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918. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA:. 
ONCI'DIUM CONCO'LOR. | Plant, 1 foot || Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
ONE-COLOURED ONCIDIUM. || j'icfw’er, 1J mcb 11 * n 1837, flowers in June?, yellow. 
Oncidium, see No. 57. A beautiful orchidaceous plant, which was sent by 
Mr. Gardner from the Organ Mountains of Brazil, to the Woburn collection. 
Sir J. W. Hooker is doubtful of its being alegitimate Oncidium. bot. mag. 3752. 
919. DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. OXALIDACE.®. 
OX'ALIS BARRELIE'M. |j plant, 10 inch l| Stove shrub from Brazil, in 1824, 
barrelier’s oxalis. . I Hotter, it inch II flowers in March and April, yellow, 
Oxalis, see No, 201. The foliage and shrubby stem of this Oxalis depart 
greatly from our usual notions of this genus ; the southern hemisphere, however, 
is said to present species still more anomalous. bot. mag. 3748. 
920. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. TH YMELACEAE. 
PIMELE'A DECUSSA'TA. II riant, 3 feet n Greenhouse evergreen shrub, introdu- 
diOSMa-leaved pimelea. II Flower, li inch II red in 18J7, flowers in June, rose-col. 
Pimelea, see No. 634. This is a new variety, called in the gardens, diosmre- 
folia; of remarkably pretty and attractive aspect. It should be potted in rough 
sandy peat, in which it will flower most abundantly. botanist, 136 . 
921. POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. PAPAVERACE*. 
PLATYSTE'MONleiocARp'umii riant, 1 foot 11 Hardy annual, from New California, 
SMOOTH-FRUITED PLATY5TEM0N. || Flower, 1 inch || 1837, flowers in August, white and yel. 
Platystemon, see No. 487. It seems likely that this plant is but a variety of 
Platystemon Californicum, No. 487, its chief distinction being that its ovaries and 
seed-vessels are glabrous. It was raised from seeds at Glasgow, bot. mag. 3750 . 
922. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PROTEACEfE. 
PRO'TEA LONGIFLO'RA. || riant, 7 feet n Greenhouse evergreen shrub, Cape G. 
Leaf, 2 inch V „ , ’ r 
LONG-FLOWERED PROTEA. || Flower, 5 inch || -nope, 1/90, flowers m Nor. cream-col. 
Protea, from Proteus, a self-transforming sea god; so called on account of the 
diversity of this genus. A handsome flowering species, its silky cream-coloured 
involucre being very ornamental. Its habit is that of latifolia. bot. mag. 2720. 
923. MONADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOS*. 
SCOT'TIA DENTA'TA. II Plant. 2 feet n Greenhouse evergreen shrub, S. Aus- 
BROAD-LEAVED SCOTTIA. ]| Flower, l| inch II tralia, 1S0J, flow. sum. orange-green. 
Derivation of name, see No. 204. A very ornamental evergreen shrub, al- 
though we could wish its foliage less intrusive, or its flowers less modest. It was 
drawn at the Messrs. Knight’s Nursery of Chelsea. botanist, 134 . 
924. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. BIGNONIACEjE. 
TOURRET'TIA lappa'cea. || Plant, 5 feet || Greenhouse annual climber, Peru, 
BUR-FRUITED tourrettia. II Flower, % inch " 1837,flowers Autumn, purple and red. 
Named Tourrettia, by Dombey,its discoverer, in honour of M. de la Tourrette, 
a French Botanist. The present is the only species of the genus ; its corolla 
resembles that of a pedicularis, deprived of its lower lip. bot. mag. 3749 . 
925. DIADELPHIA DECANDRIA, LEG U MINOS Al. 
ZICH'YA TRICO'LOR. 11 Plant, 6 feet? || Greenhouse evergreen climber, Aus- 
THREE-COLOURED ZYCHYA. || Hoover, it inch II tralia, 1838 ? flow, in spring, red & pur. 
Zichya, see No. 861. This genus is composed of plants originally belonging 
to Kennedya. Zichya tricolor resembles dilatata, but its flowers differ in colour, 
and its leaflets are ovate-oblong, and not in any degree angular, bot. reg. 52, 1839. 
