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1686. SYNCENESIA, *QUALIS. COMPOSITE. 
KENTROPHYL'LUM arbores'- || Plant, • ftet II Frame perennial, sent from Spain, in 
CENS. ARBORESCENT KENTROPH.il Flower, 24 inch 11 1731, flowers in July & August, yel. 
Kentrophyllum, kentron, a spine ; phullon, a leaf ; in allusion to the spiny 
leaves. This plant is of too thistle-like an aspect to obtain much favour, even if 
it were quite hardy, which it is not. hot. mag. 3302 . 
1687. SYNGENESIA, NECESSARIA. COMPOSITE. 
OTHON'NA rUBERO'SA. Ij Plant, 1 ® ! nc h II Stove herb, peren., Cape of G, Hope, 
TUBEROUS-ROOTED othonna. || Flower, 1} inch ll in 1774, flowers in May & June, yel. 
Othonna, from othone, a linen cloth ; in allusion to the downy covering of 
some of the species. Formerly in the Kew Gardens, but there lost. Received 
again in 1842. A rather common-looking plant. bot. mag. 4038. 
1688. cryptogamia, filices. folypodiace/e. 
PTE'RIS CRENA'TA. II Height, IS inch jj Greenhouse evergreen peren., China, 
crenated brake. ]| width,’ Vi inch 1 in 1824, sori brown, all the year. 
Pteris, see No. 1561 . This plant may be found in most collections of ferns ; it 
is the Pteris Chinensis of Loddiges’s catalogue. It should be potted in loam and 
peat, and may be increased by division, or seeds. sp. of swartz. 
1689. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEiE. 
RI II P'S A LIS BRACHIA'l A. Jj Plant i ] n !:iC J' [Stove herb, perennial, Buenos Ayres, 
OPPOSITE-BRANCHED rhipsalis. |! Flower, 4 inch II 1840? flowers in Mar., greenish-yel. 
Rhipsalis is derived from riiips, a willow branch ; on account of its flexibility. 
Our cut will convey a better idea of this plant than any explanation by words. 
It flowered at Glasnevin garden. bot. mag. 4039 . 
1690. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SCROPHULARIACE1E. 
SCHIZAN'THUS C A N I) I DUS. |J Plant, is inch 11 Half-hardy annual, from Coquimbo, 
WHITE SCIIIZANTHUS. II Flower, 1) inch II in the year 1842, flowers in July, white, 
Schizanthus, from schizo, to cut ; anthos, a flower. Nature, ever redundant 
in variety, here gives us another Schizanthus, differing considerably from its pre- 
cursors, producing, like them, abundance of flowers. bot, reg. 45 , m3. 
1691. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACEA1. 
SCIL'LA PERUVIA'NA. ll Plant, is inch jj Hardy bulb, brought from Algiers, in 
DING Y -FLOWER. PERUVIAN SQUILlII Flower, V Snell II 1840? flowers in May, pale fawn-col. 
Scilla, from skyllo, to injure ; the root being poisonous. A variety called 
discolor, received by the Dean of Manchester, from Algiers. Its chief distinction 
from the original species seems to exist in its pale dingy flowers, bot. reg. 48, m3. 
1692. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACES1. 
SPARAX'IS TRICO'LOR. || Plant, IS inch |j Frame bulb, Cape of Good Hope, 1789, 
THREE-COLOURED sparaxis. || nower, 3 inch II flowers in May, orange, pur., and yel. 
Sparaxis is derived from the Greek sparasso, to tear; its spathes being lacerated. 
This is one of the most brilliant-coloured, and attractive flowers of its class. As 
well as from the bulbs it maybe raised from seeds. bot. mag.ssi. 
1693. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA1. 
STANHO'PEA MARTIA'NA || Plant, 9 inch 11 stove herb. perennial, from Mexico, 
TWO-COL. MARTIUs’s STANHOPEA. || Flower, 5* inch II in 1840, flowers in May, white & crim. 
Named after Earl Stanhope. Splendour again, in varied form from the type 
of the genus ; in size second only to tigrina. This is the variety bicolor, its 
sepals pure white, and less spotted than the original Martiana. bot. reg. 44 , m3. 
