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2131. SYNGENESIA, MONOGAMIA. LOBELIACElE. 
LOBE'LIA GLANDULOSA. Ij Plant, o^ ee ^ II Hardy herbaceous peren. N. Carolina, 
glandular lobelia. ij Flower, 1? inch I 1843, flowers in Sept, and Oct., blue. 
Lobelia, see No. 2004. This newly-introduced species of Lobelia has nothing 
to recommend it to notice, unless it be that little care is required in its culture. 
It is much less handsome than siphilitica. bot. reg. 6 , 1846. 
2132. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. VERBENACEjE. 
MASTACAN'THUS SINEN SIS. Plant, IJ feet I! Greenhouse herb, perennial, China. 
Chinese beardwort . || Flower, Vs inch II in 184o, flowers in October, violet. 
Mastacanthus is derived from the Greek masta, a moustache ; anthos, flower. 
China, in this plant, has sent us one of her common wild flowers, possessing but 
little beauty j it will scarcely be worth greenhouse management, bot. reg. 2 , 1846. 
2133. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. OSMUNDACEA. 
MOH'RIA ACH1LL./EFO L1A. jl Mefi^t'i, 1 iota i 1 Greenhouse perennial, Cape of Good 
milfoil-leaved mohria. || Width*’ 14 'inch I Hope, 1838? sori brown, in Autumn • 
This genus is named after Mohr, the German cryptogamic botanist. The fertile 
fronds of this fern are far less divided than the barren ones. It increases slowly, 
and requires to be planted in loam and peat. sp. of j. smith. 
2134. POLYCAMIA, MONtECIA. FABACEA. 
NEPTU'NIA PLE'NA. ij Plant, 2 feet j; stove aquatic, sent from Jamaica, 
Leal, 1 J iuch : . , _ „ 
DOUBLE-YEL. WATER-SENSITIVE. || Flower, H inch I in 1844, flowers in October, yellow. 
Named from Neptune, the god of the sea ; in allusion to its being an aquatic. 
Although the flowers of this aquatic display no gaiety, its foliage, which is sensi- 
tive, and cut into myriads of leaflets, is highly ornamental. bot. reg. 3 , isi6. 
2135. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODI ACE*. 
NOTHOCHL/E'NA pu'milis. || Height, 9 inch || stove herbaceous evertrreen. New 
Leaflet, 3£inch 07 
dwarf NOTHOCHLiENA. |[ Width, & inch II Holland, son brown, in the Autumn. 
Nothochlaena, see No. 1926. Although esteemed a stove species.it maybe 
grown in the greenhouse ; and, when thriving, its rhizomas soon fill the pot. It 
may be increased by division, and succeeds in sandy peat. sp. of r. brown 
2136. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
PERISTE RIA BARKE'RI. |l Plant, 2 Jfeet ii stove herbaceous perennial, Mexico, 
MR. barker’s dove-flower. I] Flower, IJ inch in 1841, flowers in November, yellow. 
Peristeria, see No. 2006 This is one amongst the most splendid of orchida- 
ceous plants. Its foliage, its pseudo-bulbs, and its flowers, are each of noble 
character. Imported by the late Mr. Barker, through Mr. Ross, bot.mag.4203. 
2137. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
PTE'RIS PALMA'TA. II Height, 9 inch ll Stove herb, perennial, sent from Ca- 
! Leaflet, 2 inch t . . 
palmate brake. || Width, Y 2 inch 11 raccas, in 1821, son brown, Autumn. 
Pteris, see No. 1961. This pretty little fern is of very easy culture, but still it 
will rarely admit of being divided ; self-sown seedlings will however supply ample 
increase. Should he potted in peat and loam. sp. of willdenow. 
2138. DIANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. SCROPHCLAR1ACEA. 
VERON'ICA SALICIFO'LIA Plant, */“* || Greenhouse shrub, New Zealand? 
willow-leaved SPEEDWELL. | Ftow’er, V2 inch || flowers in August and Septem. white. 
The derivation of this name is uncertain. A handsome shrubby V eronica, with 
terminal racemes of flowers much resembling some of our herbaceous species. It 
flowered iu the nursery of Mr. Glendinning at Turnhatn Green, bot. reg. 6, tS48. 
