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1398. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ACANTHACE*. 
JUSTI'CIA CA LYCOTRl'cHA. II Plant, 3 feet n stove evergreen under-shrub, from 
^ I Stem. 4 inch 
YELLOW-FLOWERED JUSTICIA. || Flower, 13 inch U Brazil, 1824, flowers in February. yel. 
Justicia, see No. 680. The panicles of bright yellow flowers produced by 
this plant are showy, and make it a desirable ornament for the stove ; and the 
gradual succession of its flowers prolongs its attractions. bot. mag. 2 sig. 
1399. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSS. 
LO TUS MICROPHYLLUS.il Plant, £ i'tcj 1 II Greenhouse annual, Cape Good Hope, 
SMALL-LEAVED LOTUS. II Flower, Vi inch II in 1827, flowers in July, rose-colour. 
Lotus, see No. 1207. Seeds of the Lotus microphyllus were originally sent 
home by his Danish Majesty’s collector, from the Cape. It is an interesting 
little plant, but not now any novelty in our greenhouses. bot. mag. 2808. 
1400. OYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE AS. 
MAXILLA'RIA CRUEN’TA.II Plant, ^1 foot 11 Stove herbaceous peren , Guatemala, 
BLOOD-STAINED MAXILLARIA. || nower, 3^ inch || 1810? flowers in winter, deep yellow. 
Maxillaria,see No. 71. This plant is met with in some collections erroneously 
named Maxillaria Skinneri; it is more nearly allied to aromatica, but has flowers 
four times as large, and a differently formed lip. bot. reg. 13, 1842. 
1401. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORC1IIDACE*. 
MAXILLA’RIA pallidiflo’raII Plant, 1 foot ii Stove herbaceous peren., St. Vincent, 
U Leaf, 6 inch _ „ _ 
PALE-FLOWERED MAXILLARIA. fl Flower, 1 inch || 1826, flowers in Septem., pale yellow. 
Maxillaria pallidiflora has for several years been known in our principal 
orchidaceous houses, but still is not abundant. Its scape is very short — scarcely 
longer than the bulbs, from the base of which it issues. bot. mag. 280 g. 
1402. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. EPACRI D ACE*. 
PENAb’A IMBRICA'TA. II Plant, 2 feet u Greenhouse evergreen shrub. Cape G. 
Leaf, 1/2 inch Ii . . 
imbricated pen*a. |] Flower, vi inch || Hope, 1824, flowers in June, pink. 
Pensea is named after Pena, the name of an old author. This plant was intro- 
duced from the Cape of Good Hope, to the Royal gardens at Kew, and thence 
has been distributed to other collections. bot. mag. 2806. 
1403. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BROMELIACE*. 
PITCAIR'NIA bractea’ta. 11 Plant, 2 feet 1. stove herbaceous peren., W. Indies, 
BRACTEATED PITCAIRNIA. || Flower, 2 inch II in 1799, flowers in April, scarlet. 
Pitcairnia, in honour of Dr. W. Pitcairn. The spike of bright scarlet flowers 
produced by this plant, intermixed by its glaucous imbricated bracts, and borne 
on a stem two feet high, forms a pleasing object in the stove. bot. mag. 2813. 
1404. syngenesia, polygamia. alqualis. 
SAUSSU’REA PULCHEL’LA II Plant. 2 feet | Hardy herbaceous perennial, Asia, 
PRETTY SAUSSUREa. I Flower, I inch 1 in 1835, flowers in August, purple. 
The generic name is adopted after Saussure,the Swiss botanist. Raised in the 
London Horticultural garden, from seeds obtained from St. Petersburgh. It 
resembles a Liatris, is short-lived, but matures its seeds. bot. reg. is, m 2 . 
1405. GYNANDRIA, DIANDRIA. STYLIDIACE*. 
STYLID’IUM brunonia’num. II Plant, I foot 11 Greenhouse peren-, from Swan River, 
brown’s STYLEWORT. II Flower, inch | in 1841, flowers in May, rose-colour. 
Stylidium, see No. 1101. This is a very neat, abundant-blossomed, little 
greenhouse plant, belonging to an interesting genus. The elongation of its flow- 
ering stem, a joint in a season, is worthy of notice. bot. reg. is, m 2 . 
