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1734. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE^. 
ONCIDIUM BICOL'OR. j| Lcaf ein, 5 ijnch ! herbaceous perennial, Spanish 
TWO-COLOURED ONCIDIUM. | Flower, 1 1 inch , Main, 1840? flowers in Sept., yellow. 
Oncidium, see No. 1593, A species imported by the Messrs. Loddiges, and 
at present very scarce. Its chief peculiarity consists in the three-lobed crest of the 
labellum ; its front lobe projecting forward, its lateral toothed, bot. reg. 66 , ms. 
1735. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE*. 
POLYPO DIUM CONCIN NUM. I He^ehi, 8 inch |j Greenhouse perennial, Caraccas, and 
NEAT polypody. || width* inch II Chili, 1841, sori brown, in Summer. 
Polypodium, see No. 1675. This is a newly-introduced species, raised by 
Mr. Henderson ; which will, probably, require to be increased from seeds, as it 
has not, at present, afforded offsets. Grows in loam and sand. sp. of willdenow. 
1736. DF.CANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RHODORACE*. 
RHODODEN'DRON april'is ! Plant, 2 f*e>|| Hardy shrub, of hybrid origin, before 
HYBRID RHODODENDRON. || Hower, 2* inch II 1842, flowers in April, pink & white. 
Rhododendron, see No. 1626. “A beautiful hybrid, raised by the Hon. and 
Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, from seed of Rhododendron Ponticum, fer- 
tilized by the evergreen Daurian Rhododendron. bot. reg. 02 , m3. 
1737. DECANDRIA, DIGYNIA. SAXIFRAGACE.E. 
SAXIF'RAGA CILIA'TA. 
FRINGED SAXIFRAGE. 
II Plant, 8 inch jj Hardy herbaceous perennial, from 
II Flower, l inch II India, in 1812, flowers in Mar., white. 
Named from saxum, a stone ; frango, to break ; in allusion to its supposed 
medicinal qualities. This plant is nearly allied to ligulata, and has nearly the 
habit of our old crassifolia, but is less beautiful. bot.reg. 65, ms. 
1738. SYNGENESIA, SUPERFLUA. COMPOSITE 
TANACE'TUMflabellifor'meII Plaut, 3 reel || Greenhouse shrub. Cape of G. Hope, 
FAN-LEAVED TANSY. || Flower, \l Inch 1 1774, flowers from May to Aug., yel. 
Tanacetum, a word probably formed by the caprice of some old botanist. This 
plant has but little gaiety by which to attract the attention of the young florist ; 
the neatness of the plant, however, is well suited to the greenhouse, bot. mag 212 . 
1739. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ARADACEJE. 
TUPIS'TRA NU'TANS. |i Plant, 1 foot | Stove herbaceous perennial, Calcutta, 
NODDING tupistra. 1 1 Flower, % inch ll 1822, flowers in Nov., brownish-green. 
Tupistra, diminutive of tupis, a mallet ; in allusion to the shape of the flower. 
A curious plant, originally introduced to this country by Dr. Waliich, on account 
of the Honourable the East India Company. bot. reg. 1223 , 
1740. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SCROPHULARIACE*. 
YERONI'CA SPECIO'SA. II Plant, 3 feet Frame shrub, sent from New Zealand, 
SHOWY-FLOWERED SPEED-WELL. || Raceme, \\ Inch I in 1842, flowers in September, purple. 
This is the most showy-flowered Veronica hitherto discovered ; its foliage, 
however, is heavy and clumsy, in comparison with its own blossoms, and with 
our tall garden species, which possess much elegance. bot. mag mst. 
1741. SYNGENESIA, SUPERFLUA. COMPOSITE. 
XERAN IHEMIJM VARIEGA , -]I riant, 2 feet . Frame herbaceous peren., C. G. Hope, 
TUM. BROWN-TIPPED XERANTHE.il Fklwer, ij inch I 1801, flowers in May, brown & white. 
Xeranthemum, from xeros, dry ; anthemon, a flower ; in allusion to the dry 
and durable nature of the flowers. One of the most splendid of the Cape Xeran- 
themums. Its rigid calyx scales possess “everlasting” gaiety. bot. mao. 776. 
