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118. ICOSANDItIA, MONOGYNIA. MYRTACE.E. 
LEPTOSFER'MUM SCOPa’rium. | j^j . 1 * j* J e *j II Greenhouse shrub, from Port Jackson, 
rigid-leaved LEPTOSPERMUM. |l Flow, IS inch || in 1817, flowers in June, July, white. 
Leptospermum from leptos, slender ; sperma, seed, having minute seeds. Sco- 
pa, a broom, affords allusion to its numerous rigid leaves. This is a large-flow- 
ered variety, which continues in beauty nearly all the summer, bot. mag. 3419 . 
119. GYNANDRIA , MONANDRIA. ORCHIDE.S. 
MYAN'THUS BARBA'TUS. Il ^ j"'Jj II Stove herbaceous perennial, from Trin- 
BEARDED-ELOWERED MYANTHUS. 1 l low’er, 2 inch | idad, 1834? April, green and white. 
Myanthus, for derivation, see No. 106. On first seeing this orchideous plant, 
the attention is forcibly drawn to its peculiarly fringed lip ; whence its specific 
name. Its fragrance also will claim a portion of admiration, paxton’s mag. 124. 
120. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDE*. 
PHOLIDO'TA IMBRICA'TA.II II Stove herbaceous perennial, from In- 
imbricated PHOLIDOTA. | Spike, 3J inch 1 dia, in 1824, flowers in May, yellowish. 
Pholidota from pholis, a scale ; from the flowers being covered with scale-like 
bracts. This plant must be considered as perfectly distinct from pallida, which 
has white flowers, and round blunt bracts. Not very showy. bot. reg. 1777 . 
121. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RANUNCULACE*. 
PCEO'NIA moutan’; l'd)\ lac era. I Leaflet II hybrid garden variety, fust 
CURLED TREE PH ONY. || Flower! 6 inch || flowered in 1834, April, rose colour. 
P amnia, from Paeon, a physician. Moutan, the Chinese name. It has lacer- 
ated petals. A handsome variety; raised in the Earl of Sandwich’s garden. 
Seeds were sown a year and a half before they germinated. bot. reg. mi. 
122. didynamia, angiospermia. scrophularineje. 
RUSSEL'IA JUN'CEA. II ^ fnch I! Greenhouse plant, from Mexico, 1833? 
RUSHY RUSSELIA. II Flower,! inch || flowers in July and August, scarlet. 
Russelia, from Dr. Alex. Russell, an English physician. Juncea, from j un- 
cus a rush. Its slender rushy twigs form a graceful bush, and its bright scar- 
let flowers conspicuously ornament their drooping ends. bot. reg. i't73. 
123. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ASPHODELEjE. 
STYPAN'DRA PROPIn'qua. II II Greenhouse herbaceous plant, New 
SLENDER stypandra. II Flower, 14 inch || S. Wales, 1822, flowers in Spring, blue. 
Stypandra, from stype, tow, and aner a male, from the tow-like covering of 
the upper part of the filaments. Propinqua, near ; from its close alliance to 
glauca, a less slender plant. Should be kept dry and warm. bot. mag. 3417 . 
124. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDEfE. 
VAN'DA ROXBUR'GHI. II 9 mch II Stove epiphyte, from E. Indies, 1833? 
dr. Roxburgh’s vanda. || Flower, 2 inch || flowers in Autumn, brown and yellow. 
Vanda is the Hindoo name. A singular variety of the original species, called 
unicolor ; its petals and sepals being of a uniform glossy chestnut-brown colour. 
It is a fine free-growing plant; with an erect raceme of flowers, bot.mag. 3416 . 
125. cryptogamia, filices. polypodiaceie. 
WOOD'SIA PUBES'CENS. II ^Valfe yj inch I! Stove herbaceous perennial, from Bra- 
PUBESCENT WOODSIA. II Bdth. ’ \'i inch || zil, in 1826, brown sori all the year. 
Woodsia, from John Woods, an English botanist. This fern is of tolerably 
easy culture. Should be potted in sand and peat alone. It may be raised from 
seeds, and occasionally may be divided at the root. sp. of sprengel. 
