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2043. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMI A . GESNER ACEit. 
AC H IM E / NES ARG YROST1G MAll a r J. t * j f 00 ^ li Stove herb, perennial New Granada, 
SILVERY-SPOTTED achimenes. ,1 pfower, inch I 1843? flowers in Summer, white & red. 
Achimenes, is deduced from a, to augment; cheimeins, to suffer from cold ; 
in allusion to the tenderness of the plant. The leaves of this Achimenes are of a 
rich velvety dark green, spotted with white; its flowers mottled, bot. mag. 4175 . 
2044. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEvE. 
ASP1DIUM SER'RA. li Height, 6 f eet _. II Stove herbaceous peren. from Brazil, 
Leaflet, 6 inc h ’ . , , ^ r , 
saw shield fern. II Width, & inch II m 1819, son brown, the whole year. 
Aspidium, see No. 1933. If allowed abundance of pot room, this becomes a 
handsome tall plant. It may be increased by division of its stoloniferous shoots, 
when they throw up fronds Pot in peat, loam, and potsherds, sp. of swartz. 
2015. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA ORCHIDACEiE. 
BOLBOPHYL LUMumbella TUM i Plant, 3^ inch li stove herbaceous perennial, India, 
Leaf, 4 inch | , „ . r 
UMBELLED BOLBOPHYL. :| Flower, 1 inch II 1837, flowers in September, straw-col. 
Named from bolbos, a bulb ; and phyllon, a leaf ; on account of the leaves 
growing out of the pseudo-bulb A neat plant, its straw-coloured flowers spotted 
with purple, are pretty, and for a Bolbophyl rather large. bot. reg. 44 , 1845 . 
2046. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNtA. AMAltYLLIDACEfE. 
CA LLIPSY'CH EeucrysioTdES.H ^enpe, 2 feet | stove bulb, brought from Mexico, in 
TWO-COLOURED FAIRY BLOOM. || Corolla, 1 inch || 18-10, flowers in Mar., scarlet & preen. 
Callipsyche, from halos, beautiful ; psyche, fairy. A singular flower, — best 
described by the accompanying cut. It was obtained by the Dean of Manchester, 
both from the west coast of Mexico, and from Guatemala. bot. reg. 45, 1845. 
2047 CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POI.YPODIACE.E. 
CHEILAN'rHEii lentig’era. ", Height, SO inch jl stove perennial,brought from Mexico, 
MAGGOT-BEARING CHEILANTHES. | Width',’ 4 'inch li in 1820? son black, in the Summer. 
Cheilanthes, from cheilos, lip ; anthos, a flower ; in allusion to the lip-like 
indusium. The under side of the frond of this plant appears as if covered with 
small maggots. An elegant fern, requiring sandy peat. sp. of swartz. 
2048. DODECANDRIA, MONOCYNIA. SOLANACEyE. 
CO'DON ROYE'NI. 1 Leaf*' "j inch II Greenhouse shrub, C. of Good Hope, 
prickly codon. | pfower, i|'inch I in 1801, flowers in September, white. 
Codon, from kodon, a little bell ; in allusion to the shape of the corolla, 
very singular plant, regarded on its first introduction as an annual, and as such it 
may be cultivated, although a perennial. bot. rep. S25. 
2049. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE.E. 
DICKSO NIA RUB 1 GINOSA. I[ j 1 f '] c, jj stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
rusty oicksonia. || width,’ VS inch ll in 1830, sori brown, in the Winter. 
Named in honour of James Dickson, an eminent cryptogamist. One of the 
many ferns raised by Mr. Henderson, at Milton House. It is a scarce plant ; 
flourishes in peat and loam, and may be increased by division. sp. of swartz. 
2050. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACEyE. 
LC HI NOC AC TUS M yriostig ma. Height, I foot j 1 stove perennial, sent from Mexico, 
many-spotted echinocactus. || Flower, ljiufb 1 in 1843? flowers in July, straw-colour. 
Echinocactus, from echinos, a hedge-hog; cactus, a spine. “One of the 
most singular of this singular family of Cactaceae, and still a rarity in collections.” 
Quite or nearly, spineless, but covered with scale-like dots. bot mag. aijt. 
249. FLORAL REG1STEB. 
