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2251. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
ACANTHOPHIP'PIUM JAVA N I - Plant, 1 foot I Stove herbaceous peren , from Java, 
1 Leaf, 6 inch !. , „ , . 
CUM. JAVANESE ACANTHOPHIP. 1 Flower, 2 inch i m 1840? flowers m Sept , yel. & pur- 
The application of the name, which is compounded from the Greek, is un- 
known. The singular striping of purple on the outside of this yellow flower, and 
the delicate lilac of the orifice give it a very pleasing effect. bot. reg. 47, 1846. 
2252. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
ASPIDTUM lanugino’sum. l el | h t ’ ll* ^^h 1 Stove evergreen perennial, Nepal, 
WOOLLY shield-fern. wfdih,’ 24 meh j in 1840? son brown, in the Summer. 
Aspidium, see No. 1933. One of the stateliest Ferns under cultivation ; 
requiring liberal pot room, and successive “shifting,” in loam, peat, and abundance 
of drainers. It has not, with us, produced offsets. sp. of willdenow. 
2253. MONtECIA, POLYANDRIA. BEG ONI ACE A. 
BEGO'NIA GR A N D IF EO R A 2, leet^ i Stove herbaoeous perennial, Peru, 
LARGE-FLOWERED BEGONIA. 1| Flow’er, 3 inch || in 1835, flowers in Oct. & Nov., white. 
Begonia, see No. 2627. “ Of all the Begonias cultivated in the stove, this is 
certainly the most conspicuous in its inflorescence, some of the flowers being three 
inches in diameter.” It also remains long in flower. flor. cab. 25. 
2254. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. VERBENACEA. 
CLERODEN'DRONsinua'tum Plant, J! feet^ p Stove shrub, sent from Sierra Leone, 
sinuate-leaved clerodendron 1 Flower, % inch I in 1845, flowers in July, pure white. 
This generic name is deduced from the Greek kleros, uncertain ; dendron, a 
tree ; from its uncertain medicinal qualities. A handsome low shrub, introduced 
to this country by Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., of Exeter, bot. mao. 4255, 
2255. PENTANDRIA, MONOCYN1A. SOLANACEA. 
DATU'RA CORNIG'ERA. j jUant, 3 feet^ Greenhouse shrub, nativeof America? 
horn-bearing DATURA. | Flower, 6, inch ll flowers in the Summer, cream-colour. 
Datura, an alteration of the Arabic name, Tatorah. A showy plant, of late 
introduction, sometimes known as Datura frutescens, and sometimes as a Brug- 
mansia. Called Horn-bearing from the shape of its calyx. bot. mag. 4252. 
2256. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
DAY AL'LIA EL/EGANS. |j Height, 1 foot j! Greenhouse herb, peren., New Hol- 
elegant davallia. | width,' i ,'JJcb I land, in 1824, son brown, in August. 
Davallia.see No. 1984. Although long ago introduced, and of easy culture, 
this Fern is still very rare. It should be potted in peat and loam, kept in a cold 
frame during summer, and increased by division. sp. of swartz. 
2257. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA . GESNERIACEA. 
DIASTE'MA ochroleu'ca. 11 Plant, 1^9 inch Stove herb, perennial, Santa Martha, 
pale-yellow diastema. Flower, l inch I in 1845, flowers in Aug., straw-colour. 
Diastema, a name given from the Greek ; probably from the genus being inter- 
mediate between Achimenes and Gesneria. A pretty plant, with whitish flowers, 
the habit of which will be clearly understood from the cut. bot. mag. 4254. 
2258. MONtECIA, HEXANDRIA. LARDIZABALACEA. 
HOLBOL'LIA LATIFO LIA. IJ Pla lit, s feet lj Half-hardy climbing shrub, Nepal, 
broad-leaved holbollia . I, Flower, v, Inch in 1844, flowers in March, pale green. 
Named after M. F. L. Holboell, of the Royal Botanic Garden, Copenhagen. 
This plant flowered against a south wall at Sketty Hall, near Swansea, in March 
last. In the stove and conservatory it has not done so bot. reg. 4», me. 
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