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1979. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
ACROS'TICHUM A I.CICO r’n e . j| Hej|ht, 2 feet^lj Greenhouse evergreen peren., New S. 
elk’s horn aorostichum. I! Width,’ 1 inch II Wales, 1808, son yellow, in Autumn. 
Acrostichum is said to be derived from the Greek akros, stichos ; from the 
lines on the reverse of the leaves resembling lines of poetry. A fern singular 
both in form and colour, increased by division of its barren fronds, sp. of swartz. 
1980. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEiE. 
ASPLE'NIUM LANC EOTA’TUM Jl Height, 3 inch II Frame evergr. peren,, found on rocks 
Leaflet, inch 1 . „ , , . 
spear-leaved spleenvvORT. || Width, % inch I in England, son brown, in Autumn. 
Asplenium, from the Greek privative a, and splen, spleen ; being used as an 
antidote to such disorder. One of the rarest and most delicate British ferns. 
Pot in peat, loam, and sand, and keep in a frame. sp. of Hudson. 
1981. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACEiE. 
BLANDFORD'IA margina'ta.II Plan!, ISinch II Greenhouse herb, peren., Van Die- 
Leal, 6 mcli , . 7 
rough-edged blandfordia. |j Flower, 1$ mch II man s Land, 1837, flo. in June, copper. 
Blandfordia, in honour of George, Marquis of Blandford. This species of a 
handsome genus is more beautiful than the better known Blandfordia grandiflora. 
Its long leafy bracts, as well as its blossoms, make it attractive, box reg. is, 1345 . 
1982. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SCROPHULARI ACE*. 
CALCEOLA'RIA floribun'da.!! Ptont, 18 inch |i Greenhouse shrub, sent from Quito, 
CO nous- flowering SLIPPER-WT. || ffoVer, % inch II in 1843, flowers in September, yellow. 
Named from calceolus, a little shoe ; in allusion to the form of the corolla . 
This genuine species, from tropical America, vies in real beauty with the Chilian 
hybrids of ingenious florists. Imported by Mr. Veitch. box mag. 41 54 . 
1983. PENTANDRIA, MONOOYNIA. SOLANACE*. 
CES'TRUM AURAN'TIACUM. Leaf'’ | f''{, I Greenhouse shrub, from Guatemala, 
ORANGE-COLOURED cestrum. |’ Flower, l inch I' in 1841, flowers in August, orange. 
Named from kesxron, the Greek name forbetony, but why applied is uncertain. 
Raised in the London Horticultural Society’s garden ; and is a gay and beautiful 
shrub. In winter too, it is showy from its snow-white berries. bot. reg. 22 , 1845 . 
1984. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES POLYPODIACEJE. 
DA\ AL'LI A PYXIDA'TA. jl 3 feet || Greenhouse evergreen shrub, N. South 
box-like davallia. [! Width,’ i inch II Wales, in 1808, sori brown, in Sept. 
Named in honour of Edmund Davall, a Swiss botanist. A handsome shrubby 
fern, of easy culture in the greenhouse. It should be potted in a mixture of peat 
and loam, and may be increased by its suckers. sp. ofcavanille. 
1985. DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. LAMIACE.E. 
D\ SO P II \ L'LA STELLA'l A 1 Plant, 6 inch jl Greenhouse herbaceous peren., India, 
starry DYSOPHYLLA. | Spike, inch II in 1843, flowers in October, purple. 
Dysophylla, from dysodes, foetid ; and phyllon, a leaf ; probably in reference 
to the offensive smell of the leaves. A delicate little plant, from the garden of 
the Right Honourable the Earl of Auckland. bot. reg. 23 , 1845 . 
1986. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERIACEiE. 
GESNE RA SCHIEDEA N A || Plant, 2 feel || stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
SCHIEDE s gesnera. Ii Flower, 1 inch I 1843, flowers in Nov., scarlet and yel. 
Gesnera, after Gesner, the botanist of Zurich. The flowers of this plant are 
richly coloured, but its woolly or shaggy roughness makes it less pleasing than 
some others. It was sent from Mexico to Woburn Abbey. bot. mag. 41 * 2 . 
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