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934. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE A. 
L/E'LIA AL'BIDA. 11 Plant, 1 foot || Stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
WHITE-FLOWERED LALIA. || Houtr, ljm cl, | 1837, flowers in December, white. 
Laelia, see 70. This is a beautiful plant — the only white one yet introduced 
belonging to the genus. Several collectors have sent it from Oaxaca to this 
country. It yields a delightful primrose-like perfume. bot. reg. 54, 1839. 
935. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEA. 
LEPIS'MIUM MYOSU'RUS. 11 Plant, O feet I Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
MOUSE-TAIL LEPISMIUM. ll Flower, H inch I in 1825? flowers in July, yellow. 
From lepis, a scale : perhaps in allusion to the little scale at the crenature. It 
was part of a plant broken off accidentally and laid aside, at T. Brocklehurst’s, 
Esq. which produced the flowers that are now figured. bot. mag. 3755. 
936. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SOLANACEA. 
NICOTIA'NA PER'SICA. | Plant, 3 | Tender annual, from Persia, in 1831, 
SHIRAZ TOBACCO. 1 Flower, 2 inch I fl° wers in September and Oct. white. 
Nicotiana, see No. 328. Dr. Bindley tells his readers this is the plant which 
produces the far-famed Tobacco of Shiraz — the finest quality manufactured. A 
tolerably handsome annual ; introduced by Sir H. Willock. bot. reg. 1592 . 
937. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
ONCIDTUM trullif'erum. II Plant, 1 foot jj Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
TROWEL-LIPPED ONCIDIUM. 1 PWer, % inch J 1837? flowers in Sept, yellow & red. 
Oncidium, see No. 57. The lip of this Oncidium is very singular, its middle 
lobe assuming the shape of a brick-layer’s trowel. Its pseudo-bulbs are six 
inches long, its leaves not much more. bot. reg. 57, i«39. 
938. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEA. 
OPUN'IIA AURANI IA'CA.I] Plant, 3 feel r Stove herbaceous perennial, Chile, in 
U Stem, 1 inch , . ^ , 
ORANGE-COLOURED INDIAN FIG. || Flower, 1J inch D 1824, flowers m August? yellow. 
A native of the country of a Grecian people called Opuntii. This genus was 
formerly included in Cactus. Opuntia aurantiaca is a free grower in the dry 
stove, and its white stamens fitly adorn its yellow corolla. bot. reg. igog. 
939. MONADELPHIA PENTANDRIA, P ASSIFLOR ACEA. 
PASSIFLO'RA PHCEM'CEA.j; Plant, 20 feet 11 Greenhouse evergreen climber, intro- 
CRIMSON passion FLOWER. II Flower, -ij inch' || duced in 1831, flowers in Sept. crim. 
Passiflora, see No. 313. This is a most brilliantly coloured species, nearly 
allied to alata and quadrangularis, but has a differently-formed involucrum, and 
only two glands at the upper end of the leaf-stalk. bot. reg. 1603. 
940. ICOSANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. ROSACEA. 
RU'BUS RO'RIDUS. | Plant, 4feet? J Greenhouse evergreen shrub, Mada- 
DEWY BRAMBLE. [| flower, i iUch I gascar, 1831, flowers in Aug. white. 
Rubus, see No. 203. This is not an attractive plant from the display of its 
flowers ; but is singular in connexion with its genus, from its finely-cut stipules 
and bracts, sprinkled with dew-like glands. bot. rec. 1607. 
941. IIEXANDRIA, TRIG YNIA. SMILACEA. 
TRILLIUM Rhomboi deum. |i Plant, G inch ■ Hardy herbaceous perennial, X. Amer- 
RHOMDOi'dal TRILLIUM. | flower, 1 inch 1 ica, in 1759, flowers in May, purple. 
Trillium from trilix, in allusion to the various triple-formed parts of the plant. 
Like others of this genus it is interesting in a shady peat border, or for cultivation 
in pots with the alpines. Sometimes called Trillium erectum. botanist, i3s. 
