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118*2. POLYANDRIA, PENTAGYN1A. R ANUNCULACE.fc. 
ACOA I TUM CHINEN'SE. 11 Plant, 6 feet^ ii Hardy herbaceous perennial, China 
CHINESE monk’s-hood. | flower, !j inch II in 1633, flowers in September, pur. 
Aconitum, from some species being plentiful about Acona in Bithynia. The 
large flowers of this plant, together with their sombre purple tint, remind us force- 
ably of the English name. Cultivated in the Edinburgh Garden, bot. mag. 3852. 
1183. SYNCENESIA, SUPERFLUA. ASTERACE®. 
BRACHYCO'ME IBERIDIFOLIA jj Plant, H feet jj Hardy annual, from Australia? 1839, 
large swan DAISY. I Flower, )| Inch ll flowers in July and August, blue. 
From brachus, short ; and kom e, hair ; in allusion to the pappus. Thi3 very ele- 
gant annual was raised by Mrs. Wray, of Oakfield, Cheltenham ; and if suffici- 
ently hardy will be a desirable border ornament. bot. nEO. 9, i84i. 
1184. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
CV RTOPO'DIUM anderso'nii'I Plant, - ii Stove herbaceous perennial, \Y. Indies, 
Anderson’s curvefoot. || Flower, Ij inch n 1804, flowers from May to Aug. yel. 
Cyrtopodium from kyrtos, convex ; and podion, little foot. This species is now 
frequently met with in our stoves, where it produces a strong raceme of handsome 
flowers. V arieties occur with branched and single inflorescence, bot. reg. 8 , i 84 i . 
1185. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PROTEACE®. 
GREV IL'LEA CONCIN’NA. j Plant. ^4 feel I Greenhouse evergreen shrub, N. Hol- 
neat grevillea. j| {tower, Inch II land, in 1824, flowers in May, pink. 
Grevillea, see No. 982. Not so remarkable for its beauty as for its peculi- 
arity and bearing both undivided and pinnatifid leaves. Found in the neigbour- 
hood of Lucky Bay, and Lewin’s Land, growing in barren places, bot. rf.g. ;3S3. 
1186. IIEXANDRIA, MONOCYNIA. A M A R YLLI DACE®. 
ISME'NE V IRESCENS. Jj Plant, 9 inch || Greenhouse bulb, from Cusco, 1839, 
stalk-flowered ISMENE. li Flower, 21 lllch ll flowers June to Aug. greenish white. 
Ismene.see No. 215. This is a pretty species, although its flowers are smaller 
than those of some others. It was discovered by Mr. Pentland, and sent to the 
London Horticultural Society. Increases freely from offsets, bot. reg. 12 , i84i. 
1187. DIDYNAMIA, ANCIOSPERMIA. ACANTHACE®. 
JUSTI'CIA VENUS'TA. || Plant. 4 f,« ,, stove evergreen shrub, from Bengal, 
BEAUTIFUL JUSTICIA. || Fuiw’er, 4 inch ii in 1828, flowers in September, purple. 
Justicia, see No 680. ‘ This ’ says Dr. Wallich, ‘ is one of the loveliest spe- 
cies of Justicia with which I am acquainted ; remarkable on account of its large 
and spreading inflorescence.’ Readily propagated by cuttings. bot. reg. 1380. 
1188. MONADELPI1IA, DECANDRIA. LECUMINOS®. 
LATH'V RUSTOMENTO'SUSj Plant, 5 feet 11 Frame herbaceous climber, Buenos 
COTTONY LATI1YRUS. ll Flower,' 1* inch S Ayres, 1839, flowers August, lilac. 
Lathyrus, from la insensitive ; and tiioiros anything exciting. 1 bis new Lathy- 
rus was raised in the Birmingham Horticultural Society’s Garden from Tweedie’s 
seeds, collected near Buenos Ayres. Plant against a wall. botanist, 206 . 
1189. polygamia, moncecia. musace®. 
MU'SA SUPER'BA. ll Plant, 5 feet jj Stove perennial, from India, in 1839, 
SUPERB plaintain TREE. || Perigonc.l loot || flowers in August, purplish bracts. 
Musa, see No. 265. This interesting species of Musaflowered in 1840, in the 
Edinburgh Botanic Garden, fourteen months only after the seed had been put 
into the ground. It does not yield an eatable fruit. bot. mag. 3857 . 
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