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1510. POLYANDRIA, PENTANDRIA. RANUNCULACEIE. 
HELLEBO RUS OLYM PICUS. 11 Pl»®t« i foot i. Greenhouse herbaceous peren., from 
OLYMPIAN HELLEBORE. |l Flower, 2 i inch || Asia, 1840? flowers ill Winter, white . 
Helleborus, see No. 743. This bears much of the character of Helleborus 
niger, or Christmas Rose ; but its leaves are palmate, aud serrated almost to the 
base. A moist situation and peat suit it. B ot. rec. ss, 1842. 
1511. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOS/E. 
INDIGOF ERA DOS UA. |J Plant, 3 leet^ | Frame shrub, from Upper Nepaul,in 
the dosua indigo. | Flower, I inch I 1838, flowers in July & August, lilac. 
Indigofera, see No. 55. Raised in the London Horticultural Society’s garden, 
from seeds received from the Botanic Garden of Saharunpur, through the East 
India Company. Bears a mild winter, and in flower is showy, bot.rec. 57 , 1842. 
1512. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEiE. 
MAMMILLA'RIA pycnacan tha.II Pjant 6 ! n 'b I Stove evergreen, brought from Mexico, 
densel v-Spined m a M M ill a RIA . II Flower, 3 iucb || before 1838, flowers in July, yellow. 
Mammillaria, see No. 615. In the Royal Gardens of Kew. Its flowers are 
produced from the apex of the plant, as are also offsets, by which it may be 
increased. Our cut shows its peculiar character. bot. mag. 3972. 
1513. CR YPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE*. 
NEPHRO DIUM OTTO NIS.jj i nc ^ |j Stove perennial, introduced before the 
otto’s shield fern. I Width,’ 14 inch || year 1841, sori brown, in Summer. 
Nephropodium, from the Greek nephros, a kidney. The genus is formed out 
of Aspidium, from its kidney-shaped sori. This species is named after M. Otto, of 
the Berlin garden. Easily grown in loam and peat. sp. of hort bero. 
1514. MONtF.CIA, MONADELPHIA. EUPHORBIACE*. 
OMALAN'THUS populifo liaii Plant, 12 feet 1 ! stove evergreen shrub, N. Holland, 
Leaf, 3 inch | 
POPLAR-LEAVED OMALANTHUS. || Raceme, 2 inch II 1825, flowers in July, greenish white. 
Omalanthus, from homalos, smooth ; anthos, flower. This species of Oma- 
lanthus forms a handsome shrub in the stove, but its flowers are inconspicuous, 
and almost colourless. It will only be kept as a botanical rarity, bot. mag. 2780 . 
1515. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSAL. 
PLATYLO'BIUM murraya / num.|| Plant, l foot II Greenhouse evergreen shrub, Van Dei- 
, Leaf, 1 inch , _ , , _ * ,, . 
MURRAY s platylobium. || Flower, V6 inch II men s Land, 1832, flowers m May, yel. 
Platylobium, see No. 1499. The flowers of this Platylobium are brilliant in 
the day; then, warrior-like, at night they wrap themselves in their standards, and 
sleep till sun-rise. It forms a dense bush — gay in flower. bot. mag. 3259. 
1516. PENTANDRTA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACE«. 
SI PH OC AM'l’YI.US betul*fo'-|| Plant, 3 feet^ | Stove herb, perennial, from Brazil, in 
LIUS. BIRCH-LEAFED SIPHOCAMP.il Hower, $ inch j| 1840? flowers in July, red & yellow. 
Siphocampylus, see No. 507. The bright red and yellow of these flowers is 
pleasing, but their number is small. The plant was discovered on the Organ 
Mountains by Mr. Gardner; first flowered in Europe at Kew. bot. mag. 3973. 
1517. CYNANDRIA .MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
STE'LIS ATROPURPU'REAii Plant, 6 inch | Stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
DARK-FLOWERED STELIS. || Spike, 3 inch I 1837, flowers in February, dark red. 
Stelis the Greek name’of some parasitical plant. This was sent to Woburn 
Abbey, by Mr. Parkinson. It has little beauty to recommend it, in comparison 
with many of this family of almost universal favourites. bot. mag. 3975. 
