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2563. CRYPTOOAMIA, MUSCI. BR Y A CEJE. 
H YP'NUM RUT AB'ULUM. II stem, ij inch I! 1, plant, the size of nature. 2, leaf; 
ROUGH-STALKED feather MOSS. J Seta, 1$ inch II 3, capsule; and 4, lid, magnified. 
Hypnum, from hypnos, the Greek name for a moss. This moss may be found 
in fruit both in spring and autumn ; and is very common, almost everywhere, 
growing on trees, hedge banks, and frequently amongst bushes. 
2564. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACEAE. 
LOPI'MIA MALACOPHYL'LA, [I Plant, 5 feet ii Stove shrub, from New Grenada, in 
SOFT-LEAVED lopimia. || Flower, 2 inch II 1823, flowers in the Winter, rose-red. 
Named from lopimos, easy of decortication. A rather large-leaved shrub, 
possessing no peculiar attraction. It flowered in the Royal Gardens of Kew, to 
which establishment it was sent by Mr. Purdie. bot. mag. 4365. 
2565. PENTANDRIA, DIGYNIA. ASCLEPIADACE*. 
OX YPET'ALUM solanoi'des. II Planf, 3 feet li Greenhouse shrub, sent from Brazil, 
Leaf, 3± inch 
SOLANUM-like OXYPETALUM. || Flower, Vs inch II in 1845 ? flowers in Sum,, purplish-red. 
Oxypetalum, from oxys, sharp ; petalon, a petal. A slender, slightly-branched 
shrub, in habit somewhat like Oxypetalum caeruleum, but with flowers which are 
not only smaller, but of a much less brilliant tint. bot. mag. 4367. 
2566. MONADELPHIA, PENTANDRIA. PASSIFLORACE>>E. 
PASSIFLO'RA GRACILIS. I|^ a, f t * o * ee i |j stove annual , native country uncertain, 
SLENDER passion-flower. || Fkw*er, li inch li flowers in Aug. pale green and white. 
Passiflora, from the Latin, patior, to suffer ; from the fancied resemblance of 
parts of the flower to the instruments of Christ’s suffering. (See No. 4.) An 
annual Passion-flower, rarely met with ; interesting from its novelty, bot.reg.872. 
2567. cryptogamia, filices. polypodiacea:. 
POLYPO'DIUM fraxinifo , lium. II Height, 3 feet || stove herbaceous evergreen, Carac- 
Leanet, 7 inch 
ash-leaved polypody. || width, 1J mch II cas, in 1817, son brown, in August. 
Polypodium, see No. 1975. By some botanists this plant has been placed 
with the Aspidiums, it is allied to P. macrophyllum, but is readily distinguished 
by its longer fronds being cut into narrower segments. sp. of jacquin. 
2568. CRYPTOGA MIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE.E. 
POLYPO'DIUM LATI'PES. II Heipht,2J feet | stove herbaceous evergreen, Brazil, 
BROAD POLYPODY. || WidthV % inch I in 1835, sori black, in the WiDter. 
Another handsome Polypodium, which flourishes in loam and sand. Its rhi- 
zomes run on the surface of the earth, which, about an inch deep, should occa- 
sionally be changed. Admits of division, sp. of langsdorf and fischer, » 
2569. POLYANDRIA, PENTAG YNIA. PASSIFLORACEJE. 
SMEATHMAN'NI A pubes^ens. j| Plant, 8 feet II Stove shrub, sent from Sierra Leone. 
DOWNY SMEA1HMANNIA. || FWer, 2 4 J inch il in 1845? flowers in February, white 
Smeathmannia, see No, 2105 A tall handsome shrub, received by Lord 
Derby from Sierra Leone, through his collector, Mr. Whitfield. It is more showy 
than Itevigata (No. 2105). having larger foliage and flowers. bot. mag. 4364. 
2570. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. ACANTHACE/F. 
S TRO BILA N 'TH ES lacta'tus. II Plant, l foot ii Stove suifruticose plant, probably from 
MILKY-LEAVED STROBiLANTHES. | ij l“'h II E. Indies, fls. in Winter, purplish-wb. 
From the Greek strobilos, a sort of shell ; in allusion to the shape of the 
bracts. The leaves of this plant have a milky white variegation down their 
centre, whence its specific name. A pretty winter flowerer. bot. mag 4366. 
