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sent from the South of Spain. It is a singular and very ornamental plant of 

 its tribe; it has stood out of doors two winters, flowering freely in autumn. 

 Both flowers and leaves have a musky smell. Flowers, yellow. Kentrophyl- 

 lum, from Kentros, a spine; and phyllon, a leaf — in allusion to the spiny 

 leaves. 



7. Chrysophylhim monopyrenum, Date-shaped, or Damascene Plum, Star 

 Apple. This species of Star Apple, which was introduced to the conservato- 

 ries of Britain in 1812, forms in Madeira a rather elegant evergreen tree, 

 growing about thirty feet high, with a trunk one foot in diameter. Leaves 

 alternate, oval, approaching to oblong, four or five inches long, and two broad. 

 Before they fall, the leaves turn to a beautiful deep rich red, variously marbled 

 or mottled with yellow or white. The fruit is of a dark brown colour, insipid, 

 yet not absolutely disagreeable, being tolerably juicy and sweet, with a fig-like 

 flavour. Flowers, yellowish white, small. Chrysophyllum, from Chrysos, 

 gold ; and phyllon , leaf. 



Edwards's Botanical Register. Edited by Dr. Lindley, Pro- 

 fessor of Botany in the University of London. 4s. coloured, 

 3s. plain. 



1. Calanthe densiflora, Clustered Calanthe. Gynandria, Monandria. Or- 

 chids. A native of the mountains of Sylhet, whence it was obtained by Dr. 

 Wallicii. It is cultivated by Messrs. Loddiges's. The plant is a terrestrial 

 species, growing very freely in loam and decayed vegetable matter in a damp 

 stove. It is propagated by division of the crown of the roots. Flowers, in a 

 dense, many-flowered corymb, pale yellow. Calanthe, from Kalos, beautiful; 

 and anthos, flower. 



2. Gaslrulobium retusum, Blunt-leaved Gastrolobium. Decandria, Mono- 

 gynia. LeguminosK. A native of the south coast of New Holland, whence 

 it was received by Mr. Knight, of the King's Road, Chelsea, in whose nursery 

 it is now cultivated. It is a smaller plant than the old but rare species, G. 

 bilobum. Its flowers are of the same rich orange yellow, but in smaller heads; 

 and their keel is not purple. It is a pretty greenhouse plant, easily propa- 

 gated by cuttings. Gastrolobium, from Gastcr, the abdomen; and lobus, a 

 pod. It might be Englished Bladder pod, the pods having an inflated ap- 

 pearance. 



3. Heliconia piilvemlenla, Powdered Heliconia. Pentandria, Monogynia. 

 Musaceae. A beautiful stove plant, cultivated iu the hothouse of Sir Abraham 

 Hume, Bart., at VVormleybury, in Herts, where it flowered in July 1833. It 

 is impossible to imagine any thing more delicate than the blue bloom which 

 thickly covers the under side of the leaves, or more brilliant than the vivid 

 scarlet of the flower-leaves or spathes. It is probable this species is a native 

 of some of the South American forests. Culture: soil, peat and loam; in- 

 creased by division. Heliconia, from Helicon, mountain of the Muses — affinity 

 to Musa. 



4. Nicrembcrgiajilicaulis, Slender stemmed. Pentandria, Monogynia. So- 

 laues. This new species is cultivated by Mr. Tate, of Sloane-street Nursery, 

 Chelsea. It is probably a native of Mexico. It is a very pretty greenhouse 

 plant, perennial. Flowers nnmerous, lilac with a yellow centre, one inch and 

 a half diameter. It ditter> from N. gracilis, not only in the colour of its 

 flowers, but also in being entirely destitute of the down found on all parts of 

 that species. Culture : easily increased by cuttings, and requiring but a mo- 

 derate degree of protection in winter, provided it is kept in an airy place ; 

 soil, rich sandy loam. Nicrembergia, in honour of .1. E. Nieremberg, a 

 Spanish Jesuit, who is said to have written a Natural History, in sixteen 

 books, of which nothing is now remembered. 



fi. \ibiirtiiim colinijbliuin. Quince- leaved Wayfaring Tree. Syn. V. poly 

 carpon. Pentandria, Monogynia. Cftprifoliac< ;c. This rare plant is a shrub 



