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1590. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSjE. 
INDIGOF'ERA STACHy'odes. II Plant, 3 feet ([Greenhouse shrub, from Bhotan, in 
LONG-SPIKED indigo. || Flower, inch || 1839 ? flowers in Sep,, lilac & crimson. 
Fbro, to bear, renders this name literally Indigo-bearing. The bold pinnate 
foliage of this shrub makes it handsome, independently of its flowers. It was 
raised in the London Horticultural Society’s garden, from seed. bot. reg. 14, 1843. 
1591. PENTANDRIA, M0N0GYNIA. LOB ELI ACE A. 
LOBE'LIA SPLEN'DENS. 1 Plant, 3 f ect .|| Frame perenDial, Mexico, in 1814, 
Leaf, inch l, _ 
shining lobelia. || Flower, lj inch II flowers from May to Septem., scarlet. 
Lobelia, named after Lobel, a French botanist. Lobelia splendens is well- 
enough known, but this variety is not very common. It is very showy, and is 
chiefly distinguished by its reddish purple stems and leaves. bot. mag. 4002. 
1592. DICECIA, MONADELPHIA. ARISTOLOCHIACEA. 
NEPEN'THES distillato RIA . |[ Plant 8 feet j: Stove climber, brought from China, in 
Leaf, JA teet 1 ' 
PITCHER PLANT. || pinwer, % inch I! 1789, flowers m April & May, green. 
Ne, privative ; penthos, grief. The original Nepenthes was supposed to 
banish grief. The midrib of the leaf of the Nepenthes becomes lengthened, and 
terminates in a jug, having a lid, at first shut, then open. bot. mag. 279 s. 
1593. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
ONCID'IUM BICALLO SUM !j Plant, 10 inch jl stove herbaceous peren., Guatemala, 
two-warted ONCIDIUM. jj Khmer, 2 inch i! in 1840? flowers in Winter, yellow. 
From the Greek ogkidion, which signifies a tubercle, and has reference to two 
prominences on the lip of this genus. One of the finest and largest flowering 
Oncidiums. It has a dwarf, erect, raceme. bot. reg. 12 , 1843 . 
1594. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOSA. 
OXYLO'BIUM CAPI1 A'TUMij Pla” 1 , j? ! DC |' ; Greenhouse shrub, from Swan River, 
HEADED OX YLOBIUM. II Flower, inch li in 1S40, flowers in Oct., yellow & red. 
Oxylobium, from oxus, pointed ; and loros, a pod. A shrub, of much beauty ; 
imported by the Messrs. Low and Co-, of Clapton. It is the more desirable from 
the length of time which it continues to flower. bot. reg. is, t843. 
1595. cryptogamia, filices. poi.ypodiacea. 
P 1 1 \ SOMA' I I I'M MOL'LE. I[ Height, 1 foot 11 Frame perennial, sent from America 
; Length, Va inch 
soft physomatium. || width, j inch II m 1838 ? son brown, in Autumn. 
Physomatium, from physa, bladder ; in allusion to its inflated indusium. Well 
suited for frame culture, and may even bear exposure on well-sheltered rock-work. 
Should be planted in peat and loam, and increased by division, sp. of kaulfus. 
1596. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. POLYMON1ACEA. 
POLEMO'NIUM rich ardso’ni jl Plant, 6 inch ;| H ardy herbaceous peren. ,N”. America, 
dr. Richardson’s polemonium. |l FhfwVr, l Inch I in 1826 , flowers in October, pale blue. 
Kings contended for the honour of the discovery of a plant, hence it was 
called Polemonium, from polemius, war. The common Jacob’s Ladder is well 
known ; this dwarf large-flowering species is greatly its superior, bot. mag. 28 oo. 
1597. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ARACEA. 
PO'THOS MACROPH YL'LA I 1 Plant, 3 feet jl stove parasite, from the West Imlies, 
LARGE-LEAVED pothos. |i Spad’ix, 1 ^ foot I! in 1794, flowers in May & June, purp. 
Pothos, from Potha the name of this species in Ceylon. A curious plant, the 
form of whose leaf and spadix will be seen in our cut; but the spadix becomes 
much larger, when covered all round with fruit. bot. mag. 2?oi. 
