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1478. DIADELPHIA, HEXANDRIA. FUMARIACEfc. 
CORYD ALIS BRACTEA'TAll Pliant, 1 foo Ml Frame perennial, from Siberia, in 
bracteated cor ydalis. || Flower, & illch li 1820, flowers in March, pale yellow. 
Corydalis, see No. 562. Early-flowering plants, like most of the species of 
this genus, are always welcome A strong tuft of this would be pretty, but less 
handsome than nobilis, given under No. 69, of the Bot. Gar. bot.mag. 3242 . 
1479. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. EPACRIDACEjE. 
EP'ACRIS CER/EFLO'RA. 11 Plant 2 feet it Greenhouse evercreen shrub, Van Die- 
Leaf. Vo inch l c » 
wax-flowered EPACUIS. || Flower, inch H men s Land, 1831, flowersin Ap., white 
Epacris, see 85. Its numerous small white flowers distributed as they are 
along its slender branches, at the axils of its leaves, are pretty ; but the plant, 
out of flower, is too meagre to be pretty. bot. mag. 3243 . 
1480. CRYPTOGAM IA, FILICES. POL YPODIACE®. 
GYMNOGRAM'MA to m INTo’s a . jj Height, 1 foot II Stove perennial, introduced from Bra- 
tomentose G Y MNOGRA M M A. || width,’ y inch ll z il» in 1831, in Summer, sori brown. 
Gymnogramma, see No. 22. A rare and beautiful fern, but of rather difficult 
culture, and requires stove heat. It should be potted in a compound of peat, 
sand, and a little loam, mixed with small drainers. sp. of desv. 
1481. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BERBER A CE£. 
LEON'TICE ALTA'ICA. II Plant, 6| inch 11 Frame herbaceous perennial, Siberia, 
ALTAIC LEONTICE. || Flower, inch || 1818, flowers in April and May, yel. 
Leontice, see No. 666. This is a very desirable little plant as a spring 
ornament. Being a native of the Altai Mountains, it probably would succeed in 
a dry border, with a slight winter protection. bot. mag. 3245 . 
1482. MONANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CANNACE/E. 
MARAN'TA ARUNDINA'CEA. II Plant, g Stove herbaceous perennial, S. Ame- 
indian ARROW ROOT. || Flower, 1 inch 1 rica, in 1732, flowers in July, white. 
Maranta, in compliment to B. Maranti, a Venetian physician. An unassum- 
ing plant, but interesting on account of its producing the Indian Arrowroot of 
commerce. This article is obtained from the roots by maceration, bot. mag. 2307 . 
1483. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEAl. 
MORMO'DES LINEA'TUM ll Plant, 12 inch 11 stove herbaceous peren., Guatemala, 
STREAKED MORMODES. || Flower, 2 inch !! 1810? flowers in May, brown mottled. 
Mormodes, see No. 295. A prominent feature in the flowers of this plant is 
the distorted appearance of their parts. Their colours are variously mingled, 
and assume a rather gay and pleasing effect. bot. reg. 43 , 1842 . 
1484. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE.E. 
PHA'IUS MACULA'TA. ll Plant, 2 feel ll Stove herbaceous perennial, Nepal, 
SPOTTED-LEAVED PHAIUS. || Flower, \\ inch II in 1823, flowers in Winter, yellow. 
Phaius, see No. 683. The uniform shape and colour of the sepals and petals 
of this plant remind us of some liliaceous flower ; its lip, however, inclosing the 
column, pouches forth and betrays its alliance. bot.mag.3960. 
1485. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
VAN'DA C RISTA'TA . II Plant, 1 foot II Stove herbaceous perenuial, Nepal, 
CRESTED VANDA. || Flower, i| Inch II in 1838? flowers in April, green & br. 
Vanda, see No. 124. A free-growing epiphyte, the lip of its flower possessing 
all the beauty. It should be placed in a hot damp stove, to ride on a block of 
wood, with a saddle of bog moss. bot.reo. 48, 1842 . 
