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2507. POLYGAMIA, POLYANDRIA. FABACE*. 
ACA'CIA LEPTONER'VA. || Plant. 6 rec, h | Greenhouse shrub, from Swan River, 
SLENDER-NERVED acacia. | Flower, vlincb II in 1844 ? flowers in April, orange-yel. 
Acacia, see No. 2107. Many of the beautiful Australian Acacia9 are well 
known for their gaiety and fragrance in the spring. This newly-introduced species, 
with its deep orange flowers, is equally attractive. bot. mag. 4350 . 
2508. MONtECIA, POLYANDRIA. ARACE1E. 
A'RUM V E NO SUM. |! Plant, Ifcet I Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
purple-flowered arum. li Flower, 15 inch I 1774, flowers in Mar., green & purple. 
Arum, see No. 21 10. This is one of the most curious of the Arums, chiefly 
on account of its very large spathe, which has its outer surface green, its inner 
surface singularly striped and spotted with purple brown. bot. reg. ioit. 
2509. CRYPTOG AMIA, FILICES. POLYFODIACEiE. 
ASPID'IUM LOBA' I UM. 1 Height, 2 fcet^ n Hardy herb, peren., found in shady 
lobe-leaved SHIELD FERN. II w.dih,' % inch placesin Britain, sori brown, in June. 
Aspidium, see No. 1932. This is the Polystichum of Roth. Aspidium loba- 
tum, aculeatum (No. 21 11), and angulare, we hold to be merely varieties of a 
single species, having collected them in all gradations of change, sp.of swartz. 
2510. CRYPTOG A MI A, FILICES. POLY PODIACE*. 
ASPID IUM \ ILLO'SUM. !| Hcjeln, s inch | Stove evergreen, sent from Jamaica, 
villose shield fern. I! Width,’ Id nub , in 1844, sori brown, in the Summer. 
Another Aspidium, but of very different habit, and requiring protection in the 
warmest part of the stove, instead of luxuriating on our own hedge banks. This 
species resembles Decompositum, but has villous fronds. sp. of swartz. 
2511. MONANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MARANTACE*. 
CALA'THEA longibractea ta Pi* * t. 3 feet i, Stove herbaceous perennial, sent from 
long-bracted Calatiiea. Flower, 4 inch 1 Brazil, in 1824, flowers in June, violet. 
Calathea, see No. 1969. This is a plant collected by Douglas at Rio Janeiro, 
during his first excursion for the Horticultural Society. Its lilac flowers are 
pretty, peeping out from amongst a terminal head of bracts. bot. reg. 1020 . 
2512. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. ASCLEPIADACE*. 
CEROPE'GIA cumingia'na. [ * ’ fnch stove twining perennial, Java, 1845, 
mr. cuming’s ceropegia. Flower, ij inch. 1 flowers in Aug., cream-col. & purple. 
Named from the Greek keropegion, a candlestick ; in allusion to the peculiar 
shape of the column. The Ceropegias are more curious than gay ; the presenf 
species, however, is of bolder character than others of this genus, bot. mag. 434 s. 
2513. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. FABACE.E. 
DAI IE'SIA CORDA'IA. II I9“n.‘. 3 feet^ 1] Greenhouse shrub, New Holland, in 
cordate-leaved daviesia. II Flower, i inch II 1824, flowers in May & June, yellow. 
Daviesia, see No. 2222. This is one amongst the most free-growing and beau- 
tiful leguminous shrubs of New Holland. It is not of late introduction, but one 
that deserves a place in every good collection. bot. reg. 1005 . 
2514. CRYPTOG AMIA, MUSCI. BRYACE*. 
FUNA'RIA HYG ROM e’t RICA. | stem, Vi inch il 1 , the plant, | its size. 2, leaf ; 3, cap- 
HYGROMETRIC cord-moss. I Sem, 2 inch || S ule ; 4, lid ; 5, hood ; all magnified. 
Funaria, from funis, a cord ; in allusion to its twisted seta. A curious moss, 
common on old walls, roofs, and moors. Its seta, if wet at bottom, twists one 
way ; if wet at top, it twists the contrary way ; hence the name, hygrometric. 
278. FLORAE REGISTER. 
