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1438. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. CESNERACEA. 
ACHIME'NES pEDUNCULa'ta II Plant. 13 inch || Stove bulb, from Guatemala, in 1841, 
long-stalked achimenbs. || Flower, lj inch II flowers in September, scarlet and yel. 
Achimenes, see No. 1342 Received by the London Horticultural Society 
from their collector, Mr. Hartweg. A flower much resembling a Gesnera. 
Its bulbs should be kept dry in their pots, during winter. bot. reg. at, 1842. 
1439. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMAIt YLLIDACEA. 
ALSTRCEME'RIA OVA'TA. II Plant, 7 fcrt ll Greenhouse herbaceous twiner, Chile, 
BROAD-LEAVED DOWNY ALSTRCEM.|| Flower, 1J inch II in 1824, flowers in Sep., yel. & green. 
Alstrcemeria, see No. 2. All the Alstrcemerias are interesting ; but it may be 
puzzling, satisfactorily to dispose of the simple twining stem of this species, 
which runs seven or eight feet high. bot. mag. 2848. 
1440. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. A M AR YLL1D ACE*. 
C LI'\ EA NOB'ILIS. 11 Plant, 4 inch 11 Greenhouse perennial, C. G. Hope, 
NOBLE clivea. || Flower, 1} inch fl in 1823, flowers in Oct., yel. & scarlet. 
Clivea, is a name adopted in compliment to her Grace the Duchess of North- 
umberland. This plant was discovered by Mr. Bowie, and sent home to the 
Kew Gardens. It bears a handsome umbel of flowers. bot. reg. 2856 . 
1441. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
CCE LIA BAUERA'NA. II Plant. 7 Get ii Stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
y Leaf, inch 
MR. BAUER SCCELIA. || Flower, % inch II in 1790, flowers in February, white. 
Named from koilos, hollow ; under an erroneous impression that the pollen 
masses were hollow. This little Orchis is more pleasing to the olfactory than 
the optical nerves, rivalling the sweetness of the hawthorn. bot. reg. 36 , 1842 
1412. SYNGENESIS, POLYOAMIA. AQUA LIS. 
C\ NA'RA CARDUN'CULUS ll Hant 5 feet \ Hardy herbaceous peren., S. Europe, 
CARDOON, UNARMED Variety. || Flower, 2J mch I in 1658, flowers in September, blue. 
Cynara, from kuon, dog ; from the resemblance of the spines of the involucrum 
to dogs’ teeth. This is a large thistly-looking plant, a specimen of which would 
be interesting in a shrubbery, but not elsewhere. bot. mag. 2862. 
1443. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE/E. 
E'RIA POLYU'RA. 11 Plant, J-* Inch jr Stove herbaceous perennial, Manilla, 
MANY-TAILED eria. || Flower, 1a inch ] in 1841, flowers in October, white. 
Eria, see No. 550. Sent by Cuming to the Messrs. Loddiges. Although 
each flower is but a delicate semi-transparent little bell — a fit companion for the 
Lily of the Valley, its long racemes of them are showy. bot. reg. 32 , 1842. 
1444. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RUTACBA. 
ERIOSTE'MON SALICIfo'lius. 11 Plant, 3 feet ll Greenhouse shrub, from New Hoi- 
WILLOW-LEAVED ERIOSTEMON. || Flower, 2 * inch II land, in 1824, flowers in April, pink. 
Eriostemon, see No. 355. An erect shrub, with neat pink flowers studded 
along its twiggy branches in solitary beauty, at the axils of the leaves. It was 
discovered by Fraser, and first described as Crowea scabra. bot. mag. 2854 . 
1445. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ONAGRACEA. 
FU'CHSIA INTEG RIFO'LI A I Plant, 3 feet » Greenhouse perennial, from Brazil, in 
ENTIRE-LEAVED FUCHSIA. || f'ow’er, i inch ! 1839, flowers in October, bright crim. 
Fuchsia, see No. 290. This species is known as radicans and affinis. In 
warm parts of the Organ Mountains it assumes a climbing habit, running up trees, 
forty feet high ; but in colder climates is a bush only. bot. mag. 3948. 
811. FLORAL REGISTER. 
