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1830. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
EPIDE NDRUMpterocar'pum || Want, 7 inch i| stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
WINO-fruited EPIDENDRUM. || Flower, lj inch il 1840, flowers in Dec., brownish-green. 
Epidendrum, see No. 1638. This species flowered with the Messrs. Loddiges. 
It is inferior in beauty to most others of the genus, arising chiefly from its dull 
brown greenish tint. It is closely allied to tessellatum. bot. rec. 34 , isaa. 
1831. MONADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSiE. 
HO \ EA VILLO SA. II Plant* 3 feet 11 Greenhouse shrub, from New Hol- 
SHAGGY hovea. || i'i ow ’c r , 34 inch || land, in 1829? flowers in April, lilac. 
Named in honour of Anthone Panteleon Hove, a Polish botanist. A legumi- 
nous plant of neat upright growth, and with ornamental sessile flowers. It 
resembles purpurea, but is exceedingly shaggy. bot. reg m 2 . 
1832. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
L-iE'LIA MAJA LIS. | Leaf 1 * aI inch il ^tovelierbaceous perennial, from Mex- 
may-flower uelia. II Flower, 54 inch || ico,in 1835? flowers in Spring, lilac. 
Named from Lselia, a female of classic authors — a vestal virgin. In a wild 
state this plant produces three or four flowers on a spike ; in cultivation one only, 
it has, however, proved a handsome one. bot.reg. 30,isaa. 
1833. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEiE. 
LzE’LIA SUPER'BIENS. Il jMant, j'nc h 1 Stove herbaceous peren., Guatemala, 
GORGEOUS LT. lia. || rjjVer, 5 IHIi] || 1840, flowers in March, lilac-purple. 
Here we have another Laelia, of somewhat later introduction, one of which, 
says Sir W. J. Hooker, of all gorgeous plants best deserves the name of super- 
biens. It was one of Mr. Skinner’s discoveries in Guatemala. bot. mag.4090. 
1834. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CAPRIFOLIACE.E. 
LONI'CERA diversifo lia. I Plant, 6 feet ]i Hardy shrub, brought from India, in 
VARIOUS-LVD. FLY HONEYSUCKLE.il pfower, 1 inch ll 1840, flowers in May & June, yellow. 
Lonicera is named after A. Lonicer, a German botanist. This is a hardy 
middle-sized shrub, introduced to the Horticultural Society’s Garden. It may 
be sought as a novelty, but not for its beauty, bot. reg. 33, isaa. 
1835. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA, ORCHIDACE*. 
MAXILLA'RIA VI’RIDIS. 11 Plant, 6 inch il stove herb, perennial, from Rio Jan- 
Leaf, 1 inch r 
GREEN maxillaria. |1 Flower, 1J inch II eiro.in 1829? flowers in May, green. 
Maxillaria, see No. 1799. This small plant, with its green-calyxed solitary 
flowers, will be an object for the scientific botanist, rather than him who seeks 
splendour amongst his orchidaceous novelties. bot. reo. t6io. 
1836. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE*. 
POLYPO'DIUM dryopte'ris. II Height, 9 inch .1 Hardy deciduous perennial, native 
Leaflet, W inch „ „ . . , „ 
DRYOPTERIS polypody. || Width, >/ 8 iuch II of Britain, son brown, in Summer, 
Polypodium, see No. 1675. This is a pretty British fern ; which, when fully 
established in a shady situation, will, by its creeping rhizomas, soon spread to a 
considerable extent. Plant in peat ; increase by division. sp. of linneus. 
1837. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE,®. 
PTE'RIS CRE'TICA. j| Ilcic-tit, ir, inch 1 Greenhouse evergreen perennial, from 
CRETAN BRAKE. || width,’ 4 Inch 1 Candia, in 1820, sori brown, in Sum. 
Pteris.see No. 1561. This fern was long known to continental cryptogamists, 
before its introduction to this country. It is one of easy management, requiring 
only to be potted in loam and peat, and divided for increase. sp.of linneus. 
