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1466. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRI DACE.il. 
ANISAN'THUS, H\BRID. 11 Plant ^3 leet^ r G-reetsti 0 us e "bliltt, of liybrid origin, in 
plant’s anisanth. Flower, 3 inch '.1838, flowers in Sept., red and white. 
This plant is a non-descript ; raised by Mr. Plant of Cheadle, between Anisan- 
thus splendens and Gladiolus Colvillii (Botanic Garden, 834). Mr. Plant says, 
too, that he has hybrids between Gladiolus and Amaryllis. bot. reg. 53 , m2. 
1487. MONCECIA, POLYANDRIA. BEGONIACE/E. 
BEGO XIA HYDROCOT YL 1 FOLIA ' PI a nt . 14 inch i; stove herb, perennial, introduced in 
penny-wort-leaved begonia. | Flower, h inch 1841, flowers in Summer, rose-colour. 
Begonia, see No. 32. This plant was received in England from the Royal 
Botanic Garden of Berlin, but its native country is not mentioned. It has a short, 
thick, creeping, perennial stem, from which its peduncles arise. bot. mag. 3sgs. 
14S8. MONADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOS.E. 
BROW X EA COCCIXEA. Plant, 10 feet Stove shrub, from Jamaica, in 1793, 
SCARLET-FLOWERED brownea. 1 Flower, 11 inch flowers in February, rosy scarlet. 
Brownea,see No. 1247. Few things, says Sir W. Hooker, can exceed the 
elegance or the richness of colouring in the beautiful flowers of this shrub ; but 
unfortunately they are rarely produced and very quickly drop. bot. mag. 39G4. 
1489. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CAMPANULACEA. 
CAM PAX I LA BARBA'TA. Plant, 9 inch Hardy herbaceous perennial, South of 
dark-blue- bearded bell-flow, i [lower, 1 inch I Europe? flowers in July, dark blue. 
Campanula, see No 33. Under No. 814 of the Botanic Garden we figured 
the usual pale-blue variety of this plant. The present one was raised in the 
Chelsea garden, and is a handsome variety. flo.car.s. 2 , 409. 
1490. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEi. 
CE'REUS SPECIOSIS'SIMUS. Plant, 4 feet I Greenhouse herbaceous perennial, of 
SMALL-FLOWERED SHEW CEREUS. j Flower. *3 inch ! hybrid origin, flowersin July? scarlet. 
Cereus.see No. 175. This plant has been called Cereus coccineus in gardens, 
but is pronounced by Dr. Lindley to be a variety of speciosissimus, with smaller 
flowers than usual. It is noted as pretty 5 c worthy of cultivation, bot. reg. 49,1 842 . 
1491. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEi. 
CHEILANTHES RUFES'CENS. 1 1’’ h t, 1 foot Stove herbaceous peren., introduced 
RCFESCENT CHEILANTHES. Width',’ 1J 'inch in 1840, sori browD, in Summer. 
Cheilanthes, cheilos, lip ; form of the indusiutn. Recently obtained from the 
continent, by Mr. Cameron, of the Birmingham Botanic Garden, whose collection 
of ferns is amongst the first in Great Britain, both for extent Cc rarity, sp. of spren. 
1492. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. OUCH ID ACE. E. 
EPIDEX'DRUMlancifo' lium Plant, 1 foot j Stove herb, perennial, America, 1841 ? 
LANCE-LEAVED EPIDENDRUM. |j FloVer, inch flowers in June ? greenish.yeL & pur. 
Epidendrum, see No. 4. This plant is “ readily known by its regularly ovate 
sharp-pointed lip, which is streaked with deep purple radiating lines upon a pale 
yellow ground.” It has the habit of cochleatum. bot. reg. so, m2. 
1493. MONADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. GEP.ANIACE*. 
GERA NIUM ERIAN'THUM | Plant, 2 feet Hardy berb. perennial, X. America, 
WOOLLY-FLOWERED GERANIUM. J F^wer.lJ Inch in 1841, flowers in June, crimson. 
Geranium, see No. 201. A robust perennial, easily increased by division, or 
seeds. If the seeds be sown as soon as ripe, the plants will flower the following 
summer. Raised in the London Horticultural Garden. bot. reg. 52, m2. 
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