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1766. MONADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. PAPILIONACE*. 
GENIS'TA VIRG A'TA. | H«*, 4 ft* || Hardy shrub, brought from Madeira, 
TWIGGY BROOM. II Flower, &g inch II in 1777, flowers in May & June, yel. 
Genista, from the Celtic gen, a small bush. In the nurseries this plant has 
been called Spartium virgatum. It forms a compact shrub, very showy in flower; 
bearing simple leaves, but with a few axillary ones trifoliate, bot.reg.ii, 1844 . 
1767. SYNGENESIA, POLYANDRIA. COMPOSITE 
GNAPHA'LIUM ERlcorioES. j! Plant. IS inch ’1 Greenhouse evergr.peren.,C.G. Hope, 
HEATH-LEAVED EVERLASTING. || Flower, ^ iuch ll ih 1774, flowers March to Aug., pi nk . 
Gnaphalium, from gnaphalon, soft down ; in allusion to the woolly leaves. 
This is a small but neat plant, which, when well grown, and trained about the 
top of a pot, makes a pretty display of small flowers. bot. mag. 435 . 
1768. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. P0LYP0DIACE*. 
GRAMMl'TIS CEI ERACH. 1 Hc^ht, 4 inch 1 Hardy evergreen peren., walls and 
officinal grammitis. ll Width, % inch I rocks in Britain, sori brown, in Aut. 
Grammitis, from the Greek word gramma, a line ; in allusion to the linear 
fructification. It thrives amongst stones or bricks, on dry rock-work, or in pots; 
and may be increased by division of its roots. sp. of swartz. 
1769. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA, CON VOLVULACE*. 
IPOMrE'A CRAS SIPES. || P^®t, 31 Inch || ^t (n-e climber, from Southern Africa, 
TIITCK-FLOW .-STALKED BIND-WEED || pWer, 2* Inch | in 1811, flowers in August, purple. 
Ipomaea, see No. 1623. A handsome convolvulaceous climber, seeds of which 
were collected in Africa, by Mr. Burke, and successfully cultivated by Mr. 
Jenkins, gardener to the Earl of Derby, at Knowsley. bot. mag 4068 . 
1770. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
LISSOCHPLUS RO'SEUS. ll Ptant, 3 feet ji stove herb, perennial, Sierra Leone, 
ROSE-COLOURED LISSOCHILUS. || Flower, lj mcb i| 1841, flowers in Feb., rose-col. & bro. 
Lissochilus,from lissos, smooth ; and CHEiLos,a lip. A fine species, imported 
by Mr. Rucker. “Its petals are of the brightest rose-colour, set off with velvety 
brown sepals, and a yellowish stain on the lip.” bot. reg. 12 , 1 844 . 
1771. MONCECIA, POLYANDRIA. ALISMACE*. 
SAGITTA'RIA LANC1FO LIA. II Plant, is inch ll Aquatic stove pereunial, West Indies, 
Leal, 0 inch « . 
LANCE-LEAVED ARROW-HEAD. || Flower, inch II 1787, flowers in June & July, white. 
Sagittaria, from sagita, an arrow ; from the form of the leaves of some of the 
species. This is a handsome aquatic, and merely requires to be planted in loamy 
soil, and plunged beneath water, in the stove. bot. mag., m 2 . 
1772. ICOSANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. ROSACE*. 
SPIRrE'A REEVESIA'NA. I Plant, 3} feet |I Hardy sub-evergreen shrub, China, 
mr. Reeves’s spir*a. ,| j-loVer, y* Inch II before 1840, flowers in June, white. 
Spiraea, from speira, a rope ; in allusion to the flexible branches of some plants 
of this genus. Introduced by Mr. Reeves, whose name it bears. It forms a 
spreading bush, adapted to the front of the shrubbery. bot. reg. 10 , 1844 . 
1773. DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. MALPIGHI ACE*. 
STIGMAVHYL'LON jatroph*-|| Plant. [■ feet^? n Perennial twiner, from S. America, in 
Fo'liUM. JATROPHA-LVD. STIGM II F lower, 1 Inch I the year 1842, flowers in July, yellow. 
Stigmaphyllon, see No. 1628. One of those slender twiners which are best 
displayed on a light frame-work of wire, where their branches can be trained at 
distances the best to give effect to their flowers. bot. reg. 7, 1 S 44 . 
