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1382. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE JE. 
CIRRHOPET'ALLUM MEDU ; S*.|| . 5 inch || stove herbaceous peren., Sincapore, 
MEDUSa’s-IIEAD ORCHIS. 1 Flower, IJ inch ll 1839? flowers in summer, yellowish. 
Cirrhopetalum, see No. 609. Medusae, from the long pendulous appendages 
of the flowers reminding us of the Medusa’s head of the Roman poets. It flowered 
at Messrs. Loddiges, and will be sought after for its singularity, bot. reg. 12 , 1842. 
1383. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. VERBENACE*. 
C IjI.RO I) F. N'DI iON splen'dens.II Plant, 3 feet Ij Stove evergreen shrub, Sierra Leone, 
scarlet glory-pea. II Ffower, 1 inch 1 in 1340, flowers in December, scarlet. 
Clerodendron, see No. 65. This very handsome plant has flowered at Mr. 
Knight’s nursery, King’s Road, and for its novelty and beauty should have a 
place in every collection. It grows 10 feet high in Sierra Leone. bot.reg.t,i842 
1384. moncecia, triandria. pinacb*. 
CUN NINGH AM'I A lanceola tan Tree, 20 feet 11 stove evergreen tree, from China, in 
LANCE-LEAVED CUNNINGHAMIA. I Catkin, % indi II 1804, flowers in the winter, brown. 
Named in compliment to Mr. James and Mr. Allan Cunningham. This plant 
was originally introduced from China, to the Kew gardens, and thence sent to 
Glasgow, where it flowered and was figured. Not very desirable, bot.mag.2743. 
1385. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ONACRACE*. 
GODETIA ALBESCENS. || Plant, IS |ncj> || Hardy annual, from North America, 
WHITISH GODETIA. 1 Flower, 14 inch I in 1S40? flowersin July & Aug., pink. 
Godetia, see No. 261. A hardy annual of no great beauty ; in its mode of 
growth it resembles (Enothera densiflora. Introduced by the London Horticultu- 
ral Society, and requires the treatment of common annuals. bot. reg.9,1842. 
1386. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
MAXILLA'RIA PARKE'RI, jj Scajre, 3 inch 'J stove herbaceous peren., Demerara, 
MR. parker’s maxillaria. il rfoVer, if inch ll 1826, flowers in Sept., buff & white. 
Max’ll laria, see No. 71. A pretty species of Maxillaria, discovered in Demerara 
by Charles S. Parker, Esq., and by him sent to the Liverpool Botanic Garden. 
It continues a long time in blossom, and requires usual treatment, bot. mag. 2729 . 
1387. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
ONCID'IUM PU'PES. 11 1 toot II Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, in 
DOWNY-COLUMNED ONCIDIUM. || Flower, 1 Sucll 1 1837 ? flowers in Oct., yel. & brown, 
Oncidium, see No. 57. Found in Brazil by Douglas, and on the Organ 
Mountains by Gardner. This individual is Gardner’s plant — a yellow variety 
(var. flavescens) of that originally published in the Register. bot. mac. 3926 . 
1388. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
ONCID'IUM STRAMi'neum. II Plant, 10 inch a Stove herbaceous perennial, from Vera 
STRAW-COLOURED ONCIDIUM. || Flower, 4 inch || Cruz , 1838, flowers in July ? straw-col. 
Oncidium, see No. 57. This plant was sent by Mr. Hartweg to the London 
Horticultural Society. Its pretty straw-coloured blossoms smell slightly of 
primroses. It succeeds best in a damp part of the stove. bot. reg. 14 , mo. 
1389. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
PLEUROTHAL'LIS folio'sa. || Scape, 6 inch || stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
LEAFY PLEUROTIIALLIS. || pfower, 1 inch II in 1825, flowers in February, yellow. 
Pleurothallis, see No. 169. This plant is more valuable for its cowslip-like 
fragrance than its beauty. “ Its whitish membranous bracts remain after the 
flowers, and give a singular appearance to the old scapes/’ bot. mag. 2746. 
