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654. 
HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BROMELIACE#. 
AGA'VE AMERICA'NA. 
CREAT AMERICAN ALOE. 
Scape, 20 feet | Hardy herbaceous perennial, S.Amer- 
Hon’er 6 iuch II i° a > 1640, flowers Autumn, yel. & green. 
Agave from agauos, admirable, so named in allusion to the beauty and 
grandeur of this tribe of plants. It is erroneously said that this plant blossoms 
but once in 100 years. It has flowered in less than 25 years. bot.mag. sgsa. 
655. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IIJEMODORACEi'E. 
ANIGOZ AN'THUS maNGLe'sii I! Plant. 3 fell Frame herbaceous perennial, Swan 
mangles’s anigozanthus. 1 Flower, 13 inch II River, 1833, flowers June, green & red. 
Anigozanthus, see No. 3. This is the narrow-leaved variety of the species, a 
very remarkable and showy plant. It is usually kept in the greenhouse, hut is 
said to be sufficiently well protected by the cold frame. botanist, gt. 
656. gynandiua, monandria. orchidace*. 
BARTHOL'INA pectina'ta. || Plant, 9 inch | Greenhouse perennial, from Cape G. 
PECTINATED BA rtholina. II p'ower, 1J Inch l ! Hope, 1787, flowers in October, lilac. 
Named after Thomas Bartholin, a Danish physician. This singular plant of 
the section ophrydea, is very rare, although so long known in this country. It 
requires much attention. Should be grown in sandy loam. bot.reg.igs3. 
657. DIADELPIIIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOS/E. 
BO SSI yE' A LINO PH Y L'LA. n 1 'innt, feet ll Greenhouse slimb,from New Holland, 
flax-leaved BOSSi/EA. || Ffower.t! inch II in 1803, flowers in June, yellow. 
Bossiaea, so called after M. Bossieu Lamartiniere, one of the companions of 
ha Perouse. This is an unobtrusive and neat shrub, which, from its abundance 
of flowers, becomes a prominent greenhouse ornament in June. botanist, gs. 
658. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACE*. 
CE'REUS PENTA'LOPIIUS.], Plaot, 2 feet? ll Stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
FIVE-WINGED CEREUS. || Flower, 3 inch II “ ? flowers m Autumn, rose-col. 
Cereus, see No. 75. The flower of this species is exceedingly handsome, of 
a fine rose colour, almost white in the centre, with yellow anthers and the dark 
blue-green styles rising in contrast above them. bot. mag. 3gsi. 
659. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE JE. 
CRYPTOCH'ILUSsaNGUi'nEA. Plant, 7 inch 
Leaf, Hinch 
BLOOD-COLOURED CRYPTOCIIILUS. I Flower, ajinch 
Stove herbaceous perennial, India, 
in 1825? flowers in June scarlet. 
The name refers to the concealed lip, or lahellum, which cannot he easily seen, in 
consequence of the contraction of the mouth of the calyx. A pretty species be- 
longing to the section Epidendrere. Flowered at Messrs. Loddiges. bot. reg. 23. 
660. HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. LILIACEjE. 
CYCLOBO'THRA AL'BA. || Plant, 1 foot ii Hardy bulb, from California, in 1832? 
WHITE CYCLOBOTHP.A. I HoVer. if inch || flowers in June and July, white. 
Cyclobothra, from the Greek kyklos, a circle ; and bothros, a pit, in allusion 
to the circular depression or honey pits in the petals. Somewhat Fritillaria-like. 
The honey pits occasion exterior protuberances. bot. mag. iC6i. 
661. HEXANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. LILIACE/E. 
Cl CLOBO'TIIRA LU’IEA. |j PJant, 1 foot ll Frame bulb, from Mexico, in 1827, 
YELLOW CYCLOBOTHRA. 1 Flower, ¥* inch II Flowers in August, yellow. 
This is a smaller species of Cyclobothra than the plant last described, but its 
colour more attractive. The form of its flower is nearer Fritillaria than is that of 
Cyclobothra alba, but still possessing the peculiar honey-pit. bot. reg. igg 3 . 
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