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486. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RUBIACEA. 
PAVET'TA CAF'FRA. II ® f ee * II Stove shrub, from Africa, cultivated 
SOUTH-AFRICAN PAVETTA. II Flower, £ inch 1 in 1823, flowers in April, white. 
Pavetta, the name of the shrub in the Malabar language. This plant was re- 
ceived at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden from Kew, and flowered freely when 
scarcely nine inches high. It is ornamental, and also odoriferous, bot. mag. 3580. 
487. POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. PAPAVERACEA. 
PLATYSTE’MON califor’nicum.H 1 foot || Hardy annual, from California, 1835? 
Leaf, 3 inch I . , , T , , ,, 
Californian platystemON. II Flower, Ijimh || flowers m June and July, pale yellow. 
Platystemon from platus, broad, and stemon a stamen, in allusion to the 
breadth of the filaments. This, says Sir W. J. Hooker, is a highly interesting annu- 
al for the introduction of which, we are indebted to Mr. Douglas, bot. reg. 3579. 
488. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. SCROPHULAP.IACEA. 
REHMAN'NIA chinen'sis. II [ J,"" 1 ’ 4 i"eh II G reen h° use perennial, from China, 
CHINESE REIIMANNIA. " Flower, 2 inch II in 1835, flowers in July, orange. 
Rehmannia, an unexplained name. This plant is nearly related to the genus 
Digitalis. It was received by the London Horticultural Society, from the Im- 
perial Garden of St. Petersburgh. Its flowers are very dingy. bot. reg. i960. 
489. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. GROSSULACEA. 
RI'BES NI'VEUM. | j^jj*** jVV'j | Hardy deciduous shrub, North Amer- 
WHITE-FLOWERED GOOSEBERRY. II Flower, ifc inch II ica, before 1833, flowers in April, white. 
Named after an acid plant, mentioned by the Arabian physicians. This spe- 
cies was introduced, from North-west America by Mr. Douglas, and is nearly 
allied to our gooseberry. It has only novelty to recommend it. bot. reg. 1692. 
490. ICOSANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. ROSACEA. 
RO'SA ALPI'NA. II P 1 "” 1 ' f flie J II Hardy shrub, from Switzerland, 1683, 
I Leaflet, l men . _ ’ 
ROSE OF sharon. II Fluwer,i^ inch I! flowers in June, deep crimson. 
Rosa from the Greek rodon, red, which according to the fabulists was first 
white, but was dyed by the blood of Venus. A most desirable single-flowered 
species, completely thornless, and an abundant blossomer. botanist, 21. 
491. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. OLEACEA. 
SYRIN'GA JOSIK/E'A. II 3 II Hardy shrub, from Germany, in 1832, 
lady josika’s lilac. “ Flower, Vfc inch 1 flowers in June, deep lilac. 
Syringa, an Arcadian nymph, was fabled to have been changed into a pipe, 
syrinx. Applied to this genus, from its tubular branches. This plant promises 
to be of strong growth, and valuable to our shrubberies. botanist, 2 a 
492. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA . HYDROLEACEA. 
WIGAN'DIA caracasa'na. II ® fee ‘ II Stove shrub, South America, before 
Leaf, 3 men . . 
CARACCAS WIGANDIA. » Flower, ljinch II 1836, flow, at uncertain periods, lilac. 
Wigandia, named in compliment to John Wigand, a bishop of Pomerania. Dr. 
Lindley says, ‘ If well grown, and formed into a bush, feathered to the surface of 
the ground, this plant must have a very beautiful appearance.’ bot. reg. 1966. 
493. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. UMBEL LIFER A. 
XANTHO'SIA rOTUndifo'lia. II II Greeuhouseshrub,fromNewHolland, 
ROUND-LEAVED XANTHOSIA. II lyolu’cel,%mch II in 1830? flowers in June, white. 
Xanthosia, from xantiius, yellow ; from the yellowish tomentum with which 
some species are clothed. This is an extremely curious umbelliferous plant, un- 
like in habit to the majority of individuals of this extensive order, bot. mag. 3582. 
