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2411. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMTA. GESNERIACE.fc. 
ACHIME'NES CLPREATA I P^ant, 9 inch 11 stove creeper, brought from New Gre- 
COPPER-LEAVED ACHIMENES. | FloVer, &'inch I nada, in 1845, flowers in April, scarlet. 
Achimenes, see No. 2043. This species of Achimenes is chiefly made inter- 
esting by the rich scarlet colour of its flowers ; it is, too, singular on account of 
its copper-brown leaves. Flowered at Kew. bot. mag. 4312 . 
2412. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEjE. 
GLEISOS TOMA IONOSUl\I| Plant* 2 feet | stove herbaceous peren., Manilla, in 
VIOLET-SCENTED CLEISOSTOM a. | [ : f 0 wer, U inch | 1843 ? flowers in March, brown & yel. 
A genus of Orchid of which the Messrs. Loddiges possess two or three species. 
This has a white lip with a few red streaks, and the flowers emit a violet-like fra- 
grance; but have no peculiarity of character. bot. reg. 41 , mi. 
2413. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA . VERBENACE*. 
CLERODEN DRON pubes’cens. ! Plant, 4 feet^ ij stove evergreen, from "West Indies, 
DOWNY-LEAVED CLERODENDRON. || Flower, 1 inch I in 1824, flowers in August, white. 
Clerodendron, see No. 2254. The style of this flower, projecting as it does, 
like an arrow received from an enemy, and its stamens, twisting over the limb of 
the corolla, as if writhing from pain, are rather singular. bot. reg. 1035 . 
2414. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE.E. 
DENDRO BIUM ciirysotox'um. Plant, 9 inch jj Stove herbaceous perennial, the East 
GOLDEN-ARcn dendrobe. Ftawer, lj'ineh » Indies, 1846, flowers in Mar., yellow. 
Dendrobium, see No. 2000. This extremely handsome Dendrobium was im- 
ported by the Messrs. Loddiges, of Pine Apple Place, London. It belongs to the 
section Dendrocoryne, and is related to densiflorum. bot. reg. 3c, mi. 
2415. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACE*. 
ECHINOCAC'TUShex*droph'o- j Plant, s inch ji stove evergreen, sent from Tampico, 
RUS. HEXADRON ECHINOCACTUS. Flower, IJ inch II before 1840, flowers in June, white. 
Echinocactus, see No. 2050. The specific name alludes to the hexagonal or 
six-sided tubercles of the plant. Its white flowers, tinged with pink, especially 
on the exterior side of the petals, are handsome and showy. bot. mag. 4311 . 
2416. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. OLEACE*. 
FORSA TH I A viridis'sima. I I' 18 " 1 ’ ? ^ e, | Hardy deciduous shrub, from China, 
DARK-GREEN FORSYTHIA. | ; Flower, 1J i'nch l in 1845, flowers in March, yellow. 
This genus was named in honour of William Forsyth, gardener, at Kensington, 
to His Majesty George III. It was introduced from China by Mr. Fortune, and 
forms a hardy, deep-green, deciduous bush, very ornamental, bot.reg. 39, 184T. 
2417. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RUBIACEAt. 
GARDE'MA PROPIN QLA Plant, 8 feet^ 11 stove evergreen, sent from the East 
SHORT-SPINED GARDENIA. I Tower, 3 inch i! Indies, in 1823, flowers in July, white. 
Gardenia, see No. 2068. This stove shrub grows from six to eight feet high ; 
its leaves grow in clusters ; and it becomes a showy ornament, when decorated 
with its long-tubed hypocrateriform white flowers. bot. reg, 975 . 
2418. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERIACEA. 
H\ POCi R'T A leucostoSia. Jj Plan*. 1 foot | Stove plant, sent from New Grenada, 
WHITE-MOUTHED hypocyrta. II Flower, U Inch jin 1845? flowers in April, orange. 
The name of this genus is compounded of the two Greek words, hypo, under, 
and kyrtos, gibbous ; the gibbosity or protuberance of the lower side of the cor- 
olla is hereby alluded to. A small-flowered Gesnera-like plant, bot.mag.43io. 
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