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2907. DIDYNAMI A, ANGIOSPERM I A . G ESN ERACE>€. 
ACHIMENES CAN DIDA. I Pi®" 1 * IS inch l Stove herbaceous peren., Guatemala? 
Leaf, 3 inch . „ , 
white achimenes. || Flower, l inch I 1848, flowers in Sum. , white & purple. 
Achimenes, see No. 2043. As white is an unusual colour in this genus, the 
species here figured is the more desirable. Presented by G. U. Skinner, Esq., to 
the London Hort. Society, in whose garden it flowered. jour, hort.soc 1848. 
2908. pentandria, digynia. a pi aceze. 
AC 1 INO'TUS HELIAN'I HI j Plant, 2 feet it Greenhouse herb. peren., New Hoi- 
H ELI a nthus- flowered actinot. | 2J inch 1 land, in 1821, Bowers in June, white. 
Named from actinotos, radiated ; alluding to the radiated involucrum. An 
umbelliferous plant which, from its corolla-like involucrum, would scarcely be 
recognized as such without close examination. bot. reg. osa. 
2909. TRIANDRIA, MONOOYNIA. COM M ELY N ACE*. 
A N EILE MA SI N1CA. li Plant, 1 foot^ 1 Grcenhou 6 eherbaceousperen., China, 
Chinese aneilema. || i nu'h il in 1820, flowers in Sum , purple-blue. 
Aneilema, from aneiles, to involve ; in allusion to the office of the spathe. 
This plant was raised some years ago in the Horticultural Society’s Garden, from 
Chinese seeds. Allied to Commelina, but is more elegant. bot. reg. 659. 
2910. PENTANDRIA, MONOOYNIA. MYRSINACE*. 
AUDI SIA PANICULA 1A. ! | Tree, jj stove tree, sent from the East Indies, 
PANICLED ARDISIA. | flower, H inch 1 in 1818, flowers in July & Aug , pink. 
Named from ardis, the point of a weapon ; alluding to the sharp-pointed seg- 
ments of the corolla. This is a remarkably fine species of Ardisia, its lively pink 
blossoms contrasting pleasingly with its ample lanceolate foliage, bot. reo.oss. 
2911. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
C.ELOG\ NL WALLICHII.II Scupie, 3 inch |i Stove herbaceous peren , India, 1846, 
DR. waluch’s C£lOOYNE, || | tower, 4 Inch I flowers in Sum. & Aut., pink & white. 
Caelogyne, see No. 2302. We here show a pseudo-bulb with a leaf, and 
another witli a flower, but they are produced at different seasons — the leaf suc- 
ceeding the flower. Blossomed in great luxuriance at Chatsworth. bot mag 44og. 
2912. icosandria, monogynia. myrtace*. 
C ALLIS I E'MON brachyand'- j Plant, ^3 feet || Greenhouse shrub, Australia, in 1840, 
RUM. SHORT-STAMENED CALLIST. [tower, inch || Uo. Aug. to Nov., crimson, white& yel. 
Callistemon, from halos, beautiful ; stemon, a stamen. The beauty of this 
flower, as is implied by its name, arises from its brilliant crimson filaments, which, 
in contrast with its golden anthers, are singularly attractive, jour. hort. soc. mo. 
2913. POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. RANUNCULACE*. 
CLEM' A ITS GRA\ E'OLENSlj Plant, feet : Hardy climbing shrub, Chinese Tar- 
I1EAVY-SCENTED TRA VELLEr’s JOY || pfower, 15 'nch li tary, 1844, flowers in Summer, yellow. 
Clematis, see No. 2274. This plant was discovered in the snowy passes of the 
Western Himalaya, by Captain W. Munro, who sent seeds of it to England, in 
1844. A slender branching shrub suitable for a trellis. bot. mag. 4495 . 
2914. didynamia, angiospermia. acanthace*. 
DIPTERACAN'THUS SPEC- jl Plant, 2 Tret || stove herbaceous peren., the Andes, 
tab'ilis. handsome dipterac. I. tin we r, 2 j Inch I in 1847, flowers in Aug., purple blue. 
Named from dis, twice ; fterix, a wing ; anthos, a flower. “Unquestionably 
the largest-flowered plant of the genus, if not of the Order.” It was imported and 
flowered by the Messrs, Veitch and Son, nurserymen, of Exeter, bot. mag 4494, 
303. FLORAL REGISTER. 
