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1134. 1C0SANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BARRINGTONIACE.E. 
BARRINGTO'NIA racemo'sa. I j' at 8_ f“< II Stove evergreen tree, from India, 1836, 
racemE-flOWD. baruingtonia. || Race’me^i feet I flowers in September, yellow and red. 
Named after the Hon. Daines Barrington. This species which promises to be 
one of great splendour, flowered in the stove of C. Hornsfall, Esq. Liverpool. 
Received from Bombay, and grew seven feet in three years. bot. mao. 383 1. 
1135. DODECANDRIA, PENTACYNIA. HOMALIACE/E. 
BLACKWEL'LIA padiflo'ra. J Phyit, ® f“t ll Greenhouse evergreen shrub, China, 
BIRD-CHERRY BE.ACKWELLIA. || Row’er, 3ginth li in 1827, flowers in August, white. 
Named after Mrs. Blackwell, a botanical authoress. “The blossoms in a 
mass have the appearance of those of the Bird Cherry; examined singly, they 
resemble nothing so much as an elaborately-finished shuttlecock.” bot. reg. 1308. 
1136. IIEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. JUNCACE/E. 
CALECTA'SIA CYA’NEA. " Plant, 1 foot Greenhouse herbaceous peren. native 
bright blue calectasia. || i i'oVer, If I'n'rh l[ of Australia, flowers in spring, violet. 
A flower of much beauty, but not yet imported in a living state, the drawing 
for the Botanical Magazine having been made from a dried specimen. One of 
the most beautiful productions of Southern Australia. bot. mag. 3834 . 
1137. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LECUMINOSA. 
CASSIA AUS1 RA'LIS. || Plant, 3 feet : i| Greenhouse evergreen shrub , N .Hoi- 
I l.eal, "t liicii I 
NEW HOLLAND CASSIA. [| dower, 1J inch ! land, 1824, flowers in May, yellow. 
Cassia, see No. 144. A handsome species, of free growth, well suited to the 
border of the conservatory, where it may extend its branches unrestrained by the 
pruning knife. Its fragrance is like that of the heliotrope. rot. reg. 1322. 
1138. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. A M A R YLLI DACE E. 
C \ RIAN 1 II Us CAR N EUS. I Plant, 1 r»» Mi Greenhouse bulb, from C. G. Hope, 
FLESH-COLOURED CYRTANTIIUS. | Rower, 3} inch I in 1829, flowers in August, pink. 
Cyrtanthus, from the Greek kurtos incurved, antiios a flower, so named from 
its pendulous blossoms. A handsome Orchis, with erect scape, and pendulous 
flowers. First introduced to the London Horticultural Society, bot. reg. I4G2. 
1139. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE/E. 
CYRTOCH'lLUM maCUI.a'tum ii Scape. 10 inch j. stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
spotted CYRTOCHILUM. || Rower, lj inch I! 1840, flowers in March, gr. & brown! 
Cyrtochilum, see No. 709. This newly-introduced variety of Cyrtochilum 
maculalum, is called by Sir W. J. Hooker, ecornutum, or hornless, its distinc- 
tive character. Sent from Mexico to Woburn Abbey. bot. mag. 383 g. 
1140- CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID A CE^. 
DENDRO'BIUM longicor'na. | Hant, 1 foot || stove herbaceous perennial, from 
long-horned dendrobium. | Rower, 3 inch fl Nepal, in 1828, flowers in May, white. 
Dendrobium, see No. 84. This epiphytal orchidaceous plant, a native of 
mountainous districts, was sent to the London Horticultural Society, by Dr. Wal- 
lich. It grows in vegetable mould and moss. bot. rec. 1315. 
1141. TETRANDRIA, AlONOCYNIA. CELASTRACE*. 
ELrEODEN'DRON capen'se. i Tret. 18 feci || Greenhouse evergreen tree, from C. G 
_ II Leal, ”9 inch I ° ' • 
CAPE ELiEODENDRON. i Rower, inch II Hope, in 1828, flowers in .Tune ? white. 
Elaeodendron, from elaia an olive, dendron a tree. Seeds of this Elreoden- 
dron were sent by Capt. Macadam, from the Cape of Good Hope to the Edin- 
burgh Garden. A handsome shrub, but insignificant flovverer. bot. .mag. 3835. 
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