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1302. DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA • OX ALIDACEiE. 
OX'ALIS LASIAN'DRA. || Pl»nt« || Frame herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
downy-stemmed WOOD-SORHEL. || Flower, i inch || in 1840, flowers in the spring, crimson, 
Oxalis, see No. 201. A handsome free-flowering plant, with digitate leaves ; 
which, possibly, may bear full exposure in a favourable situation, at any rate, 
during summer. Received at Edinburgh from Berlin. bot. mag. 3896. 
1303. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. SCROPHULARIACB*. 
PENTSTE'MON a tt e N u a 'to m . ii Plant, || Hardy herbaceous perennial, from N. 
TAPER-POINTED PENTSTEMON. || rlow’er, 4 inch || America, 1827, flowers July, pale yel. 
Pentstemon, see No. 232. The more showy colours of other Pentstemons 
have given them a preference to this modest species, still when well grown it is a 
neat border plant, and requires but little space. bot. reg. 1295. 
1304. hexandria, monogynia. amaryllidace/e. 
PLA'CEA ORNATA. 11 Plant, 1 foot^ 11 Stove bulb, native of Chile, not yet 
GAY-FLOWERED placea. II [lower, 2 inch II introduced into Britain, pink & white. 
This plant was collected by Miers in his travels in Chile, and named, it may 
be presumed, after some botanical friend. The bulbs which he collected were 
lost by shipwreck, therefore the plant, at present, is unattainable, bot.rec.50,1841. 
1305. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCUIDACE*. 
PLEUROTHAL'LIS prolif , era.|| Plant, 6 jnrh II Stove herbaceous perennial, S. Ame- 
Leaf, 2 3 inch 
proliferous PLEUROTH ALLIS. II Flower, ^ inch II rica, 1827? flowers in January, pink. 
Pleurothallis, see No. 169. A very curious orchidaceous plant, originally 
introduced by the Hon. and Rev. William Herbert, from Bota Fogo. It flowers 
half the year, and its leaves constantly produce rooted plants. bot. reg. 1298. 
1306. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACE*. 
SI'DA BEDFORDIA'NA. (I Tree, 15 feet li Stove tree, from Brazil, in 1837, flow- 
DUKE OF BEDFORD S sida l| Flower.lj inch H ers m Nov. yellow & crimson veined. 
Sida, see No. 155. This small tree was discovered by Mr. Gardner on the 
Organ Mountains of Brazil, and by him sent home to his patrons. It flowered 
at Woburn Abbey, in November, 1840. bot. mag. 3892. 
1307. pentandria, monogynia. stackhousace®. 
STACKIIOU'SIA monogy'na. || Plant, * f °°[ II Frame herbaceous peren. Tan Dei- 
ONE-STYLED STACKHOUSIA. II Flower,?* inch 1 men’s Land, 1835, flowers Apr.pinkish. 
So named in honour of the late John Stackhouse, Esq., F.L.S. of Pendarvis, in 
Cornwall. A pretty neat plant, raised from seeds sent from Van Diemen’s Land, 
by Mr. James Stackhouse, to his brothers in York. bot. reg. i 6 iT. 
1308. DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. LABIATE. 
TEU'CRIUM orchide'um. i Plant, 1 foot jj Frame under-shrub, Chile, in’1826, 
Orchis-flowered teucp.ium. || Flower, % iuch I flowers in August, pink and white. 
This genus is said to have been named after Teucer, a Trojan Prince. A pretty 
free-flowering Teucrium, but scarcely conspicuous enough for greenhouse culture. 
It bears summer exposure, and flowers freely in the borders. bot. reg. 1255. 
1309. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. VIOLACE*. 
VIO'LA PR/EMOR'SA. 11 4 inch II Hardy herbaceous perennial, Colum- 
BITTEN-ROOTED VIOLET. || Flower, if inch II bia, in 1826, flowers in April, yellow. 
Viola, see No. 28. A yellow violet, is not very common, therefore this 
should be cultivated, particularly as it is hardy, and may be grown on shady 
rock-work, or in a dry border. bot. reg. 1254, 
