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1326. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. STERCU LIACEiE. 
ADANSO'NIA DIGIT A'TA. II Tree, 30 feel I! stove evergreen tree, from Senegal, 
Leat, 7 inch . , , , . 
ETHIOPIAN SOUR GOURD. II Flower, 5J inch 11 introduced in 1724, flowers white. 
Adansonia, in honour of Adanson, a French botanist. This is thought to be 
the largest growing tree in the world ; the trunk of one known specimen is 30 
feet in diameter, and supposed to be 5,000 years old. bot. mag. 2791 . 
1327. DECANDRIA, DECAGYNIA. CRASSULACE®. 
yEO'NIUM CRUEN'TUM. 1 : Plant, 1 foot n Greenhouse herbaceous perennial, the 
BLEEDING STONELEEK. || Flower, Vs inch f Canaries, 1833, flowers in May, yellow. 
Derived from the Greek, aionion, everlasting ; Cruentum, from its red streaked 
leaves. This plant would formerly have been claimed by the genus Sempervi- 
vum, from which it has been severed by Philip Barker Webb. bot. reg.oi.isai. 
1328. HEXANDRIA, MONOGVNIA. AMARYLLIDACE®. 
ALSTRCEME'RIA errEmbaulTiiII Plant. 18 mch?n Frame herbaceous perennial, hybrid, 
ERREMBAULt’s ALSTRtEMERlA. j| Flower, 3 inch j| flowers in July, pink and purple. 
Alstroemeria, see No. 2. A splendid hybrid, probably between perigrina and 
psittacina ; raised in the Belgium garden. An article on the culture of this 
nearly hardy genus will be given in the Auctarium. botanist 237 . 
1329. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. E RICACE.E, 
ARCTOS1 A’PHk LOS nit'ida | Plant, 6 feet II Frame evergreen shrub, brought from 
SHINING BEaR-BERRY. U Mower, % inch II Mexico, in 1830, flowers in May, white. 
Arctostaphylos is derived from the Greek, arktos, a bear ; stapiiyle, a grape, 
or berry. A handsome arbutus-like shrub — perhaps hardy, raised from Mexican 
seeds in 1836, flowered in 1841, at the Dublin College Garden, bot. mag. 3901. 
1330. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. OIICIIIDACE®. 
CYRTOCHI'LUM FILI'PES. Scope, 2 feet 1 stove herbaceous peren., Guatamala, 
| ; Leaf, S inch . 
THREAD-STALKED CURVELIP. |i Flower, I] inch || 1840, flowers in May ? yel. & brown. 
Crytochilum, see No. 709. This species has been sent home both by Mr. 
Skinner and Mr. Hartweg. Ithas the aspect of an Oncidium, but is distinguished 
by its lip being narrowed to the base. dot. reg. 59 , i84i. 
1331. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RUTACE®. 
DIPLOLjE'NA DAMPIE'RI. j; Plant, 4 fcet^ « Greenhouse shrub, from Swan River, 
DA M PIER S DOUBLE CUP. II Flower, lj inch II in 1837, flowers in May, red & yellow. 
Diploliena, from dipi.oos, double ; and leva, a cloak, in reference to the 
flowers having two coverings — the involucrum externally, and the scales sur- 
rounding the stamens. Its flowers are dull in colour. bot. reg. 64,i84i. 
1332. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACE®. 
ECHINOCAC'TUScoryno'des- Height, 4 inch || Greenhouse evergreen under-shrub 
I Diam., 34 inch . . „„ ’ 
MANY-FI.OWERED ECHINOCACTUS. || Flower, IJ inch II Amenta? 1836? flowers in June, yel. 
Echinocactus, see No. 52. “ From the rich collection of cactace® in the Royal 
Botanic Garden of Kew. Its copious bright sulphur-coloured flowers, with the 
red eye, give it a beautiful and showy character.” bot. mag.3906. 
1333. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCIIIDACE®. 
E'RIA convallarioi'des. II j 1 ' ant, 8 inch lj Stove herbaceous perennial, from 
CLOSE-HEADED woolwop.t. I! f fow’er, inch I Nepal, in 1823, flowers in June, white. 
Eria.see No. 550. Its specific name implies a likeness to the Lily of the Val- 
ley, which is erroneous. Its small white flowers are collected in close heads, in 
the axils of broad striated leaves. bot. reg, 62, i84i. 
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