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1094. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPBRMI A. CESNERACEJE. 
GESNE RA MOLLIS. j| Plant* 2 feet JJ Stove herbaceous perennial, Caraccas, 
soft-leaved GESNERA. H Flower, 1 .} inch li in 1819, flowers in May, red &c orange. 
Gesnera, see No. 103. Seeds of this plant were received by Mr. Low of Clap- 
ton, and Mr. Harris of Kingsbury, from their collector, Mr. Mackenzie. It is a 
handsome species with shrubby stems; not tuberous-rooted. bot. mag. 3815 . 
1095. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACEAE. 
MAL'VA PURPURA'TA. 1 Want, li feet It Hardy herbaceous perennial, from 
purple mallow. | rfower, 1 inch U Chili, in 1825, flowers in June, lilac. 
Malva, see No. 776. A plant which is nearly related to tenuifolia produces 
a long succession of flowers, rather showy, but reminds us a little too much of some 
of our indigenous road side species. bot. mag. 3814 . 
1096. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CA MPANULACEjE. 
MICHAUX'IA LyEVIGA'TA.n Plant, 11 feet li Frame herbaceous perennial, Persia, 
SMOOTH michauxia. || FloVer, 2 inch li in 1820, flowers in August, white. 
Michauxia, named after Andre Michaux, a French Botanist. A robust and ra- 
ther coarse-looking plant, not very showy, on account of its white petals being 
few and narrow. Its style gives its flowers singularity, bot. reg. 1451. 
1097. diadelphia, decandria. leguminosa:. 
ONO'NIS PEDUNCULA'RISR Plant, 1 foot 11 Frame under-shrub, Teneriffe, 1829. 
Leaf, V2 inch 
LONG-STALKED REST-HARROW. || Flower, % inch II flowers in April, white and pink. 
Ononis is derived from the Greek onos, an ass ; and onemi to delight, in con- 
sequence of the fondness of those animals for the plant. Very delicate and pretty. 
Sent by Mr. P. B. Webb, to Milford House Garden. bot. reg. 1447 . 
1098. DECANDRIA, TRIG YNI A . ILENACE®. 
SILE'NE LACINIA'TA. | Plant, 1 5 F fe 'M|G reen l lous eh e rt )ace oiisperen.Mexi- 
CUT-FLOWERED CATCHFLY. H Flower, f| inch It co, in 1823, flowers in July, scarlet. 
From the Greek sialon, saliva, from the saliva-like fluid on the stalks. Silene 
laciniata was raised by the Horticultural Society from seeds presented by the 
Right Hon. G. Canning, and from others sent by Mr, Graham. bot. reg. 1444. 
1099. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. COMMELINACE«. 
SPIRONE'MA FRA'G RANS. | I’lwnt, | feet^ n Greenhouse herbaceous peren. Mexi- 
sweet-scented spiral-thread. II FWer, ll Inch 1 co, in 1838? flowers in May? white. 
The Greek words speira, a spire ; and nema, a stamen, are here compounded, 
in allusion to the spiral vessels seen in the filaments of the flower. The flower 
is not showy, but the organ mentioned is curious. bot. reg. 47 , 1840 . 
1100. pentandria, pentacynia. plumbaginace*. 
STA'TICE PUBER'ULA. II Plant, fi inch jl Frame herbaceous perennial, Canary 
DOWNY STATICE. I !'[ow’er, l! inch ll Islands, 1829, flow. June, white & pur. 
Statice, see No. 558. A remarkable pretty Statice, made gay by a purple 
calyx enclosing a white corolla. It should have frame or rather greenhouse pro- 
tection in winter, and be turned into the borders in summer. botanist, 182 . 
HOI gynandria, diandria. stylidiace*. 
STYLID'IUM fasicula'tum. I] Plant, lj feet II Frame evergreen under-shrub, K. G. 
FASICLE-LEAVED STYLIDIUM. II Flower, % inch II Sound, 1830, flowers in Aug. white. 
Stylidium is derived from stylidios, the little column to which the anthers and 
stigma are joined. An elegant plant, showy, although with small flowers. Re- 
markable for the irritability displayed by its column of stamens, bot. iuag. 38 ie. 
