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1302. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCIIIDACE.E. 
AERI'DES CRIS'PUM. | |^' me 10 inch . Stove herbaceous peren., from India, 
brooke’s air blast. , Flower, 2 inch in 1840? flowers in June, white & red. 
Aerides,see No. 1037. This beautiful species flowered in the collection of Sir 
Richard Brooke, Bart, of Norton Priory, after whom it is named. The finest of 
its genus: grows well on a block of wood. bot. reg. 55 , 1842 . 
1003. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RHODORACE.S. 
AZA'LEA IN'DICA. j Plant, 24 feel Greenhouse shrub, brought fromChina 
Leaf, 3 inch il 
DOUBLE red INDIAN azalia. | n 0 wer, 24 inch 1 before 1810, flowers in May, scarlet. 
Azalea, see No. 494. These Azaleas are called Indian, but are in reality 
Chinese ; this showy double variety is of Chinese origin, and, at present, is very 
rare. It flowered with W. Wells, Esq., of Redleaf. bot. reg. 56,1842. 
1501. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEiE. 
CHEILAN'THES \ESTI’IA.| Height. 4 inch || Frame perennial, from N. America, 
CLOTH ED CHEILANTHES. II width',’ 1 met) in 1812, sori brown, in Autumn. 
Cheilanthes, see No. 1491. This is a rare and elegant fern, called vestita, or 
clothed, from all its parts being more or less woolly. It should be potted in 
sandy peat, upon a deep stratum of drainers, sp.ofswz. 
1505. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
DENDRO'BIl Mmacran'thum Plant, is inch Stove herbaceous perennial, from Ma- 
LARGE-FLOWERED DENDROBIUM. jl Flower, 5 inch 1! nilla, ill 1838 ? flowers in April, lilac. 
Dendrobium, see No. 84. Sent to Loddiges, by Mr. CumiDg. Its flowers are 
beautifully tinted, and splendid in size — five inches across. It is the Dendro- 
bium macrophyllum of Lindley's miscellaneous notices. bot. mag. 3970. 
1506. DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. CRASSULACE*. 
ECHE4 E R I A ROsEA. jj Pj»“t, 2 fen Greenhouse herbaceous peren., Mex- 
ROSY ECUEVERIA. Ii Flow’er,\i inch ico, 1839? flowers in April, pink & yel. 
Echeveria, see No. 402. Its yellow flowers, intermixed with rose-coloured 
bracts, and compact mode of inflorescence, make this a very desirable greenhouse 
ornament. It is also quite easily managed. bot. p.eg. 22, 1842. 
1507. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACE.E. 
ECHIN OCAC’TUS centBte’rius. Heurht. f mch , stove evergreen, from Mexico, before 
VARIEGATED-FLOWERED ECHINOC. i Flower, 3 inch I 1833, flowers in July, yellow & orange. 
Echinocactus, see No. 52. Probably the Echinocactus centeterius of Leh- 
mann and Pfeiffer. The plant produces about half a dozen showy flowers, on its 
summit, straw-coloured, with a reddish streak down the centre. bot. mag. 3974. 
1508. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MYRTACE*. 
ELCALT P'TUS amyg'daLINa. Plant 6 feet Greenhouse evergreen shrub, Van Dei- 
I Leaf, inch '1 
ALMOND-LEAVED EUCALYPTUS. ; Flower, inch men’s Land, 1810, flo. in July, white; 
Eucalyptus, from eu, well ; and kalypto, to cover ; in reference to its calyx 
lid. This is a slender shrub, with pendulous branches; its flowers possessing 
no particular gaiety or attraction. bot. mag. 3260, 
1509. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERIACE*. 
GLOXINTA TUBIFLO'RA. Plant, 1 foot Stove herbaceous peren* from South 
TUBE-FLOWERED GLOXINIA. Mower, 34 'inch i Brazil, in 1840, flowers in July, white. 
Gloxinia, see No. 802. This plant was raised by Mr. Moore, in the Dublin 
garden. It seems, says Sir W. J. Hooker, to have nearly as much claim to be 
considered a Gesneria as a Gloxinia. bot. mag. 3971. 
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