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208a. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CINCHONACEA. 
EXOSTEM'MA longiflo'rum. | isincb | stove shrub, sent from St. Domingo, 
LONG-FLOWERED exostemma, J| Flower, 6 inch II in 1820, flowers June & July, white. 
Exostemma, from exo, beyond ; stemma, a crown ; the stamens projecting 
beyond the mouth of the tube. A low shrub, chiefly remarkable for the long 
slender tube and narrow segments of the corolla. bot. mag. 4186 . 
2084. didynamia, angiospermia. scrophulariacea. 
FRANCIS CEA ACUMINATA. II Plant, | li Stove shrub, brought from Brazil, in 
ACUMINATED FRANCISCEA. I Flower, 1) inch ]i 1842 ? flowers June & July, deep pur. 
Franciscea, in honour of Francis the First, Emperor of Austria. A pleasing 
Brazilian shrub, presented by Mr. Lowe of Clapton, to the Royal Kew gardens. 
Its corymbs of purple flowers, recommend it to notice. bot. mag. 4189. 
2085. GYNANDRIA, M0NANDR1A. ORCHIDACE.E. 
GONGO'RA TRUNCA'l A. It PHnt. I ftot || Stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
bean- BUDDED GONGORA. 1 Flon’er.lJ inch 1 1840, flowers in Spring, yel.-spotted. 
Gongora, after a Spaniard of that name. This plant exhibits an elegant raceme 
of delicately tinted and finely spotted flowers. It was introduced to this country 
by Mr. Rucker, who received it from Mr. Linden. bot. reg.&6 , ms. 
2086. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE.E. 
GYMNOGRAM'MA corda'ta II Height, 3 inch |[ Greenhouse perennial, Cape of Good 
, Leaflet, iuch i 1 . 
heart-leaved GYMNOGRAMMA. II Width, ^ inch II Hope, 1838, son brown, in Autumn. 
Gymnogramma, see No. 2069. A pretty but somewhat fastidious fern under 
cultivation. Requires sandy peat, well drained $ succeeds best on an upper shelf 
of the greenhouse in winter ; cold frame in summer. sp. of schlechtendahl. 
2087. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMA R YLLIDACEjE. 
HABRAN'THUS con'color. II Plant, l | Greenhouse bulb, sent from Mexico, 
whole-coloured habranth. II Flower, l$ inch II in 1844, flowers in April, pale yellow. 
Habranthus, from habros, delicate ; and anthos, a flower, “ The flowers of 
this Habranthus, although pale green, are very pretty, and form a lively orna- 
ment of the greenhouse or cold frame in the early spring” bot. reg. 64, 1845 . 
2088. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
POL 5 PO'DIUM billa R dii/ri 8 oone ii GreenhouseeYergreen.from NewHol- 
BILLARDIERE S POLYPODY. || Width,' % inch il land, in 1823, sori brown, in Aut umn 
Polypodium, see No. 1975. This is a somewhat scandent species of Polypo- 
dium, unlike the generality of its family. It may be readily increased by division, 
and grown on a block of wood, or in sandy peat. sp. of r. brown. 
2089. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS.E. 
SCHO'l IA SPECIO'SA. j| | j®*M| Stove evergreen, Cape of Good Hope, 
lentiscus-leaved schotia. [| i- lower, 1 inch II in 1759, flowers in Oct. Dec., crim. 
Named by Jacquin after his fellow-traveller, R. van der Schot. An early 
inhabitant of our stoves, and of very splendid character, when in flower. It may 
be raised without difficulty from foreign seeds. bot rep. 348. 
2090. MONADELPHIA, PENTANDRIA. PASSIFLORACEjE. 
TACSO'NIA MOLLIS'SIMA. Plant, I0feet || Stove climber, from New Grenada, 
I Leaf, 4 inch 
DOWNY-LEAVED TACS.ii.IA. || piower, 4J inch || 1844, flowers in August, rose-colour. 
Tacsonia, from Tacso, the local name of some species of the genus. To the 
Messrs, Veitch of Exeter this country is indebted for the importation of this beau- 
tiful climber. It is a fine conservatory ornament. bot. mag. aist. 
