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1750. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CON VOLVULACEA. 
CONVOL'VULUS ocella'tus.U Plant, 6 inch || Greenhouse shrub? Southern Africa, 
PUnPLE-EYED BIND-WEED. || Flower, 1 inch II in 1840? flowers in August, white. 
Convolvulus, from convolvere, to entwine. Raised from South African seeds 
in the greenhouse of the Right Hon the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley. Its white 
flowers with purple eye have a pretty appearance. bot. mag. aocs. 
1751. triandria, monogynia. iridacea. 
CRO'CUS PULCHEL'LUS. || j *1 :1 n t , 4£ I ^lardy bulb, brought from Turkey, 
pretty CROCUS. Il Flower, ri inch ll in 1840 ? flowers in October, pale lilac. 
Crocus, see No. 1602. This Crocus was found in flower, without leaves, in the 
forest of Belgrade. It is one of the many novelties belonging to this family, 
imported by the Dean of Manchester to Spofforth. bot.reg.3, 1844 . 
1752. gynandria, monandria. orchidacea. 
EPIDEN'DRUM ELONGA^TUM. ’ Plant, 2 feet n Stove herbaceous peren.. West Indies, 
LONG-STALKED EPIDENDRUM. || Flower, inch |1 li96, flowers May to August, red. 
Epidendrum, see No. 1638. An old species of Epidendrum, and not affording 
much gaiety in the stove. It possesses one advantage over most of the more showy 
species of Orchidaceae ; — it continues very long in flower. bot. mag. 6 ii . 
1753- PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CELASTRACEA. 
LUON'\ MUS JAPONI CUS. ll Plant, 6 feet^ m Hardy evergreen shrub, from Japan, 
japan euonymus. J Flower, ^ inch II in 1804, flowers in July & Aug., white. 
Named by Antiphrasis, from euonumon, having a good name ; from its foetid 
smell, and poisonous qualities. An ordinary-looking shrub ; which, for variety, 
may be mixed with its superiors, the Lilac, Phyllireas, &c. bot. reg. 6 , 1844 . 
1754. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARANTHACEA. 
GOMPHRE NA PULCHEL LA. || Plant, is inch | Frame annual? from Monte Video, 
LARGE-FLOW. GLOBE-AMARANTH. || Ffo.head, 2 inch ll in 1843, flowers in July, rose-colour 
Gomphrena, from Gomphos, a club ; in allusion to the flowers. The present 
novelty was imported by Mr. Veitch of Exeter, and flowered for the first time in 
this country in his nursery. Rather weedy. bot. mag 4064. 
1755. diadelphia, decandria. leguminosa 
LUPI'NUS ARVEN'SIS. || Plant, l foot^ |i Frame biennial, brought from Peru, 
field PERUVIAN lupine. || Flower, li inch 1 in 1842, flowers in Autumn, lilac & yel. 
Lupinus, from lupus, a wolf ; from its over-running the ground and destroying 
the fertility of the soil. This plant, although biennial, is best treated as an annual ; 
it has no remarkable character, but is rather straggling. bot. reg. i, 1844. 
1756. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEA. 
MAMMILLA'RIA tetracan , ~ I Height, 7 inch [j stove evergreen perennial. Mexico, 
Breadth. 61 inch U _ T , . 
tha. four*spined M ammillaria J Flower, % inch H before 1840, flowers in July, rose-col. 
Mammillaria, see No. 1544. These grotesque plants, such as species of Mam- 
millaria, Echinocactus, &c., are really very interesting creatures in their way. 
Their value is greatly enhanced by their contempt of neglect. bot. mag, 406O. 
1757. MONADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. MELIACEA. 
TURRcE'A LOBA'TA. ll Plant, 3 feet || Stove shrub, sent from SieiTa Leone, 
LOBED TURRAA. || yfower, 1 inch II in 1840? flowers in July, white. 
Turraea, named in honour of George Turraea, professor of botany at Padua, 
This plant was transmitted from Sierra Leone to the stove of Chiswick House, by 
Mr. Whitfield. Its flowers resemble those of the orange. bot. reg. 4, 1844 . 
