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966. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCBIDACEA. 
GRAMM ATOP HYL'LUM multi-!! Plant. 2£ feet 1! Stove herbaceous perennial, Manilla, 
FLO RUM. MANY'-FLOWD.LETTER-LF. It Flower, 2 inch R 1837? flowers in May, gr. and br. 
From gramma, a letter, and phullon, leaf, in allusion to the marking of the 
leaves of the flower. This is a fine plant, but with dull coloured flowers. It is 
nearly allied to Cymbidium, but of larger growth. bot, rbg,65, 1839. 
967. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MELASTOMACEA. 
LASIAN'DRA PETIOLA'TA.JI Plant, | f ee i I Stove shrub, introduced in 1836, 
PETtOLATED LASIANDRA. II i-fower, 1 J inch II flowers in June and July, lilac. 
Named from lassio, hairy, and anbr, in allusion to the tuft of hairs on the 
filaments of some species. This is a gay stove plant of easy culture, and well 
worth adding to the best collection. bot. mag. 3766. 
968. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
LIP'ARIS WALKE'RIcE. |i Plant, 8 inch ii stove herbaceous perennial, Ceylon. 
MRS. walker’s liparis. || Flower, Is inch 183d, flowers in July ? purple & green. 
Liparis, see No, 613. Sent to the Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, from Ceylon, 
by Mrs, Colonel Walker, after whom it is named. A plant possessing no beauty, 
consequently not likely to be inquired after. bot. mag. 37to. 
969. MONADELPHIA, PFNTANDRIA. rASSIFLORACEA. 
PASSIFLO'RA gossypiifo'lia. II Plant, 8 feet || Stove perennial climber, fromAmerica, 
COTTON-LEAVED PASSION-FLOWER.! Flower, ljluch II in 1831, flowers in August, white. 
Passiflora, see No. 313, This plant was raised in the London Horticultural 
Society’s Garden, from seeds collected in Peru by Mr. Cruikshanks. It possesses 
very little interest, and its flowers are devoid of gaiety. bot. reg. 1634. 
970. HEXANDRIA, MONOCYNIA. AMARYLLIDACEA. 
PENTLAN'DIA MINIA'TA. || Plant, 1 foot || Greenhouse bulb, from Peru, in 1837, 
RED-LEAD-COLD. PENTLANDIA. || Flower,^ "inch II flowers in August, red-lead colour. 
Pentlandia, in compliment to J. B. Pentland, Esq. who sent the original plant 
of the species to Mr. Herbert. This is a second variety, called Sulivanica, from 
its having been sent home by Commodore Sulivan. bot. reg. 68 1839. 
971. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. THY MEL ACE A. 
PIMELE'A INCA'NA. II P ,a nt, f ee ^ | Greenhouse shrub, Van Dieman's 
HOARY PIMELEA. II Flower, |4 inch ' Land, 1824 ? flowers in May, white. 
Pimelea, see No. 634. This plant was raised from seeds, in the Nursery of 
the Messrs. Lowe of Clapton, and continues to be scarce, notwithstanding exotic 
seeds are frequently received by botanists in this country. botanist, 147. 
972. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA, LILIACEA. 
TULIP'A MALEO'LENS. 11 Plant, I f°°* I! Hardy bulb, from Italy, in 1827? 
STRONG-SMELLING tulip. || Flower, 3 inch II flowers in May, red, purple and yel. 
Tulipa,see No. 733. This Tulip, which grows wild, in the vicinity of Florence, 
is probably but a variety of Oculus solis. It is in the possession of the Hon. W. F. 
Strangways, of Abbotsbury, bot. reg, 66,1839. 
973. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACEA. 
YUC'CA draco'nis, dragon-U Plant, 4 feet || Hardy perennial, from Carolina in 
TREE-LEAVED ADAm’s NEEDLE. || Flower, 3 inch II 1732, flow. July, white, gr. & purple. 
Yucca, its name in St. Domingo. This plant, on the shores of Carolina, grows 
nine or ten feet high, and probably would do the same on our own coast. Its 
spreading flowers distinguish it from other species. rot. reg. 1894. 
