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638. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS/E. 
ADES'MIA VISCO'SA. II £,“*• | Frame deciduous shrub, from Chili, 
CLAMMY ADESMIA. Il Flower, I inch II in 1832, flowers in August, yellow. 
Adesmia, see No. 222. “The present is, perhaps, entitled to be regarded as 
the most showy of the whole genus, the flowers being double the size of those of 
most of the other species, and of a rich gamboge yellow colour.” flo.gah. 230 . 
639. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. BIGNONIACE®. 
AMPHI'COME ARGU'TA. II 3 II Frame herbaceous perennial, Hima- 
FINELY-CUT amphicome. » Flower, 2 inch || laya Mountains, 1837, flow. June, pink. 
Amphicome, from the Greek ampht, around ; and come, hair; which alludes 
to the seeds. A pretty plant, of which a single individual only was raised in the 
London Hort. Garden from seeds presented by Professor Royle. bot. reg.19. 
610. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. H.EMODORACE/E. 
BARBACE'NIA purpu'rea. II j Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, in 
PURPLE FLOWERED BARBACENIA. II Flower, & inch II 1825, flowers June to Sept, purple. 
Barbacenia, named after Barbacena, a Governor of Minas Geraes, in Brazil. 
This is a near ally of the Pine-apple, and independently of its rich deep purple 
flowers, its rigid long linear leaves are a perpetual ornament. botanist, 64. 
641. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. CHENOPODIACEJE. 
CHENOPO'DIUM QUINo'sa. II f’J.”"'’ | II Hardy annual, from South America, 
USEFUL chenopodium. II Flower, % inch II in 1822, flowers in July, green. 
Chenopodium is derived from chen, a goose, and pous, a foot, in allusion to 
the shape of the leaves. A plant of no beauty, but of utility in South Amer- 
ica, where a kind of soup is made of the seeds. bot. mag. 364 i. 
642. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RHAMNACE^E. 
COLLET'IA IIOR'RIDA. II Frame evergreen shruh, from Chili, in 
bristling COLLETIA. II Flower, % inch !l 1832 ? flowers in May, greenish white. 
Colletia, named after Mons. Collet, a French botanist. An ornamental spiny 
shrub, which occupies the same place in part of S. America, where it is used for 
brooms, as the Whin or Furze does in this country. bot. mag. 3644 . 
613. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCIIIDACE/E. 
CYMBID'IUM TRIb'l E. II II Stove herbaceous perennial, Nepal, in 
LURID-FLOWERED CYMBI DIUM. II Flower, ?suich II 1822, flowers in August, pur. & green. 
Cymbidium, see No. 514. A less showy subject than are most of its conge- 
ners. It was introduced by Dr. Wallich from Nepal, but has been found in va- 
rious other countries, as Japan, Ceylon, New Caledonia, &c. bot. mag. 3648 . 
644. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCIIIDACE.E. 
DENDRO'BIUMaggregatum.| 
CLOSE-FLOWERED DENDROBIUM. II 
Lea?'’ )J inch If Stove herbaceous perennial, from In- 
Flowcr,l| inch II dia, in 1828, flowers in May, yellow. 
Dendrobium, See No. 84. An ornamental species, its raceme of flowers being 
bold and/ull in proportion to its foliage, but as all its flowers open nearly at the 
same time its beauty is somewhat brief. bot. mag. 3643. 
615. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. FUCIISIACE®. 
FUCH'SIA FUL'GENS. I) [ >l t , a " t ’ 3 II Hardy deciduous shrub, Mexico, in 
brilliant FUCHSIA. II Flower, 4 inch II 1837, flowers June to Oct. Vermillion. 
Fuchsia, see No. 290. A splendid addition to this splendid genus; introdu- 
ced by the Messrs. Lee of Hammersmith Nursery. Others of still greater beauty 
remain to be obtained from the great storehouse— South America, botanist, 63. 
161 floral register. 
