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1878. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACE A. 
IX IA MACULA FA. II Plant. 1 foot e Greenhouse bulb, from theCape of G. 
green-stained IX1A. jj Flower, 2 inch |[ Hope, in 1780, flowers in Oct., green. 
Ixia, see No. 1652. Although the corolla of this Ixia is chiefly of a dull green 
colour, the contrast of its almost black centre makes it a conspicuous flower. It 
is a pleasing variety of Ixia viridis. B ot. mag. 649. 
1879. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
LAC.E NA 131 COLOR. jj Raceme 18 inch jj stove herb, perennial Guatemala, in 
two-coloured lacuna. II flower’, 1 $ , nib || 1842, flowers in May, greenish-yellow. 
Lacrena, from lakis, a cleft; in allusion to the division of the lip. Received 
by the London Horticultural Society, from their collector Mr. Hartweg. It has 
a pendulous raceme of dull-coloured flowers. bot. reg. so, 1844. 
1880. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
LEPAN TIIES SANGUIN E A 11 Pl^nt, 14 jnch II Stove herbaceous perennial, Jamaica, 
blood-coloured lepanthes. j| Flower, inch |i 1840 ? flowers in Spring, blood-colour. 
So named from lepis, a scale ; and anthos, a flower ; from its vegetating on 
the scaly covering of trees. A curious little epiphyte ; its peduncle springing 
from the base of the leaf, and its flowers reposing thereon. bot. mag. 4112. 
1881. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PROTEACEA, * 
LOMATIA FINC1 O RIA. Il Plaut, 3 feet 11 Frame shrub, Van Dicman’s Land, in 
DYEING LOMATIA. |1 Flower, \ inch I! 1822, flowers in Summer, sulphur-col. 
Lomatia has been mentioned under No. 1640. An interesting species. Its 
revolute sepals, curved style, curious flower buds, and pinnatifid or bipinnatifid 
foliage, all invite attention to this ornamental shrub. bot. mag. 4110. 
1882. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
MILTO NIA CLOWE SII. Il Plant, 1 foot^ I stove herb, peren., OrgaD Mountains, 
MR. CLOWEs’s MILTONIA. II Flower, 3j inch !i 1836 ? flowers in Oct., orange & brown. 
In compliment to the Right Hon. Lord Fitzwilliam and the Rev John Clowes, 
of Broughton Hall, Professor Lindlev adopted the two names of this plant. Its 
flowers are richly coloured, prominently zebra-marked, and showy, bot. mag. 4109. 
1883. cryptogamia, filices. polypodiacea. 
POLYPO'DIUM GLAU'CUMii Height, 2 feet II Evergreen perennial, introduced from 
GLAUCOUS polypody. || vvidth, 1 inch II Mexico, 1836, son brown, all seasons. 
Polypodium, see No. 1675. This ornamental species, whose glaucous foliage 
contrasts well with that of most others, was imported by G. Barker, Esq. Should 
be potted in peat and loam, and admits of division, sp. of knowles & westcott. 
1884. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
PTE'RIS VESPERTILLIO’NIS h Height, Sjfeettt Greenhouse evergreen peren. ,N. Hoi. 
bat-winged brake. || w^ldth',’ inch [ laud, 1823, sori brown, May to Aug. 
Pteris is explained under No. 1561. A fine tall-growing fern, when allowed 
a sufficiency of pot room. It is of the easiest culture and increase, either by 
division or sporules. Pot in coarse loam and peat. sp. of labillardiere. 
1885. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BYTTNERIACEA. 
THOMA'SIA STIPULA'CEA.II Plant, 2J feet II Greenhouse shrub, from N. Holland, 
LARCE-STIPULED thomasia. || flower, 1J inch II in 1830? flowers in Autumn, purple. 
Thomasia, in compliment to the Swiss botanist M. Thomas, and his two sons. 
This small bushy shrub was raised from Drummond’s seeds, in the Royal Kew 
Gardens. Its large coloured calyx constitutes its floral display, bot. mac. 4111 . 
