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3019. SYNGENESIA, SUPERFLUA. COMPOSITE. 
AN'THEMIS APIIFO'LIA. |! .H II Greenhouse herbaceous pereD. China, 
PARSLEY-LEAVED CHAMOMILE. [I Flower, 1 inch 1 in 1819, flowers Aug & Sep., white. 
Named from anthemon, a flower ; alluding to their profusion. Although an 
ornamental plant, its alliance with some of very common occurrence, will prevent 
it from holding a high place in the estimation of most cultivators, bot. reg. 527. 
3020. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MYRSINACEA. 
ARDI'SIA LENTIGINO'&A. II Plant, 6 i feet || stove shrub, introduced from China, 
SPECKLE-FLOWERED ARDISIA. || Flower, % inch II in 1814, flowers the whole year, white. 
Ardisia, see No. 2910. This shrub is handsome, independently of its flowers : 
but when seen, as it almost always is, with its corymbs of white flowers accom- 
panied by coral-like fruit, it is especially ornamental. bot. reg. 633. 
3021. GYNANDRIA, HEXANDRIA. ARISTOLOCHIACEA. 
ARIhTOLO'CHIA GLAlFCAj Plant, 6 feet jj Greenhouse climber, from Barbary, 
GLAUCOUS-LEAVED BIRTH-WORT. II FhTwer, ij i?,ch II in 1785, flowers in July, dark purple. 
Aristolochia, see No. 2177. Although this species of Aristolochia is tender, 
belonging to the greenhouse, several are hardy, as sipho, tomentosa, Arkansa,and 
others, whose singular flowers deserve attention. bot. mag. ms. 
3022. MONCECIA, TETRANDRIA. CORNACEA. 
AU'CUBA J A PON'ICA. jj Plant, 6 feet^ i Hardy shrub, introduced from Japan, 
japan aucuba. || Flower, V? iuch 1 in 1783, flowers May & June, purple. 
Aucuba, its name in Japan. This generally known variegated shrub, is rarely 
seen in flower. These are small, of deep lilac, or purplish colour, and not very 
ornamental. A plain-leaved variety exists in Japan. bot. mao. 1197 . 
3023. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
BLETIA I ANKER\ lL'LI^i|| Piani, 3 feet || Stove herbaceous peren., China, 1778, 
» II Leaf. ) foot I . 
lady tankerville S BLETIA. fj flower, 4 inch H flos. in Spring, white, brown, & crim. 
Bletia, see No. 1950. The perpendicular scape of this fine Orchid — a yard 
high, decorated from its summit two-thirds of its length downwards, is splendidly 
ornamental. Parts, too, of its flowers are peculiarly singular. bot. mag. 1924 . 
3024. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA- 
BLE' I IA \ ERECUN'DA. || Plant, - Stove herb, perennial, West Indies, 
modest bletia. II Flower, i iuch II in 1733, flowers in Summer, purple. 
Here we have a Bletia which, by the common observer, would be pronounced 
as differing totally from the last-mentioned plant. The metamorphosed forms of 
Orchids conceal their true character from the uninitiated. bot .mag. 930. 
3025. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
CALAN' I HE veratrifo’lia. jl Plant, 2 feet | stove herbaceous peren., East Indies, 
hellebore-leaved calanthe. ll FfeweT, IJ inch II in 1819, flowers in June & July, white. 
Calanthe, see No. 2334. This genus was originally included in Limodorum, 
but was separated therefrom by Mr. R. Brown. The flowers of Calanthe vera- 
trifolia are snow-white, excepting a touch of yellow on the lip. bot. mag. 2615, 
3026. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARYLLIDACEA:. 
CRI'NUM ItlPA'RIUM. Ij Plant, 2 (Vet Ij Greenhouse bulb, from South Africa, 
river-bank CRINUM. || Flower, 6 inch II in 1816, flowers June to August, pink. 
Crinum, see No. 2974. This plant has been bandied from place to place, as 
Amaryllis longifolia, Amaryllis Capensis, and other species, also under different 
species as a Crinum. It is handsome, and by no means tender. bot. reg.sib. 
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