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1414- DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERACE/E. 
GLOXI'NIA SPECIO'SA. II ® II Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
ROUGH GLOXINIA. II Flower, 2$ inch ll 1840? flowers in September, purple. 
Gloxinia, see No. 802. Under numbers 802 and 981, we have given other 
varieties connected with this species ; the present is a still more splendid one. 
Obtained by Messrs. Veitch, Exeter, from the Organ Mountains, bot. mag. 3934 . 
1415. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CONVOLVULACEjE. 
MI'NA LOBA'TA. II PI*®*, 3 feet ? 11 stove annual twiner, from Mexico, 
LOBE-LEAVED MINA. || Flower, % inch || in 1841, flowers in August, yellow. 
Mina, in honour of Don Francisco Xavier Mina, a Mexican minister. A plant 
cultivated by the Mexicans for the purpose of decorating their persons. Its flowers 
are at first crimson, then orange, and ultimately pale yellow, bot. reg. 24 , 1842. 
1416. ENNEANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LAURACE&. 
OREODAPH'NE BULLA 1 Ah 5 feet n Greenhouse evergreen tree, C. Good 
blistered mountain-laurel. |[ Flower, % inch II Hope, 1823, flowers in June, green. 
The generic name is derived from oros a mountain, and daphne laurel, from 
the native habitat of many of its species. A tree of our Cape colonies ; its wood 
resembling mahogany ; used for building and furniture. bot. mag. 3931 . 
1417. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. OX ALIDACE&. 
OX'ALIS LASIOPET'ALA. ll Plant, 1 foot? 11 Greenhouse herb. peren.,S. America, 
Leaf, 3 inch , r ’ 
HAIRY- PETAL ED WOOD SORREL. II Fl awe r, & inch || ill 1839? flowers in June? rose-colour. 
Oxalis, see No. 201. Raised in the Glasnevin garden, from seeds sent by 
Tweedie from Buenos Ayres and Monte Video. The abundance of its red-purple 
flowers makes it a desirable plant for the greenhouse. bot. mag. 3032 . 
1418. DECANDRIA, PENTAGYNIA. OXALIDACE*. 
OX'ALIS MARilA NA. II .* 1 °°* '■ ■ Greenhouse herb, perennial, Brazil, 
DR. MARTIUs’s WOOD-SORREL. II Flower, % inch || 1828, flowers May to Sept., rose-col. 
Oxalis bipunctata, of Dr. Graham, is but a variety of this plant, and Lasio- 
petala, noticed above, differs from it only by having glabrous leaves, and erect 
styles, which are considerably longer than its longest stamens. bot. mag. 3D38. 
1419. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE®. 
POL\ BOT 'RY A CERYI'NA.II Height, is inch jj Stove herbaceous perennial, Jamaica, 
harts’ TONGUE POLYBOTRYA. II Raceme’, 3 inch " in 1823, flowers in May, sori brown. 
Polybotrya,from polus, many; and botrus, a bunch, from its numerous clus- 
ters of fertile pinnules ; and the shape of the sterile leaflets give the specific name. 
Our cut shows both forms of this bold West Indian fern. sp. of kaulfuss. 
1420. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYFODIACEtE. 
PTE'RIS DENTICULA'TA. j| ^ |“'jj II Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
toothed brake. || width,’ Vs huh II in 1824, flowers in July, sori brown. 
Pteris, see No. 251. A handsome plume-like fern, but less majestic than some 
we have to figure from the same part of the globe. May be increased slowly by 
division ; or by seeds. Grows in sandy peat. sp. of hooker. 
1421. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE. *£. 
TRICHOS'MA SUA'VIS. 11 Plant, 1 foot i| Stove herbaceous perennial, E. Indies, 
sweet-scented hair orchis. || Flower, l"j lucll || 1841, flowers in Sep.? yellow and red. 
Trichosma, from the Greek thrix, hair; kosmos, ornament. Tlie natives of 
the Chirra district of Khoseea adorn their hair with its blossoms. A curious plant, 
brought to Chatsworth by Mr. Gibson. bot. reg. 21 , m 2 . 
