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2027. MONCECIA, POLYANDRIA. BEGONIACE*. 
BEGO'NIA A LBO-COCCIN / EA. II Plant, _i foot^ | Stove herbaceous perennial, India, in 
scarlet & white FLD. begonia ! Flower, ]j Inch I 1843, flowers in Summer, white &red. 
Begonia, named after Begon, a French botanist. This is one of the most beau- 
tiful of the Begonias. The mingling of colours, — red and white, of the male and 
female flowers, give it a most lively effect. bot. mag. 4172. 
2028. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACEA. 
CRO'CUS CARTWR1GHTIA NUS Plant, 6 inch n Hardy herbaceous pereuDial, Crete, 
mr. Cartwright’s crocus. | Flower, 15 inch li in 1843, flowers in November, lilac. 
Crocus, from the Chaldee krokin, but its application is unknown. One 
amongst several other Crocuses obtained by the Dean of Manchester through J. 
Cartwright, Esq. The variety is called Creticus. bot. reg. 37 , ms 
2029 TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACEA. 
CRO’CUS DAMASCE NUS. ji Plant, 3 inch Hardy herbaceous peren., Damascus, 
damascan CROCUS. II Flower, li inch I 1843? flowers in Septem., pale blue. 
Another Crocus, obtained by the same highly-respected botanist, through the 
same medium as the above. It is supposed to be that eaten by the inhabitants of 
Damascus, and like the above is an autumn-flowerer. bot. reg. 37, 1845. 
2030. CRYPTOG AMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE/E. 
DA RE’ A ODONTITIS j| Height, 2 feet jj Greenhouse evergreen, from N. Hol- 
ODONTITES. II Width,’ inch II land, 1822, sori black, in September. 
Darea, in honour of Mr. Dare, an English botanist. This is the Ccenopteris 
odontitis of Thunberg — a rare and elegant fern. It may be increased by planting 
the viviparous buds which form abundantly on the fronds. bp. of willdenow. 
2031. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOSA. 
GOMPHOLO’BIU.M barbi’gerum Plant, 4 feet Greenhouse shrub, from New Hol- 
FRINGE-KEELED GOMPHOLOBIUM. ! f'ow’ci-, 1 } Inch . land, in 1845, flowers in June, yellow. 
Gompholobium, see No. 1987. This certainly is one of the most beautiful of 
the New Holland pea-flowered shrubs that has been introduced to this country. 
Lately imported by Messrs. Lucombe & Pince of Exeter. bot. mag.4I7i. 
2032. TRIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. IRIDACEiE. 
1'RIS IMBRICA TA. | s 1 Hardy perennial, its origin uncertain, 
imbricated IRIS. I! Flower, 2j' inch ll flowers in May & J une, lemon-colour. 
Named from Iris, the rainbow ; in allusion to the colours of some of the species. 
This is a plant of but little beauty. Dr. Lindley thinks it may probably be 
merely a variety of Iris squalens. bot. reg. 3s, 1845. 
2033. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. GENTIAN ACE*. 
LEIAN’THUS LONGIFO’LIUS. Plant, 3 fe« | Stove herb, perennial, from Jamaica, 
LONG "LEAVED LEIANTHUS. Flower, 2 incb I* 1/93, flowers in June & July, yellow. 
Leianthus, from leios, smooth ; anthos, flower. A small suffruticose plant, 
which has been more than once lost to our own collections; it has, however, been 
lately re-introduced to Kew and Syon. Pleasing and gay. bot. mag. 4169 . 
2034. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
ODONTOGLOS SUM cervaNTE-| Plan!, i foot stove herb, perennial, from Oaxaca, 
sir. Cervantes’ tooth-tongue || Flower, 2 inch || in 1842? flowers in Feb., pale pink. 
Odontoglossum, from the Greek odon, a tooth ; and glossa a tongue ; allud- 
ing to the toothed labellum. A remarkably pretty flower, from the collection of 
Messrs. Loddiges ; possessing, too, the advantage of fragrance, eot. reg. 36, lsis. 
248. FLOKAL EEGISTEE. 
