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142. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BIXINEZE. 
AZA'RA DENTA'TA. II II Frame evergreen shrub, from Chile, 
TOOTHED AZARA. H Flower, y 8 inch II which flowers in Spring, yellow. 
Named by Ruiz and Pavon, Spanish botanists, after J. N. Azara, their coun- 
tryman. A handsome evergreen bush, bearing numerous rather inconspicuous 
yellow flowers. Requires careful winter protection from damp. bot. reg. i-ss. 
143. pentandria, digynia. asclepiadeje. 
CALOTRO'PIS PROCE'RA. II i| II Stove shrub, from St. Jago, in 1832, 
TALL CALOTROPIS. I Flow’er,lf inch II flowers in April, purplish red. 
Calotropis, from the Greek, halos, beautiful, and trope, turning; probably 
in allusion to the corolla of the species gigantea. A shrub or tree of glaucous 
hue ; with panicles of flowers possessing rather specious character, bot. nEo. 1792. 
144. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOSJE. 
CAS'SIA GLANDULO'SA. II J* II Stove Shrub, from West Indies, in 
CLANDULAR-LEAVED CASSIA. 1 Flower, l inch II 1822, flowers all Summer, yellow. 
The origin of this generic term, or its signification, otherwise than as the name 
of an odoriferous plant, in holy writ, is very uncertain. An elegant shrub, dis- 
playing its pendant branches in flower three fourths of the year. bot. mag. 3435. 
145 . icosandria, pentagynia. rosace.e. 
C RAT.T/G I S COCCIN'EA. II [I.” 1 ). 1 ’ ^9”'^ II Hardy deciduous tree, from North 
LARGE-FLOW.AMER.WIIITETHOnN.il Flower, & inch II America, in 1683, flowersinMay, white. 
Named from the Greek, kratos, strength, having hard wood. Coccinea, red, 
alludes to its fruit. A beautiful species, far excelling our own hawthorn. It will 
prove an ornament of luxuriant growth in our shrubberies. bot. mag. 3432. 
140. DIDYNAMIA , ANGIOSPERMIA. BICNONIACE.E. 
CRESCEN'TIA CUJE’TA. II 20.^®* | Stove evergreen tree, from Jamaica, in 
CALABASH TREE. II Flower, 24 inch II 1C90, with flowers of a pale yellow. 
Crescentia, a name given in honour of an Italian author. This tree produces 
the Calabash of tropical climates, a fruit resembling a gourd, the pulp of which 
is somewhat acid, but not much esteemed for eating. bot. mag. 3430. 
147. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDEJE. 
DENDRO'BIUM fimbria'tum.I! stove herbaceous perennial, from Ne- 
FRINGED DENDROBIUM. I! Flower, 1 inch II pal, in 1823, flowers in April, yellow. 
For derivation of Dendrobium, see No. 84. The fine yellow showy flowers 
of this species, with their fringed labellum, make it very desirable. It flowered 
in great perfection, in the Manchester Botanic Garden. pax. mag. 172 . 
148. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACEJE. 
F.R YTH RO'N IUMgrandiflohum | j'j™ 1 ’ jjjejj II Hardy bulb, introduced from N. Amer- 
LARGE AMER. doc’s TOOTH VIOLET. II Flower,’.’} inch II ica, in 1827, flowers in May, yellow. 
From the Greek eruthros, signifying red. A rare species, introduced by the 
London Horticultural Society. Independently of botanical differences, its re- 
flexed petals and their superior size distinguish it from others. bot. reg. 178 g. 
149 . DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERE*. 
GESNE'RA FAUCIA'LIS. II II Greenhouseherbaceousperennial,Bra- 
WIDE-MOUTIIED GESNERA. II Flow’cr, 3 inch II zil, in 1834,? flowers in July, scarlet. 
Gesnera, 103. Faucialis, from the Latin fauces, the jaws; applied to its cor- 
olla. The Gesnera faucialis is a bold and handsome herbaceous plant, excelling 
bulbosa both in its size and its brilliancy of colour. bot. reg. ms. 
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