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2303. IIEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. B ROM ELI ACE jC. 
iECHM E'A DIS'COLOR. I! Plant, 2 feet . II Stove herb, perennial, probably from 
CRabs-eye /ECHMEA. || Flower, & inch II Brazil, flowers in June, scarlet& pur. 
^chmea, from aichme, a point ; in allusion to the calyx. “A singularly at- 
tractive plant, from the rich coral-red of the panicle, the flowers being of the same 
bright vermillion colour, and the calyx tipped with black.” bot. mag. 4293 . 
2364. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEAE. 
ANGR/E'CUM FUMA'LE. |j Plant, 4 ,j n ^ h II Stove herb perennial, Jamaica, 1845, 
CORD-LIKE ANGRJ2CU M. U Flower, 2J inch II flowers in the Winter, green& white. 
Angraecum, see No. 1996. A rare West Indian leafless orchid — its contorted 
root3 supplying the place of foliage. It flourishes on a block of wood, in a moist 
stove, and its flowers are highly fragrant. bot. mag. 4295. 
2365. IIEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. H^MODORACE^. 
ANIGOZAN'THOS fuligiNO^SA. n Plant. 3 feet || Greenhouse herb, peren., Australia, 
Leaf, 2 feet J . , , 
sooty ANIGOZANTHOS. II Flower, 2 inch || not yet introduced, flowers lemon-col. 
Anigozanthus, see No. 2059. This plant is figured in the Botanical Magazine 
from a dried specimen. The lower part of the corolla is black, the upper yellow. 
We hope soon to see the living plant. bot. mag. 4291. 
2366. POLYANDRIA, TRI-PENTAG YNIA. R ANUNCULACE-E. 
AQUILE'GI A JUCUN'DA. 1 Plant, ^ ^ 00 jl| Hardy herb. peren., Siberia, in 1844, 
joyous columbine. | ( lower, 2 j Inch l| flowers June to August, blue & white. 
Named from aquila, an eagle ; two sepals and a petal of this flower resembling 
a soaring bird. Raised from seed in the garden of the Horticultural Society. 
Allied to glandulosa ; and, like it, a showy plant. bot. rec. is, isit. 
2367. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. FOLYPODIACEA. 
ASPID'IUM CRINI TIJM. [I IleiEht. is inch it store herbaceous evergreen, from the 
Leaflet, 4 inch . ° 
haired SHIELD FERN. || Width, vi inch l| Mauntius, 1830, son brown, August. 
Aspidium. see No. 1933. An exceedingly rare fern, introduced by the late R. 
Barclay, Esq., never figured, nor, that we know of, included in any list. Very 
slow of increase, and, we believe, not yet raised from sporules. sp. of cameron. 
2368. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE*. 
ASPLE'NIUM OBTUSA'TUMlI jleieht.^i inch || Greenhouse herb . evergreen, New Hol- 
obtuse SPLEENWORT. || Width 1 .' % inch li land, 1824, sori brown in the Summer. 
Asplenium, see No. 1980. This fern resembles Asplenium marinum, and was 
re-introduced by the Messrs. Osborn, of Fulham. It should be potted in peat, 
loam, and drainers, mixed together ; and kept rather dry in winter, sp.of forster. 
2369. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERM I A. BIGNONIACE/E. 
BIGNO NIA PAL Lit) A. | Plant, R feet^ !| Stove shrub, from the West Indies, 
pale-flowered BIONONIA. 1 Kiow'er, 2 Such I in 1823, flowers in July, pale lilac- 
Named in compliment to Abbe' Bignon, librarian to Louis XIV. A handsome 
shrub, but rather large for the generality of stoves ; its flowers are beautiful, but 
of short duration. Its young shoots are singularly scaly. bot. reg. 965 . 
2370- GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
C^hLO'G\ NE SPECIO'SA. JJ r °°^ '| Stove herbaceous peren., from Java, in 
SHOWY CALOGYNE. il Flower, 3] inch | 1845, flowers in Oct., brown & white. 
Caelogyne, from koilos, hollow ; gyne, woman ; in allusion to the form of the 
stigma. Received by the Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter, from their collector, Mr. 
Lobb. Its flowers are somewhat diogy, but very large. bot reg- 23 , i»4t. 
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