OMISSIONS. 
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Hibiscus, of which representatives may yet perhaps be found 
in our north-western desert-vegetation, derives its name from 
Greek Mythology, where it was however applied to the similar 
Marshmallow. 
Lobelia commemorates the great services rendered to descrip- 
tive phytology three centuries ago by the Belgian physician 
de l’Obel, who was drawn as a medical attendant by James I. to 
the British Court. 
Sterculiacee derive their name from the leading genus Ster- 
culia, which again arose from Roman Mythology and became 
conferred on the Sterculias on account of the unpleasant odor of 
some species. 
Polypodium is the ancient Greek name of the most widely 
distributed European species, and obtained this designation on 
account of the numerous rootlets springing from the creeping 
main-root. 
Hypolepis is so called, because the fruitmasses are concealed 
under scalelike reflexed lobules of the frond. 
Lomaria, a word of Greek origin, is derived from the limb 
formed by the revolute margin of the frond over the fruitlines. 
To the scenic liliaceous plants, mentioned at p. 119, may yet 
be added our Hast Australian Spearlily, Doryanthes excelsa. 
