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1846. PENTANDRIA, MONOGVNIA. RHAMNACEjE 
CEANO'THUS thyrsiflo’rus. II P^a“t, 10 feeH ij Hardy shrub, sent from California, 
thyrse-bearing CEANOTHUS. || Flower, 44 iucb 1 in the year 1838 ? flowers in May, blue, 
Ceanothus, from keo, to prick ; a name applied by Theophrastus to a thorny 
plant. This hardy evergreen is one of the most valuable additions lately made to 
our gardens. Its seeds were sent home by R. B. Hinds, Esq. bot. reg. 88, 1844. 
1847. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RUTACEA. 
ERIOSTE'MON buxifo'lium. Il Plant, 2 feet I Greenhouse shrub, from N. Holland, 
BOX-LEAVED ERIOSTEMON. || Flower, 1 inch II 1824, flowers in Spring, pink & white. 
Eriostemon, from erion, wool ; and stemon, a stamen ; from the woolly fringe 
of the filaments. A neat greenhouse shrub, with handsome axillary flowers. Its 
box-like foliage makes it at all times a suitable greenhouse ornament, bot.mag.4ioi. 
1818. GYNANDRIA^ MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
L/E'LIA PEDUNCULA'RIS.II A [°ch II Stove herbaceous peren., from Guate- 
PEDDNCULATED LA LI A . || Flower, 1J inch II mala, in 1842, flowers in Aut., lilac. 
Laelia, see No. 1832. Sir W. J. Hooker thinks this may be the Leelia pedun- 
cularis of Dr. Lindley. It flowered at the Kew garden, and is a pretty plant. 
Our cut will show its habit. bot. mag. 4099. 
1849. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
N0TH0CHLA2 NA NI'VEA.j Hni|ht, 3| inch | Greenhouse evergreen peren., Mex- 
WHITE NOTHOCHLANA. || Width,’ & inch 1 ico, in 1836? sori brown, in Autumn. 
Nothochlaena.from nothos, spurious; chlaina, cloak ; from the appearance 
of its involucrum. This little plant is of difficult management; protect it in the 
greenhouse in winter ; the cold frame in summer ; pot in peat. sp. of desvaux. 
1850. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
ODONTOGLOS'SUM \j A:Y V E Plant, 1 foot || Stove herbaceous perennial, Guate- 
smooth-lipped tooth-tongue. || Flower, l| ineb II mala, 1842, flowers in May, mottled. 
Odontoglossum, see No. 1559. The colours of the flowers of this plant are too 
dull to obtain for it much attention, although a mixture of them abounds ; the 
petals and sepals being yellow and brown, the lip lilac and white, bot reg.39,1844. 
1851. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODI ACEA. 
POLYPO'DIUM calca'reum.II Height, 8 inch ii Hardy deciduous perennial, a native 
Leaflet. 1* inch I _ , . 
SPUR-BRANCHED POLYPODY* II Width, Vfc inch || ot Derbyshire, son brown, in July. 
Polypodium, see No. 1675. By some cryptogamists this plant has been thought 
to be synonymous with Polypodium dryopteris ; it is distinguishable at first sight. 
Plant in light peat, in shade, and it will rapidly increase. sp. of smith. 
1852. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. TROPAOLACEA. 
TROPRi'OLUM lobbia'num. II Plant, f> feet 11 Hardy annual, sent from Columbia, 
MR. lobb’s INDIAN CRESS. || i! 0 wer, ij inch II in 1843, flowers in Autumn, orange. 
Tropieolum, see No. 1549. A new twining Tropaeolum, imported by Mr. 
Veitch of Exeter, from his collector, Mr, Lobb, by whose name he has distin- 
guished this species. Well suited for training on a wire pot trellis, bot.mag.4097. 
1853. DECANDRIA, PENTAGY'NI A . CRASSULACEA, 
UMBILI'CUS malacophyl'luSiI Plant, 8 inch | Hardy herbaceous peren., Dahuria, 
SOFT-LEAVED UMBILICUS. II Flower, inch II 1834? flowers in Summer, greenish. 
From Umbilicus, the navel ; on account of a depression in the seed. A singu- 
lar-looking plant, from its leaves being so crowded and imbricated, and its spike 
of flowers so dense ; it is best understood by the cut. bot. mag. 4098. 
