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1518. GYNANDRIA, IiEXANDRIA. A RISTO LOCHIA CEiE. 
ARISTOLO'CHIA GRGAS. || Plant, f ee * jj Stove herbaceous peren, Guatemala, 
GIANT BIRTH WORT. II Rower, 8 inch ll 1840? flo.in June & July, reddish-pur. 
Aristolochia, see No. 207. This certainly is one amongst the strangest objects 
of the world of flowers of which we have seen notice ; observe its figure and 
measurement. It flowered in the London Horticultural Garden, bot.reg. 60 , 1842 . 
1519. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LECUMINOS*. 
ASTRAG'ALUS PROCUM^BENS. 11 Plant * 1K j| II Frame perennial, brought from Chile, 
PROCUMBENT milk-vetch. 1 flower, a Such II in 1832, flowers in May, blue & yellow. 
Astragalus seems literally to signify star milk ; other significations may also be 
given it, but none can be applied with certainty. The plant is somewhat variable 
in its growth, and not possessing much gaiety. bot. mac. 3263. 
1520. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
CATASE'TUM TRIFTDUM. I Plant, is inch [| Stove herbaceous peren., from Trin- 
trifi D-Li pped catasetum. || Flower, 2 inch II idad, m 1832, flowers m May, green. 
Catasetum, see No. 49. A beautiful species, for which the country is indebted 
to Mr. Lockhart, who sent it to the Glasgow garden from Trinidad. Although 
totally distinct from it, trifidum approaches cristatum. bot. mag. 3262. 
1521. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POL YPODIACE.E. 
CHEILAN'THES IIIR'IA. II 8 inch ' Greenhouse perennial, from Cape G. 
hairy cheilanthes. II vvhnh, iujh » Hope, 1816, sori brown, in Summer. 
Cheilanthes, see No. 1491. This elegant little fern was introduced in 1816, 
its present scarcity, however, indicates its having been lost and regained. Grown 
in peat and sand, but is of difficult culture, and slow increase. sp. of swz. 
1522. PENTANDRIA, MONOCYNIA. A POCYNACEAS, 
ECHI'TES SPLEN'DENS. I Plant, 2 feet 11 Stove herb, climber, Organ Moun- 
SPLENDID-FLOWERED ECIHTES. || Flower, 4 inch I! tains, 1841, flo. in August, rose-colour. 
Echites, see No. 610. Of all the species of Echites, with which England has 
hitherto been enriched, this is by far the handsomest. The honour of introducing 
it belongs to Mr. Veitch, the spirited nurseryman of Exeter. bot. mag. 3976. 
1523. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. 0NAGRACE7E. 
GODE'TIA GRANDIFLO'RA Plant 2 feet Hardy annual, from America, in 1840, 
large-flowered CODETIA. | Flower, 3 inch l flowers in June to Septein., pale lilac. 
Godetia, see No. 261. A very handsome annual, which will he best under- 
stood by its old name, (Enothera. It is the largest of the genus, and resembles 
roseo-alba. It may he sown in autumn. bot. reg. 6t, m 2 . 
1524. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CON VO LVU LACE IE. 
IPOMAl'A TWEED'lEI. Plant, 6 fret I Hardy herbaceous climber, S. Amer- 
TWEEDIE 8 irOM/EA. || Flower, 1 inch II ica, 1840? flowers in June, red pur. 
Ipomsea, see No. 182. A pleasing climber, sent by Mr. Tweedie, from the 
woods of Parana, to the Botanic Garden of Glasgow. It is not so splendid a 
flowerer as some of the new species figured in the Botanist. bot. mag. 3978. 
1525. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. J ASMIN ACEAS. 
JASMI'NUM IIIRSU'TUM. ii Plant, 3 feet 11 stove evergreen shrub, East Indies, 
HAIRY INDIAN JASMINE. ]| Flow’er.ij Inch II in 1759, flowers in Summer, white. 
Jasminum,see No. 583. This Jasminum — a native both of the East Indies 
and China, forms a beautiful shrub, which has long been known in good collections 
of stove plants. Its flowers are large, and also fragrant. bot. mag. 1991. 
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