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1374. POLYGA MIA, MONtECIA. LEG U MINOS AS. 
ACA'CIA MUCRONA'TA. || Plant, 5 feet ji Greenhouse evergreen shrub, New 
MUCRONATED acacia. | Spike, i inch I Holland, 1812, flowers in spring, yel. 
Acacia, see No. 233. A twiggy, numerously branched, shrub ; like many others 
of this favourite genus, a fitting ornament for the greenhouse. To grow these 
plants in perfection, they should never be crowded together. bot. mag. 2747 . 
1375. POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. RANUNCULACE.E. 
ANEMO NE RI\ ULA RIS. j! Plant, is inch || Hardy herbaceous peren., N. India, 
the rill anemone. |j Flower, inch 1 1839? flowers June to August, white. 
Anemone see No. 398. This plant has erroneously been called Iongiscapa, a 
very different species, with kidney-shaped 5-lobed leaves. Somewhat of the ap- 
pearance of Pennsylvanica, and requires the treatment of vitifolia. bot.reg.8,1842. 
1376. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARYLLIDACEE. 
AMAR\ L'LIS BANKSIA'NA Jl J’ I ,| U, 10 inch j. Greenhouse bulb, the Cape G. Hope, 
BANKSIAN AMARYLLIS. | Flower, 2j inch i! 1839? flowers in autumn, deep pink. 
Amaryllis, named after a nymph of Virgil. Imported from the Cape by J. H. 
Slater, Esq., of Newick Park, near Uckficld ; it may, however, have been for- 
merly in the Kew gardens. Nearly allied to grandiflora. bot. reg. u, 1842. 
1377. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ERICACEAE- 
ARCTOSTAPH 1 LOS pun^gens. I: riant, is feet j Greenhouse evergreen shrub, from 
SIIARP-POINTED bear-berry. l! n^er.U inch 1 Mexico, 1838, flowers in Feb., white. 
Arctostaphylos from ARKTOS.bear; and staphyle a grape Raised in the 
Glasgow garden, from Mexican seeds, sent there by Mr Blair. Although hitherto 
kept in the greenhouse, it is expected to bear full exposure. bot. mag. 3927 . 
1378. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MYRTACE.E. 
B/ECK'IA FRUTES'CENS. Plant. 1 <>ct^ :| Greenhouse evergreen shrub, China, 
shrubby Chinese BA.CKIA. | Flower, 1 inch I in 1827, flowers in December, white. 
Named after A. Bieck, a Swedish physician. This plant abounds in glandular 
dots, which yield a fragrant and aromatic scent ; and its delicate snow-white flowers 
have a pretty appearance. Sent from China by Dr. Livingstone, bot.mag. 2802 . 
1379. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEcE. 
CAC'TUS COCHIN ILLIF'ER l riant, 9 feet j Stove evergreen shrub, S. America, in 
SPINELESS COCHINEAL FIG. Il Flower, 'I inch II 1688, flowers July to Septera., pink. 
Cactus, see No. 400. One of the species of Cactus on which the cochineal 
insect is reared. Who would imagine that Great Britain alone consumes annually, 
of this insignificant insect, about 750 bags, worth £275,000 ! bot. mao. 2742 . 
1380. MONADELPHIA, TETRAGYNIA • RIIIZOEOLACE*. 
CAR\ O'CAR NUCIF'ERUM Plant, 100 feet |l Stove tree, from S. America, cultivated 
SOUARI OR BUTTER NUT. |i Flower) 5 inch II in 1625,flowering uncertain, br. & red. 
Caryocnr, from karyon, a nut, bearing nuts. This is the plant which bears 
the Suwarrow or butter-nut — a hard, rough-shelled, kidney-shaped, nut, often- 
times met with in fruit shops. Each fleshy drupe contains 3 nuts, bot.mag. 2727. 
1381. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACE/E. 
CE'REUS CvERULES'CENS.l Plant, 4 feet » stove evergreen under-shrub, from 
BLUE-STEMMED CEREUS. || Flower. 8 inch [ Brazil, 1829, flowers in July, white. 
Cereus, see No. 175. A noble species of Cereus, not inferior in flower even to 
grandiflorus, whose midnight splendour has kept many an anxious eye from its 
wonted rest. Caerulescens flowered in the Royal Kew gardens, bot. mag. 3922 . 
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