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662. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. SCROPHULARIACE*. 
DIPLA'CUS PUNI'CEUS. || Plant, 6 feet || Frame shrub, discovered in California, 
SCARLET DIPLACUS. ll pfow’er, 1 Inch ll 1836 < flowers “ Ma J> scarlet ar,d J 61 ' 
Diplacus, from dis two ; and plakos, placenta, alluding to the splitting of the 
capsule, to each valve of which is attached a large placenta. An elegant shrub 
with the habit of a Mimulus, sometimes called Rlimulus glutinosus. bot mag. 3655. 
663. SYNGENESIA, POLYGAMIA, ASTERACE/E. 
ECIIINA'CEA DICKSO'NI. || Plant, 1 foot 11 Frame herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
Dickson’s ECHINACEA. 1 Flower, sVinnb II in 1834? flowers in August, pink. 
Echinacea from echinaceus, bristly, alluding to the sharp points of the scales 
of the receptacle of some species. Nearly related to Echinacea heterophylla, 
but is a prettier species. It will flower in the open border. bot. reg. 2t. 
664. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE A. 
EPIDEN'DRUM OCHRa’ceum. || Plant, g inch j| Stove herbaceous perennial, Guatema- 
OCHRE-COLOURED EPIDF.NDRUM. II liou’cr, ^"ilrh " la > * n *835, flowers in July, greenish. 
Epidendrum, see No. 4. A neat little plant, which inhabits several parts of 
tropical America. Messrs. Loddiges received it from Oaxaca. It should be kept 
in a moist stove, attached to the branch of an old tree. bot. reg. 26. 
665. DO DEC AND RI A, TRIGYNIA. EUPHORBIACEA:. 
EUPHOR'BIA PUNI'CEA. ll Plant, 20 feet |j Stove shrub, from Jamaica, in 1778, 
CRIMSON-FLOWERED EUPHORBIA. | Bracts , 2 iuch I fl° wers ab summer, with scarlet bracts. 
Euphorbia, see No. 243. This plant contains caoutchouc, and it is now be- 
lieved that the Silkworm feeds on no^species of plant which does not contain in 
its juices some portion of such substance. botanist, 69. 
666. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BERBER ACEA. 
LEON'TICE chrysog'onum. II Plant, fi inch II Greenhousetuberousperennial, Persia, 
GOLDEN-KNEED lion’s LEAF. || puTwer) ^Inch II reintroduced 1836, flowers March, yel. 
Leontice, from the Greek leontike, a classical name, adopted by Linneus. 
Not a very showy plant, but one possessing interest as an edible vegetable of the 
Persians, and also from its connexion with the ancient Greeks. botanist, 50. 
667. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACEJE. 
ORNITHO’GALUM MONt’anum. II Plant, 6 inch | Hardy bulb, from Italy, in 1824, 
MOUNTAIN ORN1THOGALUM. || Hower/l inch 1 flower3 in June, white and green. 
Ornithogalum, see No. 283. A common plant in the mountain pastures of 
Sicily. Very nearly allied to some of the species in cultivation. Is hardy, and 
requires no peculiarity of culture. May be increased by seeds. bot. reg. 28. 
668. DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. EUPHORBIACE/E. 
POINSET'TIA pulcher'rima. || Plant, 4 feet? J Stove shrub, from Mexico, in 1835, 
showy POINSETTIA. || pfower, s^iucli I flowers in December, yellow. 
Poinsettia, see No. 298. This is the white bracted variety, with which we 
were favoured from the Liverpool Botanic Garden. Like the red bracted var- 
iety it was first introduced to this country by Wm. Bates, Esq. botanist, 70. 
669. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SOLANACEAS. 
SOLA'NUM BALBI'SII. || Plant, 3 feet || Greenhouse herbaceous perennial, Ilra- 
balbis’s SOLANUM. || || zil, in 1834 ? flowers all summer, white. 
Solanum, see No. 44. Balbisii, after Balbis, who described this plant under 
the name of Solanum decurrens. This species of Solanum varies in the colour 
of its flowers, is very showy, and nearly hardy. botanist, 49. 
