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1310. DIADELPI1IA, DECANDRIA. FABACEA. 
BOS'SLEA DIS'TICHA. | Plant, j, Greenhouse shmb from Swan River, 
DOUBLE-ROWED BOSSI/EA. j Flower, Inch II in 1838 ? flowers in Mar., yel. & crim. 
Bossiaea, see No. 702. Raised in the London Horticultural Society’s garden ; 
is of erect habit, although its branches are slender. It is rather showy, and has 
much of the aspect of Bossiaea tenuicaulis. bot. reg. 55,1841. 
1311. MONCECIA, POLYANDRIA. BEG ONI ACE A. 
BEGO'NIA NIT'IDA. | Plant, ]| feet ij stove perennial, Jamaica, in 1777, 
SHINING BEGONIA. |[ Flower, ij "rich II flowers from May to December, white. 
Begonia, see No 32. A very handsome species, which grows well even in the 
conservatory. It was drawn from a specimen which was produced in the fine 
collection of John Allcard, Esq., of Stratford, near London. botanist 233. 
1312. DIDYNAMIA, G YMNOSPERMIA. SOLAN ACE A. 
BROWAL'LIA grandiflo'ra. j| Plant, 2 feet 1, Greenhouse annual, from Peru, 1829, 
larce-flowep.ed browallia. i Flower, 1J illch I flowers in September, lilac and yellow. 
Named, by Linneus, in honour of John Browallius, Bishop of Abo. A gay 
little annual — beautiful in the greenhouse, and gay also in the borders, if the 
season be hot and dry, after it is turned out. bot. reg. 1384, 
1313. cynandria, monandria. orchidacea. 
CCELOG'YNE C I’ 1 ST AT A . 11 Plant, G inch || Stove herbaceous perennial, India, in 
CRESTED ctELOGYNE. ]| Flower, 2J inch II 1839? flowers in the spring, white. 
Coelogyne, see No. 815. A handsome, large, white-flowered, fragrant, species, 
for which G. Barker, Esq., of Birmingham, was awarded a Knightian medal, by 
the London Horticultural Society. bot. reg.5t,i84i. 
1314. fentandria, monogynia. cordiacea. 
COR'DIA GRANDIFLO'RA. |j Plant, s feet ?» stove evergreen shrub, from South 
LARGE-FLOWERED CORDIA. It Flower, 2J uuti | America? 1827, flowers in Aug. white. 
Named after E. and V. Cordus, father and son, German botanists of the six- 
teenth century. An interesting plant, raised from foreign seeds by Mr. Lee, of 
Hammersmith, but was lost, and is still wanting. bot. reg. iadi. 
1315. dodecandria, monogynia. lythracea. 
CU'PHEA LLA'YEA. 11 Plant, Ij feet Frame herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
MEXICAN TWO-PETALED CUPHEA. |j Flower, 4 inch || 1830, flowersin March & April, scarlet. 
Cuphea, from kupfios curved, in allusion to the protuberance at the base of 
the calyx. This is not a showy plant, but, like others of its genus, from the 
conformation of its flowers, is interesting. bot. reg.138g. 
1316. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
EPIIIEN DRUM CALOCM Ei'lum. Scape, 2 feet | Stove herbaceous perennial, Guate- 
BEAUT1FUL-LIPPED EPlDENDRUM.j Rower, ^2 inch ! mala, 1839, flowers in Oct., greenish. 
Epidendrum, see No. 4. This is one of Mr. Skinner’s plants, collected in Guat- 
emala, and sent to Woburn Abbey. Its scape bears numerous flowers, of a dull- 
ish tint, excepting the lip which is beautifully striped with red. bot. mag. 3898. 
1317. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. FABACEA. 
MIRBE'LIA SPECIO'SA. II Plant, a fret ij Greenhouse shrub, from N. Holland, 
SHOWY MIRBELIA. || Rower, 5^ incil II 1S24, flowers from May to July, pur. 
Mirbelia, named after C. F. B. Mirbel, a celebrated French physiologist. This 
species is closely allied to floribunda, but less handsome, being oftentimes but a 
scrubby bush. It should be planted in a light sandy soil. bot. reg. 68, mi. 
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