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2211. POLYANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. R ANUNCULACEiE . 
DELPHI NIUM PUNI CEUM.il Pbmt, 4 fee^ |i Hardy herbaceous perennial, from 
PURPLE larkspur. |1 Flower, % inch II Tartary, 1785, flow, in July, purple. 
Named from dei.phin, dolphin ; from a fancied resemblance in the unexpanded 
flowers. The Birmingham Horticultural Society received seeds of this plant in 
1835, from Dr. Steudel ; it has hitherto been very scarce. plor. cab t. 
2212. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ONAGRACE®. 
1' 1 CHSIA MACRAN 1 11A. | I’-;” 11 ' 2 feet^ jj Greenhouse shrub, from S. .America, 
large-flowered fuchsia. II Flower, inch ll in 1845, flowers in April, rose-colour. 
Fuchsia, see No. 2051. A splendid Fuchsia, and a novelty ; but novelty will 
not induce us to prefer a Fuchsia without a corolla : we unavoidably regret the 
absence of beautiful purple or crimson petals. bot. mag. 4233. 
2213. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOS®. 
KENNE DY A DILA I A FA. I PIac*. 4 feet ll Greenhouse climber, from New Hoi- 
I Lest, lx inch II 
DILATED KENNEDVA. || Flower, ljincb 'I land, in 1824, flowers in April, scarlet. 
Named after Mr. Kennedy, late of Hammersmith nursery. There are two 
varieties of this plant, varying but little except in size. Without training, they 
become prostrate, therefore require the assistance of a wire lattice, bot. reg. 1526. 
2214. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
MAXILLA'RIA WARREA NA. 1 Phmt. j8 inch II Stove herbaceous perennial, from St. 
MR. WARRE S MAXILLARIA. j| Flower, lit inti* II Martha, 1844, flow. Aug., wh. & pur. 
Maxillaria,see No. 2193. A handsome erect Maxillaria, sent from St. Martha, 
by Mr. Purdie, to the Royal Gardens at Kew, and to Syon. Its white Bowers 
are prettily relieved in colour by the purple of the lip. bot. mag. 4236. 
2215. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE®. 
ODONTOGLOS'SUM membranacm. ,, Plant, 1 foot ,, st0Fe herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
membrane-sheath. tooth-tongue || || ]84 3, flow. March, white, red spotted. 
Odontoglossum, see No. 2034. One of the Messrs. Loddiges’ new Orchids; 
a very pretty one, resembling Odontoglossum Cervantesii, but rather larger, and 
the lip spotted at the base. It diffuses an agreeable odour. bot. reg. 84, 1846. 
2210. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PRIMULACE®. 
P RIM'ULA IN VOLUCRA' 1 A ll Rant, 7 inch jj Hardy herbaceous perennial, from In- 
ruffed primrose. II Flower, i inch II dia, 1845, flow. March to May, white. 
Primula, from primus, first; being amongst the first Bowers of Spring. “This 
is a neat, and very desirable sweet-scented little hardy alpine perennial, which grows 
freely in a soil composed of sandy loam and leaf mould.” bot. reg. si, 1846. 
2217. DECANDRIA, D1GYNIA. SAXITRAGACE®. 
SAX1F RAGA THYSANODES I lant, 8 inch Hardy pereuiual, seut from India, 
Leaf, 4 inch . . - 
CO ARSE-FRINGED SAXIFRAGE. H Flower, 1 inch |i in 1845, It flowers in April, white. 
‘ Saxifraga, from saxum, a stone; frango, to break ; in allusion to its supposed 
medicinal qualities. The Horticultural Society received this plant from the 
India House ; it having been sent from India in dry moss. bot. beg. 33, 1846. 
2218. PENTANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. TURNERACE®. 
TURNE'RA EL'EGANS. 11 Plant, | f««t II stove evergreen shrub, from Brazil, 
ELEGANT TURNERA. || Flow’er, 2 inch II in 1821, flow. April to July, pale yel 
Named, by Plunder, in memory of W. Turner, M. D., who died in 1568. 
This slender evergreen shrub produces a showy pale yellow Bower; each petal 
having a purple blotch at its base. flor. cab. 2 
