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2579. MONADELPHIA, POLYANDRIA. MALVACEiE. 
HIBISCUS RICHARDSONIj Want, a ifeet a Greenhouse shrub, New South Wales, 
MR. Richardson’s hibiscus. ;| How’er, i| inch II in 1820, flowers in Summer, pale yel. 
Hibiscus, see No. 2340. Mr. Richardson’s name was used to distinguish this 
plant from his having found it at Port Macquarrie, and sending its seeds to Eng- 
land. It bears much resemblance to the annual H. Africanus. bot. reg. 875. 
2580. CR YPTOG AMIA, MUSCI. ER YACE.E. 
H\ P'NUM PU'RUM. II Stem, 4 inch j| 1, plant, half the size of nature. 2, 
fisherman’s feather-moss, II Seta, 2 inch || leaf; 3, capsule; 4, lid; magnified. 
Ilypnum, see No. 2563. Here is the fisherman’s moss, — the best of all for 
cleansing worms — hence called purum. It will be found on moist shady banks, 
and meadows, and in woods ; fruiting sparingly, in November. 
2581. dodecandria, monogynia. sapotaceal. 
ISONAN'DRA GUPTA. II J’ e ‘< 60 feet II Stove tree, of the East Indies, not yet 
GUTTA percha tree. || Flower, te inch U introduced to Britain, flowers white. 
Isonandra, from the Greek isos, equal : aner, a male ; the anthers equalling, 
in some proportion, other parts of the flower. From this tree is obtained, in a 
fluid milky state, the now famous, and really valuable, Gutta Percha. 
2582. tetrandria, monogynia. proteacea. 
ISOPO'GON A 1 TENUA' I US|( Plant, 3 feet l| Greenhouse shrub, New Holland, in 
attenuated-leaved 1SOPOGON. || i- Tower, lj 'uch II 1822, flowers in Spring, pale yellow. 
Named from isos, equal ; pogon, a beard. Independent of novelty this shrub 
has little to recommend it to notice ; its flowers being inconspicuous, and few in 
number, and its habit of growth rather formal. bot. mag. 437 a. 
2583. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. GENTIAN ACE A. 
LISIAN'THLS longifo’lius || Plant, 2 feet i| Stove suflruticose plant, Jamaica, in 
LONG-LEAVED lisianthus. || Flower, 4 2 inch ll 1793, flowers in July & Aug., yellow. 
Lisianthus, from lis, smooth ; and antiios, a flower. A very ornamental 
half-shrubby plant, quite manageable in a small stove, as respects its height, 
at the same time it has an elegant freedom of growth. bot. reg. sso. 
2584. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACEIE. 
MAXILLA'RIA acicula’ris. j| Plant, 4 inch || Stove herbaceous perennial, Brazil, 
needle-leaved maxillaria. II pfon’er, 3J inch II 1836, flowers in Spring, chocolate-col. 
Maxillaria, see No. 4374. A curious little Maxillaria, forming a cluster of 
pseudo-bulbs, each of them, in turn, surmounted by two awl-shaped leaves. Its 
flowers are reddish chocolate-coloured, but not very attractive. bot. mag. 4374. 
2585. CR YPTOG A Ml A, MUSCI. BRYACEA. 
PHAS'CUM SUbULA'I UM. || Stem, 14 inch || 1, plant, the natural size. 2, plant; 
awl-leaved earth-moss. || Seta, noue || 3, leaf; 4, capsule ; 5, hood; magnified. 
Phascum, from phaskon, an ancient Greek name of a moss. In spring, this 
little moss is seen producing light green velvet-like patches on dry banks and 
heaths. The midrib of the leaf disappears below its point. 
2580. DIADELPHIA, DECANDRIA. FABACEA. 
SESBA'NIA PIC'IA. || Plant, 6 feet || stove biennial, from West Indies, in 
SPOTTED SESBANIA. || [Tower, 1 InTh II 1823, flowers in July & Aug, yellow. 
Sesbania, from Sesban, the Arabic name. This is an exceedingly handsome 
leguminous plant, with pendulous racemes of flowers, somewhat resembling the 
Laburnum, but with the back surface of the standard specked. bot. reg. 873. 
