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2339. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CONVOLVULACEA. 
EXOGO'NIUM PUR'GA. u Plant, 10 feet^ Frame twiner, brought from Mexico, 
TRUE JALAP. j FloVer, 2 inch !, in 1838, flowers in Sep., purplish-red. 
Named from exo, outwardly ; gonia, angle ; in allusion to the stamens. The 
Convolvulus Jalapa has long been supposed to be the Jalap plant ; late researches 
in Jalapa have shown this Exogonium to be the true plant. bot. mag. 4280 . 
2340. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACEAE. 
HIBIS'CUS MOSCHEU TOS | 3 J reet h ! Hardy herb, peren., North America, 
MUSK hibiscus. II Flower, 7 inch II in 1759, flowers in Autumn, rose-col. 
Hibiscus, from Ibis, a stork ; the style resembling the neck of that bird. A 
splendid flowerer ; which, although hardy, is best grown in a pot ; and during 
winter may be kept quite dry in a cellar. bot. reg.7, 1847 . 
2341. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACEA. 
I RIS SETO'SA. I Plant, is inch I Hardy herbaceous perennial, from 
bristle-tipped iris. !i Flower, 3) inch I Siberia, in 1844, flowers in May, lilac. 
Iris, see No. 2032. Seeds of this Iris were received by the London Horticul- 
tural Society from Dr. Fischer, the Director of the Imperial Gardens of St. Peters- 
burgh. Its flowers are prettily veined, but possess no peculiarity, bot.reg.io.isat. 
2342. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSA. 
LUPI'NUS EHRENBER'GIA j Plant, 2A feet ji Half-hardy biennial, Mexico, in 1845, 
ehrenberg’s lupine. [ Flower, 14 inch 1 flowers July to October, lilac & white. 
Lupinus, see No. 2005. This is a fresh addition to our Lupines, but is not so 
hardy as most of these we already possess. Its flowers have a pretty mingling 
of lilac, yellow and white. bot. reg, h, 1847 . 
2343. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACEA. 
MASSO'NIA grandiflo'ra. Plant, 4 inch I stove bulb, the Cape of Good Hope, 
LARGE-FLOWERED MASSONIA. FloVer, % Inch l 1825, flowers in Oct, green & white. 
Named after M. F. Masson, a botanical collector, and author of Stapelim 
Novae. This curious dwarf plant, with its flowers embosomed between its pair 
of twin leaves, will be perfectly understood by the engraving. bot. reg. 958. 
2344. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. G ESN E RACE A. 
NIPH/E'A ALBO-LINEA'rAj Plant, 9 inch |j stove annual, from New Grenada, 
WHITE-LINED NIP HA A . |, pfower, Ac inch in 1845, flowers in October, white. 
Niphaea,see No. 1367. A rather singular gesneraceous plant; its terminal 
head of flowers, as shown by the engraving, not being very showy, its rich velvety 
leaves, however, with their white veins, are very conspicuous. bot. mag. 32si . 
2345. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
POL\ PO'DIUM ATTENUA f TUM 7 * nc * 1 | Stove evergreen, from New Zealand. 
attenuated POLYPODY. | width',’ % ''mi' | in 1823, sori brown, in the Summer. 
Polypodium, see No. 1975. This, the true attenuatum, is simple-fronded, not 
pinnate, and has lately been re-introduced by Messrs. H. Low and Co. Pot in 
peat, loam, and drainers ; and keep the rhizomes to the surface, sp. of r. brown. 
2346. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSA. 
SMITH IA PURPU'REA. II Plant, lhinch |i Stove annual ? sent from Bombay, in 
PURPLE-FLOWERED smithia. || flower, i inch |i 1846, flowers in October, deep purple. 
Named in compliment to Sir J. E. Smith, founder of the Linnean Society. A 
pretty annual stove plant, worthy of attention, from its beautiful pinnate leaves; 
its flowers, however, are not very showy. bot. reg. 4283. 
