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2307. CRY PTOG A MI A | FILICES. POL YPODI ACE/E. 
FADYE'NIA PROLIF'ERA. II Height, 6 inch ;i stove perennial, from Jamaica, in 
Leaner, none I _ 
proliferous FADYENIA. II Width, % inch '| 1841? son brown, m the summer. 
Named in compliment to Dr. M c Fadyen. A small singular fern ; its barren 
fronds lie flat on the soil, and from their joints young plants are produced. Pot 
in peat and loam, on two-thirds of a pot of drainers. sp.of hooker. 
2308. TETRADYNAMIA, SILIQUOSA. BRASSICACE^l. 
HELIOPH'ILA TRIFID A. 1 Want, 2 !| Half-hardy annual, from C. G. Hope, 
trifid suncress. I Flower, % inch || in 1819, flowers June to Sep., blue. 
Heliophila, from helios, the sun ; phileo, to love. Seeds of this half-hardy 
annual were obtained by the London Horticultural Society from a seedsman at 
Hamburgh. It is a small, slender, plant ; of but little gaiety, bot. reg. 64, 1846. 
2309. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. BALSA MI ACE 
IMPA'TIENS PLATYPET'ALA.H Want, 18 inch \\ Greenhouse herb, peren., from Java, 
I Leaf, 4 inch . . r ’ * 
broad-petaled balsam. U Flower, 2 inch II m 184o, flowers m summer, rose col. 
Impatiens, in allusion to the capsules, which burst and curl up when touched. 
A handsome showy balsam, imported from Java by the Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter. 
Too tender, it may be feared, even for summer exposure bot. reg. 68, 1846. 
2310. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ERICACEAE. 
LYO NIA J AMAICEN'SIS. II Plant, fi feet n Frame shrub, sent from Jamaica, in 
Leaf, 3 inch I , : * 
Jamaica LYONIA. II Flower, H inch I 184o, flowers in June and July, white. 
Named in memory of John Lyon, an indefatigable collector of North American 
plants. Swartz placed this plant in the genus Andromeda. Its flowers, crowded 
in the axils of the leaves, are delicate and waxy. bot. mag. 427 s. 
2311. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE*. 
ODONTOGLOS'SUMhastila'bium j| Plant, I foot h | stove herb peren ; S . America, 1845, 
HALBERD-LIPPED ODON1 OG LOSSUM . |i Flower, 3 inch 1 flowers ill Aug. , green, pur. ,& white. 
Odontoglossum, see No. 2034. Received from Mr. Purdie, the collector to 
the Royal Kew Garden. The uniform green and striped petals and sepals are 
nicely relieved by the white and purple lip. bot. mag. 4272 . 
2312. DIDYNAMIA, GYMNOSPERMIA. LAMIACE®. 
SCUTELLA'RIA ventena'tii. II Plant, 2 * feet II Greenhouse herb, peren., St. Martha, 
VENTENAT 8 SKULL-CAP. || Flower, l inch i 1845, flowers in Aug., bright scarlet 
Scutellaria, see No. 2295. The strong scarlet colour of the flowers of this 
Scutellaria will command attention in the greenhouse ; and, as a summer plant, 
for the open garden, it will probably prove desirable. bot. mag. 4271 . 
2313 decandria, trigynia. caryophyllace.e. 
SILE'NE PURPU'REA. || Plant, 3 feet^ || Hardy annual, from Caucasus, in 
purple silene. II Flower, V4 inch li 1823, flowers June to August, purple. 
Silene.see No 2185. A rather weedy-looking annual, but from its height and 
long flowering, is worthy of cultivation. It is so hardy that seeds may be sown in 
autumn, for early flowering plants. flor. cab. 42 . 
2311. DIADELFHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOS/E. 
SWAINbO'NA GREVANA. |[ Plant, 2 feet I Greenhouse suffruticose plant, N. Hoi. 
CAPTAIN grey’s SWAINSONA. || Fl'nwer, 1 inch II land, 1844, flowers sum. and aut., pur. 
Named in compliment to Isaac Swainson, a medical man of the last century. 
“A gay-flowering half-herbaceous plant, sent to the Horticultural Society by his 
Excellency Captain Grey, from the banks of the Murray.” bot. reg. 66, 1844. 
