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2331. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODI ACE.*. 
ACROSTIC HUM CONFOr'me. II Height, 10 inch II Stove evergreen, from the Cape of 
luxuriant acrostichum. || \vfdth,’ l inch II Good Hope, sori black, in the Winter. 
Acrostichum, see No. 1979. The undivided fronds of this plant, which are 
abundantly produced, contrast well with those of the more common forms. The 
narrower fertile fronds are few. Plant in peat and loam. sp. of swartz. 
2332. MONCECIA, POLYANDRIA. BEGONIACE*. 
BEGO'NIA FUCHSIOTDES. II Plant, 3 feet ii Stove herb, peren., New Grenada, in 
fuchsia-like begonia. I Flower, l inch U 1845, flowers m Aut. & Winter, scarlet. 
Begonia, see No. 2027. The most lovely of all Begonias. Its brilliant, deep 
scarlet flowers, drooping as a Fuchsia, are very attractive. It flowered at Mr. 
Veitch’s nursery, Exeter, and will, doubtless, be much in request, bot.mag.4281. 
2333. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POL YPODIACE*. 
BLECH'NUM ORIENTA^LEl Height, 15 inch [I Stove evergreen, brought from China, 
Leaflet, 14 inch I . . . . .. 
eastern BLECHNUM. II Width, %incb II m 1825, son brown, in all seasons. 
Blechnum, see No. 1998. One of those ferns which is not very fastidious as to 
treatment, since it may be kept in the stove or greenhouse. Pot in rough turf, 
with a little peat ; and give abundance of pot room. sp. of linneus. 
2334. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEjE. 
CALAN'TIIE curculigoi'des. | Plant, IS nich II stove herbaceous peren., Malacca, 
yellow-spiked calanthe. ii Flower, h inch I in 1844, flowers in Nov. bright yellow. 
From kalos, pretty ; anthos, flower. “A bright yellow Calanthe is an unex- 
pected novelty ; and this species, which was previously known only from bad 
dried specimens, proves to be one of the handsomest of its race.” bot.reg. 8,i84T. 
2335. HEXANDRIA, MONOCYNIA. CAPPARIDACE*. 
CLEO ME RO'SEA. ji Plant. ISjnch | Greenhouse annual, Rio Janeiro, 
ROSE-COLOURED CLEOME. II Flower 1 inch II in 1824, flowers in July, rose-colour. 
Cleome, from kleio, to shut. A tender annual plant, which is rarely met 
with in perfection. Its long curved stamens, issuing from beneath its rosy petals, 
are a prominent feature in its terminal raceme. bot. reg. 960. 
2336. HEXANDRIA, MONOCYNIA. LILIACEJE. 
CORD\ LI NE RL M PHIL JI Plant , .4 icet^ It Greenhouse shrub, from Amboyna, in 
RUMPHiUs’s CORDYLINE. II Flow’er, 1J inch I 1692, flowers in July, greenish-white. 
Cordyline, from kordyle, a club. This is nearly related to the following plant, 
Dracaena ; but its pale greenish white or yellow flowers, although larger, are less 
beautiful than the violet one 3 of that plant. bot. mag. 4279 . 
2337. HEXANDRIA, M0N0GYNIA. LILIACE1E. 
] 1 R A C A '/ \ A S7RIC TA. |l P^®nt. II Stove shrub, brought from New Zea- 
UPRIGHT dracana, II Flower, Vs inch ! land, in 1820, flowers in March, violet. 
Dracaena, an alteration of Draco, which name was applied to the original 
species. This plume-like plant is a handsome object of itself ; and when in flower 
becomes one of the most elegant of stove ornaments. bot. reg. 950 . 
2338. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSJE. 
ER\ rilRI NA BIDW IL LII. | Ptant, j (" eet h l ! Greenhouse herb, peren,, of hybrid 
MR. bidwill’s erythrina. | Flower, 2J inch I origin, flowers in file Autumn, scarlet. 
Erythrina, from the Greek erythros, red. 1 his is a handsome hybrid Ery- 
thrina, raised from herbacea, impregnated by cristigalli. It was received from 
Sydney by the Hon. and Very Rev. the Dean of Manchester, bot. reg. 9, 1847. 
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