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2227. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. G ENTIAN ACEA. 
LEIAN'THUS UMBELLA'TUS n Plant, 20 feet II Stove shrub, brought from Jamaica, in 
Leaf, 1 foot . „ „ _ . . , ,, 
umbellate leiantiius. || Flower, 1 inch II 1843, flowers in May, greenish-yellow. 
Leianthus, see No. 2033. “A rare and little known species, handsome in its 
habit and in its ample foliage, singular, with large iuvolucrated umbels of flowers.” 
It flowered in the Royal Gardens, at Kew. bot. mag. 4213 . 
2228. cryptogamia, filices. polypodiacea. 
ON OCLE'A OBTUSILOBA'TA 11 Height, 15 inch I Hardy herbaceous peren.,from North 
Leaflet, 2 inch j . . . T , 
OBTUSE-LOBED onoclea. || Width, | inch | America, in 1812, son brown, July. 
Onoclea, see No. 2196. Perfectly distinct from Onoclea sensibilis. Should 
either be kept in pets, planted in peat and loam ; or in a damp shaded peat 
border, where, when once established, it will spread rapidly. sp. of schkuhr. 
2229. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACEA. 
PHA'RIUM FISrULO'SUM. I Plant. 18 inch ]| Greenhouse bulb, from Mexico, in 
HOLLOW-LEAVED PHARIUM. j| Flower, 1 inch ll 1831, flowers in Sep., purple & white. 
Named from pharos, a veil ; alluding to the concealment of the ovary in a 
cup. The flowers of this Mexican bulb are not showy, but they are curious, and 
to say the least of them, very pretty. bot. reg. 154«. 
2230. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BROMELIACEA. 
PITCAIR'NIA undulatifo'lia. || Plant, 18 inch ll Stove herb, perennial, from Brazil, in 
Leaf, If inch I , „ * _ . , . 
waved-leaved pitcairnia. || Mower, 2 inch II the year 1843, flowers, in May, white. 
Pitcairnia.in honour of Dr. W. Pitcairn. This is a remarkably showy plant, first 
introduced, we believe, to the notice of English botanists, in the Liverpool Gar- 
den. The scarlet bracteas produce its gaiety. bot. mag. 4241 . 
2231. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
POLYPO'DIUM PHYLLITi’des. ll Height, 18 inch ii stove herbaceous evergreen, from W. 
t Leaflet, none I „ . . 
HART S-TONGUE POLYPODY. || Width, 1} inch || Indies, 1793, sort brown, in Autumn. 
Polypodium, see No. 1975. The entire linear fronds of this species contrast 
well with other ferns. Requires being potted in loam and peat, with the pot half 
filled with drainers. Slowly increased by dividing. species of linneus. 
2232. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. EBENACEA. 
ROYE'NA LU'CIDA. | Plant, 4 feet ll Greenhouse shrub, Cape of G. Hope, 
shining ROYENA. |! Flow’er, h inch il 1690,flowers in May and June, white. 
Named after Adrian Van Royen, Professor of Botany at Leyden. A fine old 
greenhouse shrub, presented by Sir Philip Egerton to the London Horticultural 
Society. It was first introduced to notice by the Dutch. bot. reo. 40 , 1846. 
2233. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ASCLEPIADACEA. 
SARCOSTEM'M A campanula’- ll Plant, 3 feet 11 Greenhouse climber, sent from Peru in 
I Leaf, 4 iuch 
tum. bell-shaped SACROSTEM.il Flower, lj iuch il 1845, flowers July to Oct., yel-green. 
Named from sarx, flesh ; and stemma, a crown ; in reference to the fleshy 
coronet of the stamens. A pretty shrubby greenhouse climber, introduced by 
Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter. A Philibertia of Kunth. bot. reg. 36, 1846. 
2234. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. THEOPHRASTACEA. 
THEOPHRAS'l A J U S S I .Tl I. Plant, 6 feet ll Stove shrub, sent from St. Domingo, 
Jussieu’s THEOPIIRASTA. 1 Flower, 1J inch II in 1818, flowers in May?, white. 
Named after Theophrastus, a distinguished Greek philosopher. “A stately 
unbranched plant, with something of a Palm-like habit, the upper part crowned 
with a tuft of leaves, and a central cluster of flowers.” bot. mao. 4239 . 
