, and have 

 a slender tube four inches long ; when they first appear they 

 are quite white, but they change gradually to pink, and at 

 last assume a deep rose colour or crimson. 



151. ANGRJilCUM hilobum; caule brevissimo, foliis cuneato- obovatis ob- 

 lique bilobis reticulatis raceme verrucoso pendulo multifloro multo bre- 

 vioribus, sepalis petalisque lanceolatis patentibus, labello conformi paulo 

 majore calcare filiformi emarginato breviore. 



A lovely Orchidaceous plant, with long drooping racemes 

 of snow-white flowers, just tipped with pink, and slightly 

 sweet-scented. It has singular, netted obovate leaves, cloven 

 at the point, and slightly sprinkled with small tubercles. It 

 was imported by Messrs. Loddiges from Cape Coast Castle. 



152. EPIDE?'JDRUM lancifilium. Lindl. Gen. & Sp. Orch. p. 98. 



This plant has been imported from Mexico by Messrs. 

 Loddiges, with whom it has flowered. It is very like E. 

 cochleatiim, but its lip is striated with deep purple radiating 

 lines upon a pale yellow ground. It has a slight perfume. 



153. DENDROBIUM herhaceum; caulibus ramosis teretibus glabris, foliis 

 liueari-lanceolatis acuminatis apice oblique bilobis, racemo paucifloro 

 tcrminali, sepalis lateralibus basi paulo productis dorsali petalisque line- 

 aribus, labello lanceolato integerrimo nudo, clinandrio biauri. 



