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2179. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACE®. 
CAMAS SI A ESCULEN 1 A. Jl Plant. !8inch j Hardy bulb, sent from Columbia, in 
eatable quamash. Il Flower,2j inch :l 1827, flowers in July, deep purple. 
Camassia, an alteration of the American name, Quamash, or Camass. This is 
an exceedingly pretty plant, of very rare occurrence, closely allied to Anthericum 
and Scilla. The fine deep purple of its flowers is rarely surpassed, bot. reg. i486. 
2180. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA ACANTHACE/E. 
ERAN'THEMUM albiflo'rum. II Plant, 24 leet II stove shrub, from Bahia, in 1843, 
Leal, 3i inch . . , . 
white-flowered eranthemdm. II Flower, i inch II flowers in November, pure white. 
Eranthemum, from ear, spring; anthos, a flower. This white-flowered 
Eranthemum is a novelty, imported by those spirited nurserymen, the Messrs. 
Eucombe, Pince, and Co. of Exeter. Its foliage is handsome bot mag. 4225. 
2181. diadelphia, decandria. leguminos®. 
INDIGOF ERA DECCVRA. II Plant, 3 feet 11 Greenhouse shrub, from Shangai, in 
! Leaf, 4 inch II ^ „ . ' , 
comely indigo. Il Mower, % inch II 1845, flowers in June, rose-colour. 
Fero, to bear, renders this name literally Indigo-bearing. A dwarf shrub ; 
received with other Chinese rarities, by the London Hort Soc , from Mr. For- 
tune, who found it cultivated in nursery gardens at Shanghai, bot reg. 22 , 1846. 
2182. cryptogamia, marsileace®. 
PILULA'RIA GLOBUL1F ERA || Height, 2 inch '[ Hardy peren., Britain, sides of pools 
i \* idth, *'a inch ' r 
globule-bearing pillwort. || Fruit, V 8 inch II and lakes, sori black pellets, Autumn. 
Pilularia, from pilula, a pill; alluding to the small heads containing the re- 
productive organs. Although an aquatic, this little curiosity may be grown in 
sandy peat, as an alpine, with frame protection during winter, sp op linn^eus. 
2183. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PLUMB A GIN ACE^E. 
PLUM BA GO ZEYLAN'IC A.|| Plant, | f eet b II Greenhouse twiner, from Aflghan- 
CEYLON LEADWORT. || Flower, % Inch II istan, in 1844? flowers in Sept, white. 
Plumbago is derived from plumbum, lead ; but the allusion is uncertain. A 
plant of but little interest ; unless it be for the blistering properties of its fresh 
roots ; which they possess in a high degree. bot. reg. 23 , 1846. 
2184. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE^E. 
SARCOCHI'LUS CALCEo'lus. Il Plant, 15 inch II Stove herbaceous perennial, from Ma- 
il Leaf 4 inch il 
SLIPPERED FLESHLIP. II Flower, 21 inch II nilla, 1840? flowers in spring, white. 
Sarcochilus, from sarx, flesh ; cheilos, a lip. A singular slipper-lipped flower 
— but a slipper without any cavity for a foot. The plant flowered in the Messrs. 
Loddiges’ collection, having been sent to them by Mr. Cuming, bot. reg. 19, i»46. 
2185. DECANDRIA, TRIG YNIA. CARYOPHYLLACE®. 
SILE'NE SCHAF'TA. || Plant, 6 inch II Hardy perennial, from Russia, 1844, 
I Leaf, & inch „ ’ *1 ’ , , . , 
THE schafta. || Flower, 1 inch 0 flowers June to October, bright purp. 
Silene, from sialon, saliva ; in allusion to the frothy fluid on the stalks. Very 
prettv ; it reminds us of our favourite Saponaria ocymoides, but is in all its parts 
more than twice the size of that plant. bot. reg. 20 , 1 846. 
2186. MONCECIA, TRIANDRIA. CUCURBIT ACE®. 
TRICHOSAN'THES COLUBRi'na. II Plant, 10 feet II Stove climber, from South America, 
THE SERPENT CUCUMBER. j pfower, 1} inch I! in 1817, flowers in June, white. 
Named from thrix, hair; anthos, flower; from its thready petals. A Sin- 
gular production — somewhat resembling our old snake cucumber ; its fruit six 
feet long, at first green and white, but ultimately orange. bot. reg. is, 1846. 
