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2003. DIANDRIA, MONOOYNIA. JASMIN ACEA. 
JASMI'NUM AFFI NE. | | Hardy shrub, from India, in 1843? 
kindred jasmine. I! flower, i inch il flowers June to Oct., white and pink. 
Jasminum is derived from the Arabic name, Yasmeen. This plant, although 
from the north of India, Dr. Lindley and others think may be the parent of the 
well-known Jasmine of our cottage walls, the officinalis. bot. reg. 26, 1 845 
2004 PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACEE. 
LOBELIA 1 II A PSOI D LA, | lba»t» ® J!*®* II Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
mullein-like lobelia. || Flower, inch II in 1842? flowers in July, rose-purple. 
Named after Matthew Lobe], a physician and botanist. This king of Lobelias 
was sent home by Mr. Gardner, who saw it in a wild state, eight feet high. It 
flowered in the College Botanic Garden, Dublin. bot. mag. 4150. 
2005. niADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSE. 
LUPI'NUS ramosis'simus. II t'ea"** inch || Half -hardy perennial, sentfrom Quito, 
branching LUPINE. II Flower, -jf'inch II in 1840, flowers June to October, blue, 
Lupinus, from lupus, a wolf ; from its over-running the ground, and destroying 
the fertility of the soil. A pretty half-hardy perennial species, but well suited 
for cultivation as an annual. Discovered by Hartweg. bot. reg. 25 , ms. 
2006. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEE. 
PERISTE RIA Humboldt 1. ; Rnceme.lSinch | stove herb, perennial, Venezuela, in 
TAWNY-FLOWERED PERISTERIA. || Flower, 2J inch II 1841 ? flowers in June, yellow-spotted. 
Peristeria, from the Greek peristera, a dove ; the column resembling that bird. 
One of the most striking of orchidaceous plants — a variety (called fulva,) of that 
published in the Floral Register, under No. 268, bot. mag. 4166. 
2007. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEE. 
PO L\ ST.-VCin A bracteo'sa. II Plant, 6 inch || Stove herbaceous peren., Sierra Leone, 
bracteated polystachya. II Flower, As inch II in 1838, flowers in June, orange-yel. 
Polystachya, from polus, many ; stach ys, a spike. A smal I plant, but its many 
flowered raceme, its flowers being shaded from orange to yellow, are pretty. It 
flowered in the Woburn collection of Orchidacete, at Kew. bot. mag. 4ioi. 
2008. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. ACANTHACEE. 
SALPIXAN THA COCCIN’EA. || Plant, 4 feet | Stove shrub, brought from Jamaica, 
SCARLET TRUMPET-FLOWER. [| Fhnrer, l| inch II in 1843, flowers in Autumn, scarlet. 
Salpixantha, from the Greek salpix, anthos, trumpet flower. A shrub of 
somewhat loose habit; its flowers too, though pretty are rather straggling. Dis- 
covered by Mr Purdie, botanical collector for the Royal Gardens. bot.mag.4I58. 
2009. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA ORCHIDACEE. 
STANHO'PEA BUCEPH'ALUS, II Plant, 1 foot II stove herbaceous peren., the Andes, 
_ Leaf, 18 inch , ’ , 7 
bull-horned STANHOPEA. || Flower, If Inch II 1823, flowers m Aug., yellow-spotted. 
Named in honour of Earl Stanhope. It would be superfluous to say that a 
Stanhopea is beautiful ; suffice it to say that this equals any of its congeners. Its 
colouring, curling, spotting, and spreading, mark the species, bot. reg. 24, 1845. 
2010. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEE. 
WAR'REA CYA'NEA. jj Plant, 1 foot !| Stove herbaceous perennial, Columbia, 
BLUE-LIPPED WARREA. || Flower, 1J inch II 1843, flowers in Jan., white and blue. 
This genus is founded on Maxillaria Warreana, the specific name being here 
adopted for the generic. The form of the lip of this plant gives a distinctive 
character, and its intense blue colour a popular attraction. bot. reg. 28 , m*. 
