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1862. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CINCHONACE*. 
HIND blA ^ IOLA CEA. II Plant, 3 feet I Greenhouse shrub, from South Brazil, 
PORCELAIN BLUE HINDSIA. || ffower, ,j ,'L'ch II in the year 1842, flowers in May, blue. 
Named by Mr. Bentham in compliment to R. B. Hinds, Esq., an indefatigable 
naturalist. It is an importation of Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter ; and one 
amongst the handsomest blue flowering shrubs ever cultivated, bot. reg. 40 , 1844 . 
1863. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACE.E. 
IX'IA CRISTA. 1 Lm” 1 ’ 3 mdi II Gleenll0U3e bulb, from Cape of Good 
CURLED-LEAVED IXIA. II Flower, 1 inch II Hope, in 1787, flowers in June, pink. 
Ixia, see No 1652. Of all the Ixias hitherto introduced into Great Britain this 
has the most remarkable leaves ; they are so singularly waved that they command 
attention before the flowers, these being comparatively small. bot. mag. 699 . 
1864. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEjE. 
MICROSTY LISiiistionan THAII P^ant, 1 foot |i Stove herbaceousperennial, Columbia, 
sail-flowered microstylis. II Slower, inch || 184*2, flowers in Nov., brownish-green. 
Named from mikros, small ; stylos, a column. Remarkable not only in the 
structure of its flowers, but also in these meeting together in a concave compact 
umbel. It flowered in the Regent’s Park Botanic Garden. bot. mag. 4103 . 
1865. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. * 
POIA PO DIUM DECUMA NUM.II Height, 2j fcet^ 11 stove evergreen perennial, sent from 
tall polypody. II Width, % inch || Brazil, 1818, sori brown, in Autumn. 
Polypodium, see No. 1675. This species is of free tall growth, its foliage 
being of a somewhat glaucous tint. It should be grown in a mixture of peat and 
loam. May be increased slowly by division. sp. of willdenow. 
1866. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACE/E. 
SIPHOCAM’PYLUS lantANIFo’-II Plant, 3 fcet^ j| stove shrub, brought from Caracas, 
LIUS. LANTANA-LVD. siphocam.J Flower, 2 inch il in 1842, flowers in Spring, crimson. 
Siphocampylus, from the Greek siphon, a tube; kampulos, curved ; in allusion 
to the curved tube of the corolla. This species varies remarkably from others in 
its flowers being collected together into a corymbose raceme. bot. mag. 4105 . 
1867, nEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARYLLIDACEAt. 
STENOMESSON iiartwe gii,I| Plant, 10 inch ;i Greenhouse bulb, brought from Quito, 
MR. IIARTWEg’s STENOMESSON. II Flower, if inch || in 1840, flowers in March, orange. 
Stenomesson, see No. 1563. This plant, with its gay orange-coloured nodding 
flowers, was found by Mr. Hartweg at nearly twelve thousand feet above the 
level of the sea, and sent to the London Horticultural Society, bot. reg. 42 , 1844 . 
1868. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE.E. 
STRUTHIOPTE'RIS german’ica II tleieht, 2 feet |i Hardy decid. peren., nativeof Europe, 
1 1 L pnH 6 1 4 inch I 
german STRUTHIOPTERIS. || width) Vs inch II introduced in 1760, sori brown, July. 
Struthiopteris, from strutiiios, an ostrich ; pteris, feather ; the fronds resem- 
bling the feathers of that bird. The barren fronds of this plant, curiously enough, 
spring up in a circle and encompass the fertile ones. sp. of willdenow. 
1869. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACE®. 
TRITO'NIA ROCIIEN'SIS 1 Plant, 1 foot II Greenhouse bulb, from Cape of Good 
BENDING-FLOWERED TRITONIA. || Flower, 2 inch II Hope, in 1811, flowers in August, yel. 
Tritonia,see No. 1644. This plant has been called Ixia, Gladiolus, and Sisy- 
rinchium, but now rests in Ker’s genus Tritonia. Had its flowers a more decisive 
colour, they would be very ornamental in the greenhouse. bot. mag. 1503 . 
