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710. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACE*. 
ECHINOCAC'TUS Otto'nis. II Plant, 4 inch II Stove evergreen perennial, Brazil, in 
otto’s spiny CACTUS. || Mower, 2 inch II 1829, flowers in July & August, yel. 
Echinocactus, see No. 453. The flowers of this genus of plants do not pre- 
sent that variety which is found in many others. Those of Echinocactus ottonis 
are small, but they are comparatively numerous. bot. reg. 42 . 
711. MONtECIA, MONANDRIA. EUPHORBIACE*. 
EUPHOR'BIA jacquiniflo'ra.|| Plant, 4 feet || Stove shrub, from Mexico? in 1836, 
JACQUINIA-FLOWEREDEUPHORBIA.il Mower, Vfc inch II flowers in winter, bright red. 
Euphorbia, see No. 243. This species of Euphorbia is rather showy, and has 
attracted much attention at some of the London floral exhibitions. It was intro- 
duced to this country through the Berlin Botanic Garden. bot. mag. 3GT3. 
712. MONCECIA, MONANDRIA. EUPIIORBIACE*. 
EUPHOR’BIA RI'GIDA. II Plant, l loot II Hardy herbaceous perennial, North of 
DOUBLE glanded euphorbia. II Flower, >/ 2 >'”<ll I Europe, 1818, flow. May, greenish yel. 
This plant is sometimes erroneously called Euphorbia myrsinites which is a 
species with serrated leaves. Euphorbia rigida may be increased by cuttings of 
the roots, planted with one end above the surface. bot. reg. 43 . 
713. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACE.K. 
LOBE’LIA BRIDGE’SII. II plant, 4 feet II Greenhouseherbaceousperennial,Chi- 
BRIDGEs’s LOBELIA. 1 Mower, 1£ inch 1 li, in 1836? flowers in July, pink. 
Lobelia, see No. 23. A handsome free-flowering upright plant. Its flowers 
are also showy, and their hue is a novelty amongst our Lobelias of this character. 
Mr. Bridges discovered it in the south of Chili. bot. mag. 3671. 
714. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCIIIDACE*. 
MAXILLA’RIA rollisso’ Nil. || Plant, 4 inch || Stove herbaceous perennial, from Bra- 
MESSRS. ROLLISSOn’s maxilla ria. U Flower, 1J mch II 2 il> > n 1836 ? flowers in Aug. pale yel. 
Maxillaria, seeNo.71. Its neat short foliage rising round the pseudo bulbs, 
gives the plant, out of flower, a pretty effect ; it, may then be mistaken for the 
species stapelioides. Its flowers are small but pretty. bot. reg. 40 . 
715. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ERICACEAE. 
RHODODEN’DRON albiflo’-|I Plant, 3 feet || Hardyshrub, from America, in 1833? 
RUM. WHITE-FLOWD. rhododen.|| Flower, i inch ll flowers in July, cream-coloured. 
Rhododendron, see No. 603. Raised in the Edinburgh Botanic Garden from 
seeds received by Dr. Graham from the rocky mountains. It is a less attractive 
plant than most others of this showy and much admired genus, bot. mag. 3670 . 
716- PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SOLANACEiE. 
SOLA ALM campanula tum. | Plant, 2$ feet || Greenhouse herb. perennial, from Port 
bell-flowered solanum. || Flower, If inch ll Jackson, 1835? flowers July, pale pur. 
Solanum, see No. 44. A rather handsome species. The character which first 
excites attention is its defensive prickles, which are spread not alone over the stems 
but also along the midrib and veins of its leaves. bot. mag. 36 - 2 . 
717. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCIIIDACEJE. 
ZAGOIETALON murraya -]| Plant, 7 inch If Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, in 
NUM. Murray’s zygopetalon. || Mower, 2 inrt I 1837, flowers in winter, yellow-green. 
Zygopetalon, see No. 285. The flowers of Zygopetalon Murrayanum are al- 
most wholly of a yellowish green, still they are not wanting in that general inter- 
est which closely attaches to all the orchidaceae. bot. mag. 3674 . 
