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2115. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHI DACE.E. 
GO\ E'NIA FACI ATA. II I Stove herbaceous peren., Venezuela, 
linden’s govenia. II n^ver, lj inch || 1842, flowers in Sep., yellow & crim, 
Govenia, see No. 1988. This is one of the prettiest of the genus, having clear 
yellow flowers, whose sepals and petals are beautifully marked, by fine broken 
bands of crimson. Figured from Mr. Rucker’s plant. bot. reg. 67,1845. 
2116. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CESTR ACEiE. 
H ABROTH AAFNUS coRYMBo’st'Sl P |a n*, 6 feet i| Greenhouse shrub, sent from Mexico, 
i Leaf, 4 inch . . 
corymb-flowered habrotham. || Flower, ^4 inch II in 1843, flowers m June, deep rose-col. 
Named from abros, gay ; and thamnos, a branch ; in allusion to its beauty. A 
handsome shrub, from Mr. Low of Clapton ; its masses of tubular pink flowers, 
intermixed with foliage, make it a desirable greenhouse ornament, bot. mag. *>oi. 
2117. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEjE. 
LOMA RIA SPICANT. II Height, isinch || Hardy herb, eversr. found on barren 
Leaflet, 1 inch I , J ® 
spike lomaria. II Width, & inch II heaths in Britain, son black, in Aut. 
Lomaria,see No. 2019. The old name of this plant — Blechnum boreale, has 
been revived by Hooker. It succeeds in sun or shade, and is easily increased by 
division. Varieties occur with forked fronds. sp. op desvaux. 
2118. decandria, pentagynia. oxalidacea:. 
OX'A LIS SENSF1 1'VA. || PI 3 " 1 , 3 inch |i Stove annual, brought from China, in 
sensitive wood-sorrel. II Flower, Vfe inch || the year 1844, flowers m July, yellow. 
Oxalis, from oxys, sharp ; in allusion to the acidity of the genus. This is a 
delicate species ; its pinnate foliage sensitive ; like youug ladies, Rumphius says, 
who wish to be looked at, but not touched. bot. reg. 68, ms. 
2119. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. THYMELACE-E. 
PIxMELE'A S\ LV ES 1 R1S. Il P^G |^ et h j 1 Greenhouse shrub, from N". Holland, 
wood pimelea. !| Flower, 4 Inch l! in 1830, flowers in June, rose-colour. 
Pimelea, from pimele, fat; on what account is not obvious. Like most others 
of this pretty genus, it has dense heads of delicately tinted flowers, possessing more 
of neatness than of gay or brilliant character. bot. mag. 3276. 
2120. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. STERCULIACEiE. 
REEVE'SIA 1 HRYSOl'DEA Plant, 3$ feet || Greenhouse shrub, sent from China, 
thy rse-flowered reevesia. Flower, l inch il in 1826, flowers in January, white. 
Named in honour of John Reeves, Esq, of Canton, who first made this plant 
known to botanists. Devoid of gay colouring, but somewhat remarkable from 
its anthers being curiously assembled about its stigma. bot. mag. 4199. 
2121. DtANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CYRTANDRACE.E. 
RHYNCHOGLOS'SUM ZELANl'-l! Plant, 1 focn || stove annual, from Ceylon, in 1841? 
CUM. CEYLON rhynchoglossum. ;| Hnwer, Vt> inch I flowers in Summer, blue and yellow. 
Rhynchoglossum, from rygchos, a beak ; and glossa, a tongue ; in allusion to 
the tongue-like lip of the flower. “A lovely little flower, sent from Ceylon by 
Mr. Gardner ; its leaves with singularly unequal sides.” bot. mag. 4198. 
2122. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE.E. 
STANHO'PEA INODO'RA. II Plant, is inch II stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
Leuf, 18 inch . . , . , 
SCENTLESS STANHOPEA. || Flower, 4 inch H m 1841, flowers in June, white & yel. 
Stanhopea, see No. 2009. One of those almost indiscribable productions — the 
Stanhopeas, which is called inodora, or scentless, to distinguish it from the very 
similar species — graveolens, known from its intolerable odour, bot. reg. 65, ms. 
