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502. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BALSAMINACEJB. 
IMPA'TIENS SCAPIFLO'RA || Plant, 8 inch il Stove tuberous perennial, Bombay, in 
STEMLESS balsam. || pfowcr, 2 inch || 1835, flowers in August, rose-coloured. 
Called Impatiens, from the elasticity of the capsule, which ejects the seeds 
with force. A very interesting plant not bearing, at first sight, scarcely a trace 
of resemblance to other species of the genus. Flowered at Glasgow, bot.mac.3587. 
503. DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. OXALIDACE®. 
OX' A LIS BOW'IEI. II Plant, 7 inch II Frame bulb, Cape of Good Hope, in 
bowie’s oxalis. I Flower, if inch I 1823 > lowers in July, rose-colour. 
Oxalis, see No. 201. A beautiful plant for frame culture, or for the green- 
house, and which in some situations will succeed in the borders. Its bulbous 
roots increase pretty freely, and these may be divided annually. botanist, 25. 
504. gynandria, monandria. orchidace*. 
PLEUR.OTHAI/LIS saoroceph'-|| Plant, 7 inch || Stove herbaceous perennial, Rio Jan- 
ALA. LIZARD-HEADED pleuro.|| FTower,%inch || eiro, 1829, flowers in September, brown. 
Pleurothallis, see No. 169. This is amongst the less gay plants of the orchi- 
daceous family. Although it was first introduced to this country several years 
ago, it is now only met with in principal collections. bot. reg. i968. 
505. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMIXOS®. 
PULTE'NriEA FLEX'ILIS. || Plant, 14 feet 11 Greenhouse evergreen shrub, from X. 
SHINING-LEAVED PULTEN®A. || Flower, iiuch II S - WaIes , 1801, flowers in Sept. yel. 
Pultenasa, see No. 171. This is a slender elegant shrub, possessing more 
neatness than gaiety. An entirely different plant is sometimes met with in the 
nurseries under this name, with glaucous leaves and hairy calyces, bot. reg.1694. 
506. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MEI.ASTOM ACE*. 
RHEX'IA MARIA'NA. || Plant l foot || Frame herbaceous perennial, Mary- 
MARYLAND RHEXIA. II Flower, if inch I land > 1759 > dowers in August, lilac. 
Rhexia, from the Greek p.hexis, a swelling, to which the original Rhexia was 
applied as a cure. This slender growing Rhexia will bear our winters with a 
very slight protection, but is more fit for greenhouse culture. botanist, 28. 
507. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACE® . 
SIPHOCAM'PYLUS bi'color.ii Plant, 3 feet i| Hardy suffruticose perennial, United 
TWO-COLOURED SIPHOCAMPYLUS.fl Flower, if inch 1 States, 1834 ? flowers in April, scarlet. 
The generic name is compounded of the Greek words siphon, a tube ; and 
kampulos, curved, and alludes to the curved tube of the corolla. This plant is 
desirable from its abundant production of flowers in the open borders, flo. gar. 389. 
508. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEG U MINOS®. 
SPAR'TIUM JUN'CEUM. |j riant, 4 feet I Hardy shrub, from Persia, before 1832, 
FRAGRANT BROOM. II Hower,^ inch II dovfers i n July, yellow. 
Spartium, from the Greek sparton, cordage, alluding to the use to which the 
ancients applied this plant. This is a newly-introduced fragrant variety of the 
well-known Spanish Broom ; and it is equally hardy. flo. gar. 390. 
509. didynamia, angiospermia. acanthace®. 
THUNBER'GIA ALA'TA. u Plant, 4 feet II Greenhouse herbaceous twiner, from 
WINGED-PETIOLED thunbergia. II Flower, l| inch II E. Indies, 1823, flowers in sum. white. 
Named in honour of Thunberg, a botanical traveller. The plant now pub- 
lished is a white-flowered variety of the alata, otherwise in no degree different from 
the well-known original of the species. flo. gar. 392. 
