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2451. D1ADELPHIA, DECANDRI A* LEOUMINOS*. 
INDIGO'FERA ANGULA’TAl[ Plant, 2 feet | Greenhouse shrub, New Holland, 
ANGULAR-STEMMED INDIGO. | Slower, H inch ll in 1825, flowers in April, purple. 
Indigofera, see No. 2181. Raised in this country from imported seeds, and 
has been confounded with Indigofera Australis, which it much resembles; it is 
readily distinguished from that species by its angular stem. bot. reg. 091 . 
2452. TETRANDRI.4, MONOGYNIA . CINCHONACE.S. 
IX ORA GRIIFITH II, ll Plant, 3 feet 11 stove shrub, from Singapore, 1845, 
mr. Griffith’s ixora. |j rfo^’er, % inch i! flowers in July, yellow and orange. 
Ixora, see No. 2099. Both in its inflorescence and foliage this plant is superior 
to either coccinea or striata, and in the stove has a handsome appearance. From 
the collection of Messrs. Lucombe, Pince, and Co., Exeter, bot. mag. 432 s. 
2453. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE.E. 
LEPTOGRAM'MA villo'sa. :| Height, s inch ll Stove herbaceous evergreen, Brazil, 
hairy leptogramma. || width',’ V4 Inch II in 1835, sori brown, in the Summer, 
Leptogramma, from leptos, slender ; gramma, writing. This is the Gymno- 
gramma of Link. A scarce but easily-cultivated fern, requiring to be planted in 
loam and peat. Slowly increased by division and sporules. sp. of John smith. 
2454. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. GENTIANACE*. 
LISIAN'THUS A cut A n’g ULUS. II Plant, 3 feet^ || stove biennial, from South America, 
sharp-angled lisianthus. II i foVer, 1 inch II in 1820, flowers in Summer, green. 
Lisianthus, from lis, smooth ; anthos, a flower. This plant is more remark- 
able for its unusually green flowers, than any other attribute ; a colour in flowers 
which, it must be confessed, never excites much admiration. bot. mag. 4324. 
2455. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MELASTOMACEAL 
MEDINIL'LA SPECIO’SA. II Plant, tifeet 11 stove shrub, introduced from Java, 
showy medinilla. I rfower, 1 inch i in 1845, flowers in July, pale rose. 
Named in honour of Don Jose de Medinilla y Pineda, governor of the Marianne 
Islands. A shrub ofexceedingly bold character, and handsome panicle of flowers. 
It has been introduced by the Messrs. Veitch, of Exeter. bot. mag. 4321. 
2456. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA1. 
POL\ PO'DIUM OTI'TES. II Height, 8 inch 11 stove herbaceous evergreen, Brazil, 
otites polypody. || Width 1 , % inch II in 1830? sori brown, in August. 
Polypodium, see No. 1975. This fern spreads rapidly by its creeping rhizomes 
near the surface, by the division of which it may be increased at any season of 
the year. Pot in peat and loam. sp. of willdenow. 
2457. OCTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. TROPjEOLEiE* 
TROPyE'OLUJVI specio^um. || Plant, G feet ii Frame twiner, brought from Chiloe, 
showy Indian cress. || F?ower t inch || in 1846, flowers in June, vermillion. 
Tropaeolum, see No. 2250. Another introduction by the Messrs. Veitch ; a 
summer plant for our borders. After all, a hardy plant is the most valuable ; it 
gives pleasure to a thousand where a tender one pleases ten. bot. mag. 432a. 
2458. PENTANDRIA, TRIG YNIA. CAPRIFOLIACEiE. 
VIBURNUM PLICA I UM. ll Plant* 9 feet^ I Hardy shrub, brought from China, in 
CRIMPED GUELDER ROSE. II Flower, ! Inch I the year 1845, flowers in May, white. 
Viburnum, see No. 2442. Here we have another of our acquisitions from the 
Celestial Empire, through Mr. Fortune — a Guelder Rose, of neat habit, with a 
profusion of snow-ball flowers, and probably quite hardy. bot. reg. si, mi. 
