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2547. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE®. 
LOMA'RIA NU'DA. II Height, 9 inch I! Greeenhouse herb, peren., Van Die- 
Leanel, li inch , . . 
naked loma RIA. || width. Va inch II man s Land, 1822, son brown, Sum. 
Lomaria, see No. 2518. A rare and distinct Lomaria, re-introduced to Kew, 
a few years ago. Should be potted in peat, sand, and charcoal, and have a 
shaded situation. May be slowly increased by division. sp. of willdenow. 
2548. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. CACTACE«. 
MAM MILL A'RIA CLA VA. II Height, l foot ll stove evergreen perennial, sent from 
Rreadth.34 inch I , . „ “ r . _ ’ 
CLUB-SHAPED MAMM1LLARIA. || I loner, 3 J inch II Mexico? flowers in June, straw-col. 
Mamroillaria, from mamma, the nipple; in allusion to the tubercles on the sur- 
face of the plant. A singular species, which flowered at Kew, remarkable for its 
columnar rather than clavate form ; and large, glossy flowers. bot. mag. 4358 . 
2549. PENTANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. RANUNCULACE*. 
MYOSU'RUS MIN'IMUS. || Plant, 3i inch |t annual, found in corn-fields, in 
LEAST mouse-tail. || Flower, Vi Inch il Britain, flowers May & June, white. 
Named from mus, a mouse ; and oura, a tail ; alluding to the shape of the 
receptacle. On light and gravelly soils, chiefly in cultivated fields, in gardens, 
and by road-sides. The only British species of Myosurus. 
2550. MONtECIA, polyandria. haloragace*. 
Ml RIOPHYL LUM VERTlciLLA’-jj Plant, 6 inch ll Aquatic peren., in ponds & ditches, in 
TUM. whorled water milfoil. || Flower, V'a Inch I Britain, flowers July & Aug., yellow. 
Named from myrios, a myriad ; phyllon, a leaf ; in reference to the numerous 
divisions of the leaves. This British plant is not commonly met with ; not, how- 
ever, from its rarity alone, but its growth in wet places. 
2551. TETRANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PROTEACE*. 
OROTHAM'NUS ZE\’HERI|i Plant, 7 feet 11 Evergreen shrub, native of the Cape of 
MR.ZEYHER’s OROTHAMNUS. U pfoner, 24 inch I G. Hope, flowers in July, rose-colour. 
An exceedingly handsome proteaceous plant, of which a figure and dried speci- 
mens only have yet reached this country. Sir W. J. Hooker received these from 
Dr. Pappe, and the plant itself may ere long be expected. bot. mag. 4357 . 
2552. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PRIMULACEA. 
PRIM'ULA STUAR' 1 II. ll Plant, is inch [I Hardy herbaceous perennial, India, 
Stuart’s primrose. ll Flower, 1 Inch I in 1845, flowers in Summer, yellow. 
Primula, see No. 2216. A handsome Indian Primrose, raised in the garden of 
the late Sheriff Spiers, Granton House, Scotland, from foreign seeds, transmitted 
in 1845, by Major Grant, of the 9th Lancers. bot. mag. 4356. 
2553. monadelphia, polyandria. malvacea. 
SI'DA INTEGER'RIMA. 11 Plant, 16 feet II stove tree, introduced from New 
entire-leaved sida. jl Flower, 3 luch ll Grenada, flowers in May & June, yel. 
Sida, see No. 1944. “An old inhabitant of the stove of the Royal Gardens of 
Kew, but of whose history nothing has been preserved.” Its large foliage and 
flowers are handsome, but suitable only for an extensive erection, bot. mag. 4S60. 
2554. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACEIE. 
TOR'IULA SUBULA'l A. || Stem, Vi inch || 1, plant, a the natural size. 2, leaf; 
AWL-SHAPED tortula* || Seta, % inch fj 3, capsule ; 4, lid ; 5, hood, magnified. 
Tortula, see No. 2522. The title, "awl-shaped,” alludes to the long pointed 
hood or calyptra. Common on banks ; mature in March and April, when its 
bright green rosettes of leaves are very conspicuous. 
