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1654. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEiE. 
L\ CAS'I E PLA'NA. j| EJ®®** 18 inch j Stove herbaceous peren., Bolivia, in 
even-flowered LYCASTE. || Flower, 4 inch I 1840, flowers in October, madder-red. 
Named after Lycaste, a beautiful Woman. The rich orchidaceous house of 
the Messrs. Loddiges supplied this flower, which is very like Lycaste macro- 
phylla, but is more beautiful in its rich red-wine colour. bot. reg. 35, 1843. 
1655. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACEZE. 
MORiE'A SIS YRIN , CHIU M jj ® ! uc b | Hardy bulb, from South Europe, in 
EUROPEAN MOREA, SPANISH nut. || Flower, 2 inch II 1597, flowers in May and June, blue. 
Moraea, named after R. Moore, a botanist of Shrewsbury. A plant which has 
long been known, but not frequently met with. Its flowers are of a rich deep 
blue, and its bulbs are said to be edible. bot. mag. 1407. 
1656. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEiE. 
MORMO'DES LUXA'TUM. II Plant, 2 | fnot^ 11 Stove herb, perennial, from Mexico, 
dislocated MORMODES. || Flower, 3 inch !l in the year 1840, flowers in July, yel. 
Mormodes, from the Greek mormo, a frightful object. This flower has great 
irregularity. Its sepals and petals are so broken up and twisted out of their 
places as scarcely to be recognised. All parts seem dislocated, bot. reg. 33, 1843. 
1657. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MELASTOMACE.E. 
OSBECKTA CHINEN'SIS. 11 Plant, 2 feet | stove shrub, introduced from China, 
CHINESE OSBECKIA. || Flower, 14 inch II in 1818, flowers in May & June, pur. 
Named in honour of P. Osbeck, a Swedish naturalist. “A lovely plant, with 
spreading branches, dark-coloured copious foliage, and bearing abundance of 
flowers in the spring months, when kept in a moist warm stove.” bot. mag. 4020. 
1658. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS^E. 
OXYLO'BIUM OBOVATUM II Plant. ?? inc,l ll Greenhouse shrub, from Australia, 
WEDGE-LEAVED OXYLOBIUM. || Flower, \o inch Jl m 1842, flowers in April, yeJ. and red. 
Oxylobium, see No. 1594. “As an addition to the hard-wooded Australian 
shrubs, with yellow pea-flowers, this is acceptable, for it forms a pretty green- 
house plant, which lasts in blossom some time.” bot. reg. 36, 1843. 
1659. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CONVOLVULACE®. 
PHAHBI'TIS T Y K I A NT H 1 N A . II Plant, 12 feet jl stove twiner, brought from Mexico, 
TYRIAN purple gaybine. || Flower, l inch II in 1837, flowers m October, purple. 
Pharbitis, from piiarbe, colour ; on account of the beautiful colour of the 
flowers. This is, indeed, remarkably brilliant ; and, as a twining stove ornament, 
is not excelled by the Ipomoeas or other Mexican beauties. bot. mag. 4024. 
1660. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PORTULACE«. 
PORTULA'CA SPLEN'DENSj Plant, } f 00 ^ jj Tenderannual, of hybrid origin, raised 
SPLENDID PURSLANE. II Flower, 2 Inch I in 1842, flowers July to Sep .crimson. 
Portulaca, from forto, to carry ; lac, milk ; from the plant having milky 
juices. A very handsome tender annual, a variety which seems to have origin- 
ated from Portulaca Thellusonii, but is a more beautiful plant, bot. reg. 34, 1843. 
1661. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACEJE. 
WATSO'NIA MERIA'NA. jl Plant, 2 feet II Greenhouse Cape bulb, originated in 
LARGEST merian’s WATSONI a. || pfower, !| loch 1 Holland ? in 1808, iio. in May, scarlet. 
Watsonia, see No. 1645. This is a very elegant plant, which was first raised 
in this country by Miller, from seeds. Planted in a sandy peat, in the greenhouse, 
it will flourish and produce offsets. bot. mag. 1194. 
