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838. rENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. ASCLEPIADACE*. 
HOY' A CORIA'CEA. || Plant, 8 6-et? | Stove twining shrub, from Manilla, 
THICK-LEAVED HOVA. || n *„’ cr , 1 'inch II 1837? flowers in August, white & yel. 
Hoya, see No. 137. A newly-introduced species, sent from Manilla, by Mr. 
Cuming, to the Messrs. Loddiges. It is nearly parasitic, and is still attached to 
the block of wood on which it was imported. bot. rec. is, 1839. 
839. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERM IA. VERBENACEA. 
LANTA'NA sellowia'na. | Plant, j} feet i> Greenhouse shrub, South America, 
SELLOw’s LANTANA. II Flower, % inch ,| 1829, flowers in September, crimson. 
Named from lento, to hind ; a name given by botanists of the sixteenth cen- 
tury, to various shrubs, on account of their flexible branches. This pretty green- 
house shrub may be advantageously planted out in summer. botanist, 115. 
840. ICOSANDP.IA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEAt. 
MAMILLA'RIA PUL'CIIRA.II Height, 3 inch ll Stove evergreen perennial .Mexico, in 
Width, 13 inch „ ° . r T ’ 
HANDSOME MAMILLARIA. || Flower, % inch II 1826, flowers m June, rose-colour. 
Mammillaria, see No. 615. This is a rather remarkable species of Mammil- 
laria, presented in 1826, by Sir. J. Lubbock, to the London Horticultural Society. 
In culture the chief care is required against over watering. bot. reg. 1329. 
841 . gynandria, monandria. orchidace*. 
ONCID'IUM REFLEX'UM. :| Plant, loinclt 11 Stove herbaceous perennial. Mexico, 
REFLEXED ONCIDIUM. || Flower, inch II ia 1836? flowers in January, yellow. 
Oncidium, see No. 57. This is an Epiphyte, that is, a plant which grows on 
another plant, but not a Parasite, since it depends for nourishment, on a moist 
atmosphere, and not on the plant that supports it. botanist, no. 
842. DECANDR1A, MONOGYNIA LEGUM1N0S.E. 
OXYLO'BIUM SCAN'DENS.II Plant, 3 feet ll Greenhouse herbaceous perennial, New 
CLIMBING ox Y LOBIUM . ll Hewer, % Inch II Holland, 1824, flowers in July, yellow. 
Oxylobium from oxus, sharp or pointed, and lobos a pod. This is the Mer- 
belia Baxteri of the Botanical Register, it is remarkably showy, and should be 
raised at each repotting as M‘Nab directs for heaths. bo tanist, 114. 
843 DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. SCROPHULARIACE/E. 
PENTSTE'MON barba'tum. II Plant* 3 feet ll Hardy herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
bearded pentstemon. II Flower, 1 $ inch II 1837, flowersin July and Aug. reddish. 
Pentstemon, see No. 232. This is a new flesh-coloured pale variety of the 
plant long known as Chelone barbata, and published as such in the Eotanic Gar- 
den, No. 81. Raised in the Horticultural Gardens. bot. reg. 21 , 1839 . 
844. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. TH YMELACEAI. 
PIME'LEA HENDERSO'NI.ii Plant, 1 J feet 11 Greenhouse shrub, from KingGeorge's 
Henderson’s pimblea. || Flower li inch 1 Sound, 1837, flowers in July, pink. 
Pimelea, see No. 634. Dr. Graham considers this species as intermediate be- 
tween decussata and rosea. It is a handsome plant, and was raised by Messrs. 
Eagle and Henderson, from seeds sent to them by Captain Cheyne. bot. mag. 3721. 
845. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. ACANTHACEA. 
RUEL'LIA CILIATIFLO'RA. II Plant, H feet 11 Stove herbaceous perennial, Buenos 
FRINGE-FLOWERED RUELLIA. || Flower, 1J inch II Ayres, 1837? flowers in Sept, lilac. 
Ruellia, see No. 58. “ Seeds of this very handsome Ruellia were sent to the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden by Mr. Tweedie, from Buenos Ayres ” probably 
brought, by that industrious collector, from the interior. bot. mag. 3718. 
