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2259. DECANDRIA, TRIGYNIA. 8AXIFR AG ACE/E. 
HYDRAN'GEA JAPON’ICAj P^nt, 4 feet 11 Hardy shrub, brought from Japan, 
BLUE-FLOWERED japan hydran. I! Flower, 1 !“ch 1 in 1844, flowers May to July, blue. 
Named from hydor, water; aggeion. a vessel; from the shape of the seed 
vessel. This novel Hydrangea has generally about five large white sterile blos- 
soms, whilst the perfect ones are smaller, and blue. bot. mag. 425 a. 
2260. tetradynamia, siliculosa. brassicacea. 
IONOPSID'IUM ACAU'LE. it Plant, ^2 inch | Hardy annual, sent from Portugal, in 
stemless violet-cress. I FloVer.lt inch ll 1824, flowers April to Oct, pale lilac. 
Named from ion, a violet ; opsis, resemblance ; eidos, similar ; like a violet. 
This is a pretty little annual, especially for rock-work ; and will grow in shady 
places. It has been called Cochlearia acaulis. bot. reg. si, 1846. 
2261. DIANDRIA, MONOCYNIA. JASMINACE/E. 
J ASMT N U M N UDIFLO’RUM m Plant, 5 feet I 1 Hardy shrub, brought from China, 
naked-flowered jasmine. || Flower, ninth 11 in 1845, flowers in the Winter, yellow. 
Jasminum, see No. 2003. This is another addition to our garden flora, from 
the “Celestial Empire ;” and as it inhabits the northern part of China, Mr. For- 
tune thinks it likely to bear the climate of England. bot. reg. 48, me. 
2262. pentandria, monogynia. goodeniacea. 
LESCHENAUL'TIA splen’dens. ij PI a n t, 18 feet^ || Greenhouse shrub, from Swan River, 
SPLENDID LESCHENAULTIA. j Ffow’er, IJ inch || in 1843 ? flowers in Aug., rich purple. 
Named in compliment to M. Leschenault, a French botanist and traveller. An 
exceedingly handsome plant. Sir W. J. Hooker says the colour of its flower 
is only to be compared with that of the Verbena melindres. bot. mag. 4266. 
2263. hexandria, monogynia. liliacea 
LIL'IUM SANGUFNEIJM. [I Plant, IS inch 11 Halt-hardy bulb, from Japan, in 1844? 
Leaf, 2 inch 11 „ . J „ ’ c j 
blood-red LILY. II l loiver, 3J inch 11 flowers in May or June, orange-red. 
Lilium, see No. 1942. A handsome dwarf Lily, something like Thunbergia- 
num, but with a solitary flower, instead of several. This plant flowered in the 
Horticultural Society’s garden ; probably one of Sieboldt’s, bot. hec. so, me. 
2264. CRYPTOGAMIA, FII.ICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
OPHIOG LOS'SU M vulga'tum || Height, 4 inch ii Herb, peren. found in moist meadows. 
, Leaflet, 3 inch . . . 
common ADDER S TONGUE || width, H inch || in Britain, son brown, in the Spnng. 
Ophioglossum, from ophis, a serpent ; glotta, a tongue; in allusion to the 
shape of the fruit. This has but little of the appearance of a Fern. Should be 
kept in small pots of sandy loam and charcoal, with the al pines, sp. of linneus. 
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2265. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. OHCHIDACEA. 
O'PHRYS CORNU'TA. j Plant, 1 foot Frame herb. perennial, Corfu, in 1844 . 
Leaf, 3 inch , . . 
HORNED OPHRYS. |i Flower, 1 inch || flowers in April & May , lilac & green. 
Ophyris, the Greek name of an eyebrow ; used here in allusion to the fringed 
inner sepals. Like all others of the genus — very singular , flowered in the draw- 
ing-room of the Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester. bot reg. 62, me. 
2260. DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. LABIATA. 
TEU'CRIUM abutiloi'des. II £«“*’ finuh I Greenhou3eshrub ' 8e,lt from Madeira, 
MALLOW-LEAVED TEUCRIUM. || Flower, 4 inch il in 1777, flowers in April & May, yel. 
This genus is said to have been named after Teucer, a Trojan prince. An old 
but scarce plant, possessing more botanical interest than floral gaiety. It is said 
to be exceedingly rare in its native country. flor. cab. 28 . 
