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1262. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEit. 
ANGILE'CUM BILO^BUM. 11 Plant, 9 inch u stove herbaceous peren., Cape Coast 
TVVO-LOBED ANGUREK. || Flower, i| inch 1 Castle, 1840, flowers in Oct.? white. 
Angracum, see No. 111. This is a pretty epiphyte, the flowers of which grow 
in pendulous simple racemes, and are slightly but sweetly perfumed. It should 
be grown on a rough block, and suspended in the stove. bot. reg. 35 , 1841 . 
1263. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS*. 
CALLISTA'CHYS linea'ris. || Plant, 9 f r ? ' II Greenhouse shrub, from Swan River, 
RED-FLOWERED CALLISTACH YS. || Flower, Vs inch II 1839, flowers in October, reddish-pur. 
Callistachys is derived from the Greek kallos be auty, stachys a spike, in al- 
lusion to its beautiful spikes of flowers. Although not qualified to lay claim to 
great beauty, this erect shrub has a neat lupine-like appearance, bot. mag. 3882 
1264. SYNGENESIS, POI.YGAMIA. COMPOSITE. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM I n'di- Plant. 3 feet II Hardy herbaceous perennial, China, 
Leaf, 3 inch . „ 
CUM. INDIAN CHRYSANTHEMUM.il Flower, 1J inch II in 1821, flowers m January, yellow. 
Chrysanthemum, from chrusos and anthos, signifying golden flower. This 
plant is believed to be quite distinct from the double chrysanthemums of our gar- 
dens ; a double variety of it is, however, sometimes met with bot. reg. 128 7. 
1265. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEX. 
CYMBID'IUM pubes'cens. || Scape, 4 inch || Stove herbaceous perennial, Sinca- 
Leaf, 5A inch .... _ _ _ _ 
DOWNY-LIPPED CYMBIDIUM. || Flower, Ij inch II pore, 1840, flowers June,? pur. & yel. 
Cymbidium, see No. 514. Amongst the splendour of orchidaceous plants this 
is a species, which may possibly meet neglect, not from the defect of the colour, 
but inferior size, of its flowers. Never to be quite dry. bot reg. 38, 1841 . 
1266. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEiE. 
DEN DRO'BIUM secun'dum. 
ONE-SIDED DENDROB1UM. 
Plaint, 9 inen || Stove herbaceous peren., Sumatra, in 
Flower, inch II 1828, flowers in June aud July, pink. 
For the derivation of the name, see No. 84. Although the flowers of this 
plant are small, its secund, or one-sided, mode of inflorescence, produces a some- 
what gay, as well as pleasing, effect. bot. reg. 1291 . 
1267. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEIE. 
EPIDEN'DRUM GRAUAm'ii. ! Plant, is inch II Stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
DR. graham’s EPIDENDRUM. || i lower, 2J inch II 1838? flowers in Sept. yel. br. & white. 
Epidendrum, see No. 4. A sufficiently distinct and rather pretty species, but 
offering no peculiar feature worthy of notice. It was received from Mexico into 
the Edinburgh Royal Botanic Garden, where it flowered in 1840. bot. mag. 3885. 
1268. GYNANDRIA, MONAN DRIA. ORCIIIDACE®. 
EPIDEN'DRUM NUTANS. || Plnnt, 1 foot || Stove herbaceous perennial, Jamaica, 
NODDING EPIDENDRUM. || Flower, Uiuch II in 1793, flowers in June, pale green. 
Drawn at the Messrs. Loddiges. Is found, growing on trees, among the moun- 
tains, of the western side of the Island of Jamaica. A strong growing species, 
which may be grown on a branch in the moist stove. botanist, 226 . 
I 2 ® 9 - MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACEIE. 
HIBIS'CUS SPLEN'DENS. 1 Plan., 22 feet « stove evergreen shrub, New Holland, 
SPLENDID HIBISCUS. i| Flower, 8 inch II in 1828, flowers in May, rose-colour. 
Hibiscus, see No. 214. Such is the beauty of this plant, that in its native 
country, New Holland, it is considered the king of all known Australian plants; 
its flowers literally covering the shrub. botanist, 225 . 
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