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1854. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
■AE RIDES \ I RENS. jj j^p me ’ g | Stoveherbaceousperennial, from Java, 
GREEN-LEAVED AIR-PLANT. It Flower, 11 inch It in 1840, flowers in April, white & crim. 
Aerides, see No. 1713. This species has a raceme of pretty pink and white 
spotted flowers, equalling those of odoratum in fragrance, and not inferior to them 
in size It flowered at the Messrs. Loddiges. bot. heg. 41 , 1844 . 
1855. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE®. 
ALLANTO'DIA AXILLA RISj Height, 2 feet^ |j Greenhouse evergreen perennial, Ma- 
AXILLARY ALLANTODIA. |i Width,’ 1 * inch II deira. 1779, son brown, the whole year. 
Allantodia, from allantos, a sausage ; in allusion to the resemblance of the 
indusium. A robust growing plant, with wide spreading fronds, which requires much 
pot room. Rarely produces offsets ; may be raised from seed. sp. of kaulfuss. 
1856. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. ASCLEPIADACEJE. 
ASCLEPIAS 1 ES 1 II A. jj P* 3 "** .? f e€ * 1 Greenhouse herb, perennial, N. Ame- 
iiairy-stemmed ASCLEPIAS. |i Flower, % loch II rica ? 1842, flowers in Oct., yel.-green. 
Asclepias, named after Asclepius, the god of medicine. This is less beautiful 
than some others of the genus ; it has very hairy thick stems, and the colour of 
its flowers is not particularly attractive. bot. mag. aiog. 
1857. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLY POMACE®. 
ASPLE NIUM pr.emor’svm. || Height, 2 feet || stove evergreen perennial, sent from 
bitten-leaved spleen wort. || width'/ inch I Jamaica, 1793, sori brown all the year. 
Asplenium, see No. 1535. The finely cut foliage of this Asplenium makes a 
handsome appearance in the greenhouse. By division of the roots it may be slowly 
increased. Its seeds are of uncertain growth. sp. of swartz. 
1858. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACE®. 
BABIA'NA SPATHA'CEA. J'jjjO. J> .inch » Greenhouse bulb, from the Cape of G. 
stiff-leaved babiana. [ Flower, if intb |j Hope, in 1801, flowers in June, pur. 
Babiana, see No. 1842. A pretty delicate-coloured flower, with a long and 
very slender tube ; two of the segments of its corolla being distinguished, as is 
common in this order of plants, by two dark blotches. bot. mag. 638. 
1859. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BERBERACE®. 
BER BERIs UMBELLA' 1 A. Plant, 3 feet ! Hardy shrub, from the East Indies, 
UMBELLATE BARBERRY. 1 Flower, ’4 !Sch il in 1838? flowers in June, yellow. 
Berberis, see No. 1776. This sub-evergreen is an abundant flowerer, and is 
sometimes called Wallichiana and floribunda. The latter, however, has spiny 
leaves, and the former sessile fascicles of flowers bot.reg. 44 , 1844 . 
1860. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PROTEACE®, 
DR\ AX'DRA FORMOSA, |j Tree, jj feet J Greenhouse tree, Australia, in 1803, 
SPLENDID DRYANDRA. || Flower, 2J inch ji flowers in Spring & Sum., orange-yel. 
Dryandra, see No. 1667. The peculiar aspect of the Dryandras makes them 
known at a glance. This species has its dull yellow flower nestling in a vase of 
rigid partially pinnatifid leaves ; more singular than pleasing. bot. mag. 4102 . 
1861. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CESTRACE®. 
HA BROTH AM'NUS ElRgans j Plant, 2 feet Greenhouse Mexican shrub, flowers 
ELEGANT habrothamnus. I| Flu,y er , 4 inch J in the month of January, crimson. 
Habrothamnus, from abros, gay ; and thamnos, a branch ; in allusion to its 
beauty. This plant is not, we believe, in cultivation in this country. Specimens 
of the flowers only have been received from Belgium. bot. reg.43,1844. 
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