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1038. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERACE®. 
jESCH\ NAN THUS parasit-11 * ' . 5 feet jj Stove climbing shrub, from Sylhet, 
ICA. parasitic ®SCH ynanthus. [| Flower, 13 inch 1 in 1838, flowers in January, scarlet. 
HEschynanthus, from the Greek, AiscncNO modesty ; anthos a flower. This 
beautiful plant, although not orchidaceous, adorns, like many of that tribe, the 
stems of trees in damp tropical climates. Drawn at Sion House, botanist, , 167 . 
1039. HEXANDRIA, MONANDRIA. TULIPACE®. 
CALOCHOR'I US FLA'VUS.jj Plant, D / ee ( jj Frame bulb, from Mexico, in 1838, 
yellow CALOCBORTUS. II Flower, l| inch U flowers in June, deep yellow. 
Calochortus, see No. 512. This handsome plant was transmitted to the Lon- 
don Horticultural Society, by their collector, Mr. Hartweg, and drawn in the 
Chiswick Garden. It may be treated as the Tiger Flower. botanist, no. 
1040. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARYLLIDACE®. 
CALOSTEM'MA car'neum. |] Plant, 1 foot? II Stove bulb, from Australia, in 1836, 
/ Leaf, 4 A inch _ 
flesii-coloured calostem MA. || Flower, 1 J inch V flowers in September, rose-colour. 
Calostemma is derived from kalos beautiful ; stemma a crown, in allusion to 
to the flowers. Introduced to the London Hort. Soc. by Major Sir Thomas 
Mitchell, who discovered it on Rocky mountains, in Australia, bot.rec. 26 , mo. 
1041 SYNGENESIA, POLYGAMIA. CYNARACE®. 
CENTAU'REA PUL'CRA. |j Plant, l foot || Hardy annual, from Cashmere, 1839, 
BEAUTIFUL BLUE BOTTLE. II Flower, 1J inch II flowers during summer, blue & cnm. 
Centaurea, see No. 688. A new hardy annual Blue-bottle ; pretty, but not 
conspicuously different from those already in cultivation. It is a genus, low in 
favour, but a plant or two should be grown for variety. dot. reg. 28, mo. 
1042. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
CYMBID'IUM pf.n'dulum. |l Scape. 3 feet || Stove herbaceous perennial, India, in 
THICK-LEAVED CYMBIDIUM. II Flower, 2$ inch II 1837 ? flowers in August, red & yellow. 
Cymbidium, see No. 514. A flower possessing but little attraction, from the 
dull brown tint of the greater part of it. As these hang downwards the plant 
should be suspended from the roof of the stove. bot. iieg. 25. mo. 
1043. SYNGENESIA, POLYGAMIA. ASTERACE®. 
DAH'LIA GLABRA'TA. || Plant, 3 feet | Hardy herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
SMOOTIl-DWARF DAHLIA. 1 Flower, inch II in 1838, flowers in August, lilac. 
Dahlia, see No. 740. This is another newly-introduced Dahlia, supposed by 
Dr. Lindley to be quite distinct from either of those already in cultivation. It 
was raised from seeds in the London Hort. Society’s Garden, bot. reg. 29 , mo. 
1044- GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
EPIDEN'DRUM odoratis'si-|| Scape, 8 inch II Stove herbaceous perennial, from Eio 
MUM. SWEET-SCENTED EPIDEN.|| Flower, i inch I Janeiro, 1827, flowers summer, green. 
Epidendrum see No. 4. This very fragrant species of Epidendrum was in- 
troduced to the London Horticultural Society by the Right Hon. Robert Gordon. 
It is easily cultivated in decayed moss and wood well drained. bot. mag. 1415 . 
1045. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
EPIDEN'DRUM PA'TENS. || Plant, H feet |l Stove herbaceous perennial, West In- 
SPREA DING-FLOW. EPIDENDRUM. j Ffower.lJ inch 1 (lies, in 1832? flowers in July, green. 
Epidendrum, see No. 4. This species of Epidendrum, was, we believe, origi- 
nally introduced by the Messrs. Loddiges ; it is not so handsome as some others 
of the genus from the dull colour of its flowers when mature. bot. mag.38oo. 
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