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1870. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEE. 
ADIAN'TUM CUNEA'TUM Height,^ r ° ot h Evergrean perennial, introduced from 
WEDGE-LEAVED MAIDEN hair. I Uidtb.’ls inch 1 Brazil. 1820,sori brown, all the year. 
For the meaning of the name, Adiantum, see No. 1680. The elegant fronds 
of this fern meet general admiration. It delights in sandy peat, and may be 
divided, or propagated from seeds. sp. of langsdorff and fischer. 
1871. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. NOLAN ACEE. 
ALO'NA CzELEST'IS. 1 Leaf*’ ljmch I! Greenhouse shrub, from S. America, 
SKY-BLUE ALONA. II Flower, 4 inch I in 1840, flowers in July, pale-blue. 
A name adopted by Lindley, being an anagram of Xolana. Every body knows 
the annual Nolanas. This is a shrub closely allied to them ; and its fine sky-blue 
flowers come boldly to view from its subservient foliage. bot. reg. 4e, isia. 
1872, M0NADELPH1A, FENTAGYNIA. BYTTNERIACEE. 
ASTFRIA ROSEA. j Plant. 10 feeri Stove tree. brought from the Mauritius. 
PINK ASTIRIA. II Flower, 1 inch I in the year 1S33, flowers in Mar., pink. 
Astiria, from the privative a, and steiros, sterile; from the want of the usual 
sterile stamens. This circumstance, chiefly, induced Dr. Lindley to separate the 
plant from Ruizia. It flowered at Syon : rather handsome, bot. reg. 4d, 1844 . 
1873. ^JIDYNAMLA, ANGIOSPERMIA. ACANTHACE.E. 
BARLE'RIA FLA'VA. II Leaf*’ 6 Mich Stove shrub, introduced from Arabia, 
YELLOW barleria. II Flower, 1J inch || in 1816, flowers in Winter, yellow. 
Named after James Barrelier, a celebrated French botanist. Sir William 
Hooker, we rejoice to observe, is giving to the world the long hidden things of 
the Royal Kew Gardens. This is an old inhabitant there. bot. mag. 4113. 
1874. CRY’PTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEJE* 
BLECH'NUM A L S I It .-VL E . J Height, * feet b i Greenhouse evergr. peren.,Cape of G. 
SOUTHERN blechnum. |i Width* 14 loch II Hope, 1691, sori brown, whole year. 
Blechnum, see No. 1632. Although a Cape plant, this species of Blechnum 
may generally be preserved, during winter, by cold frame protection. Grown in 
loam and peat it will often admit of increase by division. sp. of linneus. 
1875. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LASIOPETALE S.. 
CORETHROSTY'LIS bractea’ta I’l n e , 2 fect^ 1 Greenhouse shrub, from Swan River, 
ROSY-ARMED CORETHHOSTYLIS. I Flower, Vs inch in 1821, flowers in the Spring, pink. 
Named from korethron, a broom ; in allusion to its hairy style. A free 
flowering shrub of great beauty, and with fragrant foliage. It flowered at Mr. 
Groom’s nursery, Clapham, in the spring of 1844. bot.reg.4t, 1544 . 
1876. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. OHCHIDACEE. 
EPIDEN’DRUM RADIATUM. [i Plant, I foot ji Stove herb, perennial, from Mexico, 
I) Leaf, 1 inch I ' 
RAY-FLOWERED EPIDENDRUM. J Flower, !j inch 1 in 1S40, flowers in Sum , green & lilac. 
Epidendrum, see No 1638. This species is allied to both cochleatum and 
lancifolium. Its prettily streaked cockle-shell lip, and its fragrance, which re- 
sembles cinnamon, are sufficient to recommend it. bot. reg. 45 , 1844, 
1877. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERLACEE. 
GLOXIN'IA SPECIO'SA. 11 Plant, J. foo ' h |j Stove herb. peren., of hybrid origin, 
hybrid gloxinia. [] F[ 0 w’er. 2J inch I flowers June to Aug., colour various. 
Gloxin,a German botanist. Reduced figures of three Gloxinias are here given 
from the Botanical Register ; raised by Mr. Glendinning of the Cheswick nursery, 
between Gloxinia speciosa rubra, and Sinningia guttata. bot. reg. 48 , 1844 
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