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462. MONIECIA, MONA DELPHI A. EUPHORBIACE1E. 
ACAL'YPHA ALNIFO'LIA. II I’-' 11 ’ 1 ’ 3 l| A Stove shrub, native of Madras, not 
Leaf, inch . . 
ALDER-LEAVED ACALYPHA. « Flower, 14 inch II yet introduced in a living state. 
The name Acalypha is compounded from the Greek a, without ; kalos, plea- 
sant ; aphe, touch. The small spikes of this monoecious shrub are green, the 
fertile styles long, laciniated, pink-coloured, and ornamental, sup. to bot. mag. 29. 
463. POLYANDRIA, FOLYGYNIA. RANUNCULACE*. 
CLEIVIA'TIS CzLRU'LKA. | Hardy climbing shrub, from Japan, 
violet clematis. II Flower , 34 inch I' in 1836, flowers in October, violet. 
For the derivation of the name of this genus, see No.273. This is the most 
beautiful Clematis that has come to our knowledge. It yields a profusion of 
flowers, which possess more delicacy than those of any other species, bot. reg. 1955. 
464. DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. M ALPIGHIACE®. 
w GALPHI'MIA GLAU’CA. II I’' 1 ’! 1 ' ® f ee ‘ II Greenhouse evergreen shrub, South 
rip Leaf, 3 inch ° 
GLAUCOUS GALPHIMIA. II Flower, 4iinch II America, 1830, flowers in July, yellow. 
. The word Galphimia is an anagram of Malpighi, the name of a celebrated Ita- 
lian physiologist. This is a very desirable plant for training on the uprights or 
rafters of the greenhouse ; and its flowers are odoriferous. botanist, is. 
465. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CINCHONACEjE. 
GARDE'NIA PAN'NEA. II j II Stove shrub, from South America, be- 
CLOTH-LEAVED GARDENIA. II Flower, 2 inch II fore 1830? flowers in June, yellow. 
Named in honour of Dr. Alexander Garden, a physician of Charlestown, in 
South Carolina. Introduced to this country by the London Horticultural Soci- 
ety. It is a shrub of bold character, but rarely flowers. bot. reg. 1952. 
466. DIDYNAMIA, ANCIOSPERM I A . GESNEP.IACEcE. 
GESNE'RIA SCEP'TRUM. II 3 L fPt ll Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
Leaf, 3 inch . . 1 1 
SCEPTRE-FLOWERED gesneria. II I lower, 13 inch II in 1836, flowers in September, orange. 
See No. 103. The Gesneria sceptrum by its height, its upright growth, and 
delicately tinted flowers, constitutes a desirable ornament for the stove. This is 
the variety termed ignea, or pale flowered. bot. mag. 357G. 
467. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACEAE. 
HIBIS'CUS RO'SEUS. i| rjjjjb ij II Hardy herbaceous perennial, Gascony, 
ROSE-COLOURED HIBISCUS. !l Flower, 2{ inch II in 1827, flowers in July and Oct. pink. 
Ilihiscus, was used by the Greeks to distinguish some species of mallow ; it is 
said to originate in ibis, a stork, from this bird eating the seeds. This is a scarce 
and very handsome herbaceous plant for a warm border. botanist, 19. 
468. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. SCROPHULAP.IACE./E. 
LOPHOSPEIt'MUM scan'dens I Climbing herbaceous perennial, Mex- 
ClimbinG lophospermum. il Flower, 2 mch II ico, in 1834, flowers July to Oct. red. 
Named from the Greek lophos, a crest ; and sperma, a seed, in allusion to the 
membranous edge of the seed. This is the true Lophospermum scandens. It is 
remarkably ornamental from its great abundance of flowers. botanist, it. 
469. gynandria, monandria. orchidacea:. 
MAXILLA'RIA STEE'LII. I s, r«t | Stove herbaceous perennial, Demera- 
MR. steel’s MAXILLARIA. II Flower, 1 inch I ra, 1836, flowers in July ? yel. & brown. 
Maxillaria, see No. 71. This singular epiphyte is, in its foliage, totally unlike 
any other of its genus. Its pseudo-bulbs are small and terete, and its leaves 
about the size of a swan quill, and grooved on one side. bot. mag. 3573. 
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