A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance.

  • Paxton, Joseph, Sir, 1803-1865.
Date:
1849
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Credit: A pocket botanical dictionary comprising the names, history, and culture of all plants known in Britain; with a full explanation of technical terms / By Joseph Paxton ... assisted by Professor Lindley. A new edition. With supplement containing all the new plants since its appearance. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ADDENDA The following additional plants, which have been discovered or described during the time consequent on the Supplement passing through the press, are here brought together in the form of an Addendum. In conclusion, we cannot omit expressing our best thanks to Dr. Lindley, to whom we are entirely indebted for the accentuation, and who, in the kindest manner possible, undertook to give the names in the proofs a careful revision. Abelia. doribiioda . . . Red . . 3. G. Ev. S. Mexico 1842 AcacIa. eeiastrifoHa • . Yellow . 5, 0. Ev. 8. Swan R. . 1847 leptoneura . . oncioophylla • ^luodifolla . . . Yellow . 5, G. Ev. S. N. Holl. . 1846 . V'elJow . 4, G. Ev. 8. Swan R. 1847 . Yellow . 2, C. Ev. S. Swan R. . 1847 ACHISdE.NES. cupre&ta . . . Scarlet . 7. S. Her. P. N. Grenada 1847 ncellAta . . Red 7, 8. Her. P. Panama . 1847 pvropsa . . bhinneri . . . Scarlet 6, 8. Her. P. Guatemala. 1847 . Rose . 7, 8. Her. P. 1047 veodaia . Purple 7, S. Her. P. Hybrid . ! 1847 Acotyi.ed6ne8. Plants destitute of cotyledons or seed leaves. AdamIa. hydraDgesefOnni# . Blue . 6, G. Ev. S. China . . 1846 AdamsIa. See Puschkinia. Adyseton. See Alytium. ^ginetTa. See Lijmtoma. iEsCHYNASTHOS. •peciOBue . . . Or. red . 8, S. Epi. Java . . . 1846 iSTBEiLEMA. See Phaylopsh. AgalmCla, Blume. From ayalma, an ornament, and hide, a forest; in allusion to tlie ornamental appear¬ ance of the species In the woods where they naturally grow. This is a handsome epiphyte of easy culture, requiring the heat of the stove. It may either be attached to a block of wood, or potted in vegetable mould, and treated in every respect like JEHchinanthu*. atamio^a • . • Scarlet . 12, S. Epi. Java . . . 1840 Agapetss. See Tkibaudia. AgAthis. See Dammara. AiKi«lA. See JVahlenbcrgia. XhhAMkyDA. SebotUi . . . Yellow . 9, 8. Ev. 8 Braail . . 184? AmOmum. vitelltoum . . ■ Yellow . 6, S. Her. T. E. Indiea . 1847 AncistrocXbpus. Microtea. .'VpaloculAmys. See CaMinia. ApuAnes. See Alchemilla. AbistolociiIa. aoguiclda • • Or. red . 6, 8. Ev. Ci. N. Orenada 1845 AnTIlBOSTEMMA. fragile . . . Koae pur. . 7. 8. Ev. 8. Meairo. . 1840 Aiio:<ganTa. See Ilarongu. A-zalBa. Fielderi6na . . Wliile . . 6, 0. Ev. 8. Hybrid . . 1847 BabkerTa. SkioHeri major . lied lil. . 9, 8. Epi. 1847 [71 ] Bastabdia. See Sida. BelamcAnda. See Pardanthus. BSlis. See Cunninghamia. BebgenIa. See Saxifraga. BlbtTa. Oeblna .... Wliite . 12, G. Ter. Or. Japan . 1847 BrEODoTBYs. See Masa. Bolbofu?llum. hlrtum .... Whitiah . 6, S. Epi. E. Indies . . 1846 BoutelOda. See Chondrosium. BbasekIa. Sec Uydropcltia. BrowallIa. Jamestfii . . Orange . 6, 0. Ev. S. . 1847 speciOaa .... Purple . 6, G. A. Tolima . 1847 BubrO.ma. See Guuzuma, BOcco. Sec Agathogma. CalceolabTa. cuneifolla . . . Yellow . 5, 0. Her. P. Bi'livia. . 1846 CalymknTa. See Oxybaphus. CambllTa. japonica minifita . Rose . . 3, O. Ev. S. Hybrid. . 1847 CandArum. See Pythion. CantOa. See fUlia. CaperonTa. Sec Croton. CarpopOgon. See Mucuna. CassAndra. See Andromeda. CassijvTum. See Anacardium. CastalIa. See Nympfuca. CatAppa. Sec Termtnalia. Centrolupis. Sec Degvauxia. Cbpa. See Allium. CERATOcriiLua. See Sfanhopen. CeuopbgTa. * Cuniiiigiana . . Hr. yel. . 8, K. Ev. CI. Jiivrv . . 1840 Ch.«RBHTUE8. lanceolfltA . . . Hlue . . 0. H. Ev. 8. Quindin . 1840 Cqamagrustis. Sec Knappia. CuAMA^RfiPKS. Sec Ilemtinium. CuAMOnciiia. See Ilermininm. CiilorAsteu. See Narciagus. Ciiuulaia. See Choriama. CuuisTfiA. See/.ourrn. CiliarIa. See Saxifraga. CipOra. See Marica. Cl.KiaOHT6MA. ionAama . . . Yel. bro. . 6, S. Ter. Or. Munilla . 1844 CLEKOUfiNDHON. Synonyuie: f-'nlkameria ca2iitata. oapitAtum, I . . White . 0, H. Ev. 8. Hier. Leune 1840 acAodeiia . . Wht. red 12, 8. Ev. Cl. bier. Leone 1847 CliptonTa. Soe Mylocaryum. OoilAntiia. Set' (Mfiiliann. CollanTa. See Urceolinu.