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2387. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CONVOLVULACE.*. 
IPOMCE'A MURICA'TA. || Plant, 6 feet |i Greenhouse twiner, sent from Mexico, 
fine-leaved ipomcea. || Flower, l inch il in 1824, flowers in October, red lilac. 
Iporaoea, see No. 2130. Tubers of this plant were collected by Mr. Purdie 
in New Grenada, and sent to the Royal Gardens at Kew. In beauty it equals 
our own bindweed — a pest of the British farmer. bot. mag. 4301 . 
2388. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CON VOLVULACEjE. 
J ACQU EMON^TIA canes'censII Plant, 6 feet || Greenhouse climber, New Grenada, 
„ Leaf, inch _ . 
HOARY jacquemontia. || Flower. 1J inch II 1845, flowers Sum. & Autumn, blue. 
Named in honour of the late Victor Jacquemont, a botanical collector. This 
has been regarded as a variety only of Jacquemontia violacea, a plant formerly 
known as Convolvulus pentanthus. Discovered by Hartweg. bot. reo. 27, is«7. 
2389 GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEAl. 
I ' <1 ' LIA CINNABARl'NA. | Plant, 2 feet 11 Stove herb, perennial, Brazil, 1836, 
cinnabar-coloured LA.LIA. || Flower. 3 inch || flowers in February, reddish-orange. 
Named from Lselia, a vestal virgin. One of the most ornamental Laelias A 
very graceful plant, and its flowers possessing so bright and peculiar a Vermillion 
tint, that its specific name has been founded on it. bot. mag. 4302 . 
2390. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BORAGINACE*. 
MACRO M E'RIA K \ S K R I A Plant, 3 feet || Frame herb, perennial, from Mexico, 
LONG-STAMENED MACRO MERIA. || Flower, 2j!ncb II in 1846, flowers Aug to Oct., yellow. 
Named from macros, long; and meris, a part; in allusion to the length of 
the flowers. Its flowers, individually, are showy, but they are short-lived, and 
the plant is coarse, and unornamental. bot. reg. 26 , isai. 
2391. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. ASCLEPIADACEA1. 
MARSDENIA MACULAOAii Plant, 15 feet ,1 stove climber, New Grenada, in 1834, 
spotted-leaved marsdenia. l| Flower, Vj mi b || flowers in June, green and purple. 
Named in compliment to W. Marsden, Esq., author of History of Sumatra. 
The free growth and large foliage of this climber, demand much space. Its flowers 
are dull in colour ; its leaves mottled, like Acuba Japonica. bot. mag. «29». 
2392. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE^. 
O PHRYS FUCIFLO'RA. Il Plant, 8 inch il Hardy herb, peren., South of Kurope, 
painted-lipped ophrys. II Flower 1 inch II flowers in June, various coloured. 
Ophrys, see No. 2265. This, and other varieties, were collected by the Hon. 
and Rev. the Dean of Manchester near Trieste ; it differs from our British 
Fuciflora, which has been miscalled Arachnites. bot. reg. 26 , 1847. 
2393. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE*. 
POLYPO DIUM GLABEL / LUM. || j| <: [ > 3 inch |j Stove herbaceous perennial, sent from 
smoothish polypody. || width*,’ % inclf II Jamaica, in 1836, sori brown, August. 
Poly podium, see No. 1975. This diminutive entire-leaved Polypody is usually 
found creeping close to the stems of trees, and in cultivation may be attached to 
a damp wall. Admits of division. sp. of heward. 
2394. DIDYNAMIA, ANCIOSPERMIA. ACANTHACEA1. 
RUEL'LIA PURDILA'NA. II Plant, is inch II Stove suflruticose plant, S. America, 
> Leaf, 5 inch „ . 
MR. PURDIES RUELLIA || Flower, 2 inch II flowers in various seasons, crimson. 
Ruellia, see No. 1977. The flowers of this plant are pretty, but rather too 
sparingly produced, — occurring only in pairs at the points of the branches. Its 
bold foliage, with low growth, suit it to small stoves. bot. mag. 42#s, 
