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2051. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ONAGRACE/E 
I U GHSIA SERRATII O LI A II Ptan t ■ 4 0 j'' l h II Greenhouse shrub, from Peru, in 1844, 
saw-leaved fuchsia. II Flower. S3 inch ll flowers Summer & Autumn, deep rose. 
Fuchsia, after Fuchs, a German botanist. A splendid Peruvian Fuchsia, lately 
introduced to this country by the Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter ; a species that equals 
if not surpasses all its predecessors. bot. reg. «i, is45 
2052. HEXANDRIA, MONOGVNIA. AMA RYLLIDACE®. 
HjEMAN I HUS multiflo Rus II Plant . 18 inch ji Stove bulb, sent from Sierra Leone, 
man y-flowered blood-flower. || Umbel, 8 inch II in 1792, (lowers in June, crimson. 
Haemanthus, from haima, blood ; anthos, a flower^; in allusion to their colour. 
A tolerably well-known splendid flower. We give the umbel of flowers as eight 
inches across, but it is sometimes double the extent. bot. rep. at« 
2053. DIDYNA MI A , ANGIOSPERMI A . ACANTHACE®. 
PORPHYROCO MA lanceola^aII Plant, 1 (° ot ll Stove herb- perennial, introduced in 
Leaf, 5 inch I 
lance-leaved prophyrocOma. || Spike, 3 inch |i 1845? flowers m Spring & Sum., pur. 
Porphyrocoma. from porphyra, purple ; and home, head of hair ; in allusion 
to the purple spikes. A beautiful spike of bracts and flowers The plant flow- 
ered at Kew ^ received there from the King of the Belgians. bot.mag.4I76 
2054. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PROTEACE/E. 
P ROTE' A GRANDIFLO'RA. || Plant, 3 feet || Greenhouse ever#, shrub, C.G. Hope, 
II Leaf 4 inch || ^ 
GREAT-FLOWERED PROTEA. || Flower, 3 inch II 1802, flowers ill May, white & black. 
Protea, see No. 2023. One of the handsomest of this curious genus. The 
round tufts of long hair with which some of its scales are tipt give it a very singular 
and rather grotesque appearance. bot rep. 301 . 
2055. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEAL. 
PTE'RIS LAE' I A. ll Height, 2 j feet 11 Greenhouse perennial, from New Hol- 
fruitful brake. U \vfdth,’ 4 inch ll land, 1830 ? sori brown, all Summer. 
Pteris, see No. 1961. A very stately plant, when well grown, and its culture 
is not difficult. It must be propagated from seeds, of which it affords abundance, 
but increases slowly at the root. sp of kaulfcss. 
2056. DIDYNAMIA, angiospermia. 8EL AGIN ACE jF. 
SELA'GO DIS'TANS. ll Plant, l foot n Greenhouse suffruticose plant, oflate 
Leaf, % inch . , 
LOOSE-FLOWERED SELAGO. || Flower, % inch II introduction to this COUUtry. 
Selago, from the Celtic, sel, sight ; juck, salutary ; from its supposed medicinal 
qualities. Its flowers are small hut abundant, and somewhat fragrant. The plant 
is grown in the nursery of Mr. Glendinning, Turnham Green bot. reg. 46, isis. 
2057. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOBELIACE® 
SIPHOCAM'PYLUScoccin'eusII Plant, 2i feel II stove perennial. Organ Mountains, 
SHOWY SCARLET-FLD. SIPHOCAMP. I Flower, ij inch II in 18447 flowers in June, scarlet. 
Siphocampylus, from the Greek siphon, a tube; kampulos, curved ; in allu- 
sion to curved tube of the corolla. Perhaps the most beautiful of this genus which 
has yet been introduced to our stoves. Imported by Messrs. Veitch. bot.mag.4178. 
2058. polvgamia, moncecia. maonoliace®. 
1 ASM AN'NIA AROiM A l TC A jj Plant, ^y feet ij Greenhouse evergreen shrub, Van Die- 
AROMATIC TASMANNIA. I! Flower, % "inob II man's Land, 1820, flo. in April, white. 
Named in honour of Tasman, a Dutch navigator. A handsome evergreen 
shrub, with dull purple branches ; but its flowers are no wise showy. The whole 
plant is highly aromatic, its fruit is sometimes used as pepper, bot. reg. 4s, ms 
