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2739. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMI A . GESNERACE£. 
GESNE'RA PIC'I A. II Plant, 3 feet ji Stove herb. perennial, Columbia, 1847. 
i Leaf, 7 inch I. r ’ 
painted gesnera. || Flower, li inch II flowers in Sum. & Aut., scarlet & yel. 
Gesnera, see No. 1986. Two splendid Gesneras, introduced from Columbia, 
one to the Royal Gardens, the other to the Messrs. Veitch’s nursery, come under 
this species ; their flowers showy, floral leaves red beneath. bot. mag. 4431 . 
2740. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMI A . GESNERACEJ!. 
GLOXI'NIA 1 IM BRIA' 1 A. 11 Plant, I8inch II Stove herb, peren., native country un- 
Leaf, inch , „ . ' ... . 
FIMBRIATED GLOXINIA. || Flower, 2j inch I! known, flowers in Sep., purplish-wht. 
Gloxinia, see No. 2148. A plant received at Kew from Paris, but without any 
historical notice. Its flowers are large, of delicate appearance, and their margins 
waved and neatly fimbriated, from which it has been named. bot. mag. 4430. 
2741. DIADELPHtA, DECANDRIA. LEGUMINOSA. 
INDIGO'FERA endecaphyl'laII Plant, 1 fool ii Stove annual, from Guinea, in 1823, 
Leaf, 2A inch I . T , , , 
eleven-leaved indigo. || Flower, inch II flowers in July and August, deep red. 
Indigofera, see No. 2181. The Indigo plants occupy a place of importance in 
both Asia and America, whence we receive their produce ; here, too, we have a 
showy African plant, used by the natives for dyiog blue. bot. reg. 789. 
2742. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMI A. VERBENACEA. 
LANTA'NA FUCATA, jj Plant, 2 feet 11 Stove under-shrub, from Brazil, 1823, 
PAINTED LANTANA. || Flower, V6 inch || flowers April, Novem., rose-colour. 
Named from lento, to hind ; a name given by botanists of the sixteenth century 
to various shrubs having flexible branches. Several pretty Lantanas are very 
common in our hothouses ; and this also should not be wanting. bot. reg. 798. 
2743. cryptogamia, musci. bryacea. 
POLY '1 RICHUM PILIF erum. Jj Stem, Vi inch 1 1, plant, | the size of nature. 2, leaf; 
BRISTLE-POINTED HAIR-MOSS. || Seta, Vfc inch ]i 3, capsule; 4, lid; 5, hood; mag. 
Polytrichum, see No. 2520. A species that has been confounded with com- 
mune, although very distinct, excepting in its quadrangular theca. It is common 
in spring on dry sandy pastures ; never tufted, but each stem growing distinct. 
2744. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE A. 
ST ANHO'PEA \Y A IT 1 ) 1 1 , ,1 Plant, 2 feet j| stove herb, perennial, Mexico, 1836. 
MR. ward’s STANHOPEA. || Flower, 41 inch II flowers July to October, yel. &brown. 
Stanhopea, see No. 2009. “ This is one of those extraordinary plants, which 
astonish us no less by the singular forms than by the splendid colours of their 
flowers.” Their Protean changeableness is almost without limit. flo. cab.so. 
2743. CRYPTOGAMIA, MOSCI. BRYACEA. 
TOR'TULA RIG'IDA. | Stem, 14 inch II 1, plant,} the size of nature. 2, leaf; 
aloe-like SCREW-MOSS. H Seta, V£ inch |[ 3 , capsule; 4, lid; 5, hood; mag. 
Tortula, see No. 2522. A species of Tortula that may frequently be found 
early in the winter, in fructification on mud walls and banks. It grows in small 
close patches ; its fringe, the characteristic of the genus, hut slightly tortuous. 
2746. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
VAN'DA TRI'COLOR. || Plant, lsinchii stove herb, perennial, from Java, in 
Leal 1 loot 1 
THREE-COLODRED VANDA. ;| Flower, 2} inch II 1846, flowers in Dec., yellow & purple. 
Vanda, see No. 2298. Introduced by the Messrs. Veitch and Sons of Exeter. 
Very handsome. Its lip purple, and its sepals of a rich yellow ground, with spots 
of dark blood colour. bot. mac- 4432 . 
