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2835. DIADELPI1IA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSit. 
HO' VEA LON GIFO'LIA. II Greenhouse shrub, from New South 
long-leaved hovea. || flower, % inch l! Wales, 1805, flowers in March, lilac. 
Named in honour of a Polish botanist, Anthone Panteleon Hove. New South 
Wales abounds with leguminous shrubs, which is testified by every British green- 
house. This, however, is somewhat stiff and not very showy. bot. reg. 6i4. 
2836. POL YG AMI A, MONCECIA. MUSACE/E. 
MU'S A ROSA'CEA. ii P^nt* II Stove herb, perennial, Mauritius, in 
Mauritius plantain-tree. || flower, 6 inch l! 1805, flowers in Feb., pinkish-lilac. 
This generic name is changed from Mauz, the Egyptian appellation of the Plan- 
tain. These splendid tropical plants are of fine growth, and give grandeur to a col- 
lection, but are only suitable to houses of corresponding magnitude, bot. reg, tog. 
2837. didynamia, angiospermia. scrophulariacea. 
PENTSTE'MON CYANAn'thus.II Plant. 2 feet i Hardy herb. peren., the Rocky Moun- 
azure-flowered pentstemon. U Flower, lj inch tains, in 1848, flowers in May, blue. 
Pentstemon, see No. 1973 . This is perhaps the finest of the blue Pentstemons, 
although not the deepest coloured. It is as hardy as the generality of the genus, 
and will be a valuable acquisition to the flower borders. bot. mag. 4464, 
2838. pentandria, monogynia. apocynacea:. 
ROUPEL'LIA GRA'l A. |i Plant, 2 feet || stove climbing plant, from Sierra 
Leaf, 6 inch 
cream FRUIT. || Flower, 3 inch || Leone, 1840? flewers in May, white. 
Named in compliment to the family of Roupell, several of whom have been 
distinguished patrons of botany. Its English name is given in allusion to the 
cream-like juice of its eatable fruit. Flowers handsome & fragrant, bot. mag. 4467. 
2839. MONIECIA, POLYANDRIA. ARACEA. 
SAUROMA TIUMgutta'tum. || Plant, 2 feet ' stove herb, peren., the East Indies, 
Leaf, i foot r 
spotted sauromatium. H Spadix, feet li 1848, flowers in Spring, green & pur. 
This plant is the Arum guttatum of Wallich, bearing all the peculiarities of its 
congeners ; more agreeable to the sight than smell, it consists of a large tuber- 
ous root, from which its flowers rise, before the leaves spring forth, bot. mag. 4465. 
2840. monadelphia, POLYANDRIA. malvacea. 
SI DA \ ENO SA. I Plant, 6 feet II Greenhouse shrub, South America, in 
li Leaf, 6 inch , 
vein y-petaled sida. li Flower, 24 incL li 1847? flowers Spring & Sum., orange. 
Sida, see No. 1944. This is the Abutilon venosum of the gardens, and has 
been sent to this country by some of the continental nurserymen with a very im- 
perfect history. It forms a slender shrub or small tree. bot. mag. 4463. 
2811. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACE.E. 
TRII O NIA FLA' VA || PUnt, 8 inch II Greenhouse bulb, CapeofGoodHope, 
patebson’s tritonia. fl Flower, l! inch I 1780, flowers in Feb. and Mar., yellow. 
Tritonia, see No. 2489. Some difficulty arose in distinguishing this plant from 
Tritonia securigera, a plant with tawny-coloured flowers, and their specific dif- 
ference is more easily seen than described. bot. reg.74t. 
2842. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SCROPHULARIACE/E. 
VERON'ICA DIOS M VFOr.l A . || Plant, ^3 feet ii Greenhouse shrub. Van Diemen's 
diosma-leaved SPEEDWELL. || Ffower, Inch !| Land, in 1835, flowers in April, blue. 
Veronica, see No. 2138. Seeds of this plant were received by J. W. Cromp- 
ton, Esq., from Van Diemen’s Land, and presented to the Horticultural Society 
of Birmingham, in whose garden it was raised. flo. cab. 3, ios. 
