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1598. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. I.F.GUMINOS.E. 
AMI'CIA ZYGO'MERIS. 
YOLK-LEAVED AMICIA. 
II r ia, ) t ’ fce ! |l Stove shrub, from Mexico, in 1826, 
I Leaf, 21 inch „ . 
II Flower, 1 inch II flowers m Novem. and Decem., yel. 
Named after John Baptiste Amici, of Modena, a celebrated physician. A 
very pleasing shrub, whose handsome compound foliage, and yellow pea-like 
blossoms, are very showy. The plant has pellucid glands. bot. mag. 4008. 
1599. cryptogamia, filices. poly podiace.f. 
ASPID'IUM RIG'IDUM. II Height, 15 inch Jj Hardy perennial, native of Yorkshire, 
RIGID SHIELD FERN. II Width, y* inch II found in 1816, son brown, Summer. 
Aspidium, see No. 1568. This very distinct species was first detected by the 
Rev. T. Bree, as a native of Britain. It demands but little care, when planted 
in a light soil, and shady situation. sp. of swartz. 
1600. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. C.4MPANULACE2E, 
CAMPAN'ULA L .T, FLING II Plant, ; I! Tenderannual.broughtfromPortugal, 
l.efling’s bell-flower. I; ihiVer, l inch 1 in 1818, flowers in July & Aug., blue. 
Campanula, from Campana, a bell ; which the form of the flowers of most of 
the species of this genus sufficiently resembles. An abundant flowering annual, 
but of very pale blue colour. May be grown in the borders, bot. reg. 19 , m3. 
1601. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MELASTOMACE.-E. 
CENTRADE'NIA RCTSEA. I! Plant 1 f«ot II Greenhouse half-shrubby plant, from 
ROSE-COLOURED CENTRADENIA. I! Huwer, 'i$ inch I Mexico, 1S42, flowers in Jan., pink. 
Centradenia, from kentron, a spur ; and aden, a gland ; from the glandular 
appendage of its anthers. A pretty half-shrubby plant, imported by Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co., Exeter. It sheds one from each pair of leaves, bot reg.20,1843. 
1602. TRIANDRLA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACEJE. 
CRO'CUS INSULA'RIS. |j Plant, s inch Jj Hardy bulb, from Corsica, in 18-10, 
CORSICAN CROCUS. |l Flower, 1 1 Inch I! flowers in Feb. & March, lilac & yel. 
Crocus, from the Chaldee Krokin, but on what account it was first applied is 
unknown. A pretty rather small-flowering species, obtained by the Honourable 
and Rev. W. Herbert, from the British Consul, at Bastia. bot. reg. 21, 1843. 
1603. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE.F,. 
CYCNO'CHES pentadac'tylon.II Plant, 1 foot || Stove herbaceous peren., from Brazil, 
FIVE-FINGERED SWAN-NECK. || Howcr, 3 |"ch II 1839, flowers in March, yel. & brown, 
Cycnoches, from kyknos, swan ; ayken, neck ; in allusion to its gracefully 
curved column. Very like maculatum, but has a short raceme of much larger 
flowers ; itslip, too, is remarkable, being of five finger-like lobes, bot. reg. 22,1843. 
1601. MONANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SCITAMINACE®. 
GASTROCHI'LUSlongiflo'raI, Plant, I foot || Stove herb, peren , Rangoon, 1838? 
long-flowered GASTROCHILUS. || Ff 0 w’ er , , f inch 1 flowers in July & August, white & red, 
Gastrochilus, from the Greek words gastor, the abdomen ; cheilos, a lip ; in 
reference to its inflated lip. One of those oddities whose radical flowers remind 
us of a fry of fungi at the foot of a palm. bot. mag. 4010. 
1605. cryptogamia, filices. polypodiacee. 
OPHIOGLOS SUM peduncula , ~ II Height, 4 inch || Greenhouse perennial, brought from 
tum. PEDUNCLED adder’s tong.II Leaflet’,^ none II Portugal, 1816, sori green, all the year. 
Ophioglossum, from ophis, a serpent ; glossa, a tongue ; the fruit resembles 
a serpent’s tongue. The species is synonymous with O. Lusitanicum. A singular 
plant, somewhat resembling the British vulgatum. sp. of dervaux. 
221. floral register. 
