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942. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACBA). 
ABU'TILON STRIA'TUM. || Plant. 4 fel1 II Greenhouse shrub, from Brazil, 1837, 
striated abutilon. || rfower, 1 j 'inch 8 flow. in March, orange, & crim. veins. 
Abutilon, the Arabic name of a malvaceous plant. This newly-introduced 
plant yields its handsome and novel flowers nearly all the year. It was drawn 
for the Botanist by favour of Miss Trail of Hayes Place. botanist, 144. 
943. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEjE. 
C YRTOCII TLU Mm ystacinum r plant, l£feet it Stoveherbaceousperennial, from Peru, 
WHISKERED curvelip. | puj^’er, ljICch !l in 1837, flowers in November, yellow. 
Cyrtochilum, see No. 709. This plant flowered in 1837, with Richard Harrison, 
Esq. of Aighburgh, by whom it was introduced from Peru. It does not present 
any peculiar novelty, either in habit or appearance. bot. rec. 62, 1839. 
944. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE IE. 
DENDRO'BIUM formo'sum. r Plant, lfoot? |i Stove herbaceous perennial, Sylhet? 
BEAUTIFUL TREE BLOOM. | Rower, 'a inch jj in 1837? flowers in May, white. 
Dendrobium, see No. 84. “ As a white-flowered epiphyte, this is almost unri- 
valled among Asiatic Orchidaceae, the Phalaenopsis amabilis being the only one 
that can fairly enter into comparison with it.” bot. reg. 64, 1839. 
945. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
DENDRO'BIUM specio'sum. n Plant, I foot H Stoveherbaceousperennial, N. South 
SHEWY DENDROBIUM. | Rower, 1 inch I! Wales, 1801, flowers in March, yellow. 
Dendrobium, see No. 84. This plant is rendered showy, not by the size of 
each individual flower, but by the number of them in the raceme. Our cut will 
distinctly show the reader its mode of inflorescence. bot. reg. i6io. 
946. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. APOCYNACE1E. 
ECHI'TES SUBEREC'TA. 11 riant, s r«t n stove evergreen twiner, from W. In- 
SUBERECT euhites. II pfow’er, 2jinch I dies, in 1759, flowers in August, yel. 
Echites, see No. 610. This, although a plant of great beauty, has been most 
undeservedly neglected. It is a free climber in the stove, and grows well when 
planted in a mixture of sandy peat and loam. botanist, 143. 
947. DIADELPIIIA, DECANDRIA. LBGUMINOS*. 
ERYTHRI'NA POIAN'THESlj riant, is feet 11 Stove deciduous tree, from Asia, in 
THORNLESS CORAL TREE. || Flower, 2* inch II 1823, flowers in July, scarlet. 
Erythrina, from the Greek erytiiros, red ; in allusion to the colour of the 
flowers. This is one of the most magnificent of stove plants, — a splendid orna- 
ment of Madeira, growing there from fifteen to twenty feet high. bot. reg. 1617. 
948. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SOLANACE/E. 
FABIA'NA IMBRICA'FA. II riant, } foot jj Greenhouse evergreen shrub, Chile? 
IMBRICATED FABIANA. |] Rower, te inch II in 1838? flowers in May, white. 
So named in compliment to Francisco Fabiano, a Spanish promoter of Botany. 
This small shrub produces abundance of white flowers, has the general appear- 
ance of a heath ; and requires the same sort of management. bot. reg. 59, 1839. 
949. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. FROTEACEJE. 
HA K EA DA( I \ LOI DES. Il riant, 6 feet 11 Greenhouse shrub, from N. Holland, 
finger-leavbd HAKEA. || pfower.ll inch 8 in 1827, flowers in April, white. 
Hakea, see No. 136. A new variety of dactyloides. Raised at Edinburgh, 
from seeds sent home by Mr. Fraser. It is ornamental, and as Dr. Graham ob- 
serves, flowers most profusely, treated as a greenhouse plant. bot. mag. 3760. 
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