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1118. PENTANDRIA, MONOG YNIA. CON VOLVULACE® . 
BATA'TAS BETA'CEA. || Plant, 6 feet? II Tuberous-rooted stove plant, Deme- 
BEET-ROOTED SWEET POTATO. II Flower, inch II rara, 1838? flowers in May, purplish. 
Batatas, supposed to be an American word ; meaning unknown. This is one 
of the edible convolvulaceous plants which are cultivated in tropical countries 
for food, as we cultivate potatoes. Its foliage is coarse. bot. reg. 56, 1840. 
1119. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE At. 
CALANTHE DIS 7 COLOR. || Plant. is ? nc |) II Stove herbaceous perennial, probably 
discoloured fairbloom. || Flower, 1J inch II Java or Japan, flowers red & white. 
Calanthe, see No. 975. Calanthe discolor was introduced to this country 
through the Dutch, without registry of its native country. Although not very 
showy, its white lip, and red sepals and petals are pleasing. bot. reg. 55, 1840. 
1120. PENTANDRIA, MONOG YNIA. EP ACRID ACE AC. 
CY SI AN'THEsprengeloi'des.I! Plant. ^ feet || Greenhouse shrub, from Van Diemen’s 
SPRBNCELIA-LIKE CYSTANTHE. |] Jfow’er, U inch I hand, 1835, flowers in Sept, yellow. 
From kustis, a bladder ; and anthos, a flower ; from the bladder-like appear- 
ance of the flower-bud, while the calyptrae-form corolla is still attached to it. 
Raised at the Edinburgh Botanic Garden. Too inconspicuous, bot. mag. 3826. 
1121. decandria, pentagynia. crassulacea. 
ECHEVE'RIA SECUN'DA. j| Plant, 9 inch || Greenhouse herbaceous peren. Mexi- 
ONE-SIDED ECHEVERIA. J Flower. % inch || co, 1837, flowers in Aug. scarlet & yel. 
Echeveria, see No. 402. This genus contains many species, which, generally 
speaking, are desirable plants to class with cactuses, aloes, &c. and like these may 
be cultivated in a sitting-room, with very little moisture. bot. reg.st, 1840 
1122. DECANDRIA, MONOG YNIA. ERICACEfE. 
GAULTIIE'RIA SHAL'LON.B Plant, 2 feet ll Hardy evergreen shrub, N. America, 
(I Leaf, inch II . 
THE SHALLON CAULTHERIA. II Flower, V* inch II m 1826, flowers in May, white. 
Gaultheria, after Dr. Gaulthier, a Canadian botanist. A shrub, which from 
its hardiness and readiness of propagation, should be in more general cultivation. 
It has a rather trailing habit; produces pretty racemes of flowers, bot. reg. 1411. 
1123. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. FABACEjE. 
IIARDENBER'GIA dicita'ta.|; PlanG u feet • Greenhouse climber, from Swan 
FINGER-LEAVED HARDENBERGIA. |l Flower) % inch II River, in 1837, flowers in April, blue. 
Ilardenbergia, see No. 726. The densely-flowered racemes of this new species, 
although its flowers are individually small, are a desirable ornament to the green- 
house. It was raised from foreign seeds in the Bagshot gardens, bot. reg. eo, 184o. 
1124. SYNGENESIA, SUPERFLUA. COMPOSITE. 
HYMENOX'YS califor'mca. |; Plant, 1 foot u Hardy annual, from California, in 
CALIFORNIAN HYMENOXYS. ll Flower, I inch II 1838? flowers in Aug. & Sept, yellow. 
So called by Cassini, from the nature of the scales of the pappus; umun, a 
membrane, and oxus, sharp. An erect slender-stemmed plant with pleasingly neat 
flowers, raised in the Dublin garden. bot. mag. 3828. 
1125 DtANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. JASMINACEAt. 
JASMI'NUM PUBIG'ERUM.,[ riant, lofect ji Hardy evergreen climber, from Nepal, 
DOWN-BEARING JASMINE. ll Flower, & Inch ii in 1827, flowers all summer, yellow. 
Jasminum, see No. 583. Dr. Bindley called this species Wallichianum, think- 
ing it distinct from pubigerum, but which does not prove to be correct. It is 
allied to revolutum, but has smaller flowers and proves hardier, bot. reg. 1409. 
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