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534. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOASACE^. 
MENTZE'LIA STIPITA'TA. 
STALKED MENTZELIA. 
Plant, l^feet 
Leaf, 3fc inch 
Flower, 2 inch 
Greenhouse herbaceous perennial, 
Mexico, 1836, flowers in Oct. orange. 
This genus was named after Christian Mentzel, a Prussian physician. The spe- 
cies stipitata was introduced by W. Bates, Esq. to the Liverpool Botanic Garden, 
whence the drawing- was derived. It is an interesting plant. botanist, 3*. 
535. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
ONCFJDIUM LU'RIDUM. II Scape, 3 feet | Stove herbaceous perennial, S. America, 
DINGY-FLOWERED ONCIDIUM. II Flower, ljinch I 1822, flowers in April, brownish green. 
Oncidium, see No. 57. This species of Oncidium has no peculiar character- 
istic which can introduce it to the notice of the common observer. Its greenish 
yellow flowers, with confluent brown spots possess but little gaiety, bot. mag. 3603. 
536. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. GROSSULACE/E. 
RTBES CE'REUM. |j Plant, 2 feet^ |i Hardy deciduous shrub, from North 
WAXY CURRANT. II Flower, %'inch ||- America, 1827, flowers in April, white. 
For the derivation of the word Ribes see No. 489. Ribes cereum forms a small 
hardy shrub with branches entirely unarmed, and little umbelled racemes of white 
flowers which make it a suitable ornament for the shrubbery. bot. reg. 12C3. 
537. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. GROSSU LACE.E. 
RTBES SETO'SUM. || riant, 4 feet || Hardy deciduous shrub, N. America, 
II I ^ gf | inch II 
BRISTLY-STEMMED GOOSEBERRY. || Flow’er.% inch II in 1810 > flowers in April, white. 
Ribes setosum, unlike the last-mentioned plant, is densely armed with setae. 
A pretty shrub, with black fruit, having a subacid, and somewhat musky flavour, 
but not possessing sufficient merit to recommend it to cultivation, bot. reg. 123T. 
538. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA . ACANTHACE*. 
RUEL'LIA SABINIA'NA. II Plant, e lect It Greenhouse evergreen undershrub, 
MR. sabine’s ruellia. || Flower, ljinch 1 Sylhet, 1824, flowers all the year, violet. 
Ruellia, see No. 58. Ruellia Sabiniana produces but few flowers at a time, 
their succession, however, affords a recompence ; and their prominent lavender- 
coloured bracts are a pleasing and less evanescent ornament. bot. reg. 1238 . 
539. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMIN0S3E. 
SCOT'TIA ANGUSTIFO LIA.II Plant, fi feet II Greenhouse evergreen shrub, New 
narrow-leaved scottia. 1 Flower, ljincb !l Holland, 1826, flowers in Jan. yellow. 
Scottia, see No. 24. “ For this beautiful addition to an interesting genus, the 
public is indebted to Mr. Mackay, of the Clapton Nursery, by whom it was rai- 
sed from New Holland seeds.” It is of easy culture. bot. reg. 1266 . 
540. DICECIA, POLYANDRIA. ANONACEJE. 
SPHTEROSTEM'MA propin’qu-|I Plant, 10 feet ij stove climber, from Nepal, in 1828, 
UM. SMALL-FLD. SPHA1ROSTEMMA.I Flower, Inch II flowers in July, and August, yellow. 
Named from sphaira, a globe ; and stema, a stamen, in allusion to the male 
flowers. Discovered by Dr. Wallich. It flowered in the London Horticultural 
Society’s Garden ; hut the female plant has not yet been introduced, bot. reg. 1688 . 
541. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ASPHODELACE®. 
TRITEL'EIA LAX’A. il Scape, U feet jj Hardy bulb, from California, in 1832? 
LOOSE-FLOWERING triteleia. || Flower, H inch II flowers in June and July, deep blue. 
Triteleia, see No. 412. This promises to be a desirable hardy bulb, produ- 
cing as many as twenty flowers in an umbel, not unlike Brodiaea grandiflora. It 
will flourish in a mixture of peat, loam, and sand. bot. reg. 16S5. 
