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2755. CRYPTOGAMS, MUSCI. BRYACE®. 
HYP NUM FILl'CINUM. II Stem, 3 inch 0 1, plant, one-third the natural size. 
LESSER GOLDEN FERN FEATIIER-M. || Seta, 1J inch || 2, leaf; 3,capsule; 4, lid ; magnified. 
Hypnum, see No. 2563. This species, although differing in general appear- 
ance from that called fallax filicinum, seems to be but a variety of it. The stems, 
and sometimes the leaves, are of a brown or yellowish hue. Found in May. 
2756. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACE®. 
MAXILLA'RIA leptocep / ala.|| Scape, inch || Stove epiphyte, from New Grenada, 
NARROW-SEPALED MAXILLARIA. I FfcVer, 4 mch II 1846, flowersin July, yellowish-white. 
Maxillaria, see No. 2193. Although both the sepals and petals of this Max- 
illaria are narrow and almost white, their length, combined with an ornamental 
lip, constitute a handsome flower, in the Royal Kew collection, bot. mag. 4434 . 
2757. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNtA. RUTACE®. 
PACHYSTIG'MA PTELEOl’DES.H Tree, 9 feet stove tree, brought from Jamaica, in 
ptlea-lea VED pachystigma. || Flower, i Inch II 1844, flowers in Feb., cream-colour. 
Pachystigma, from pachys, thick ; the stigma being thick and lobed. Seeds 
of this plant were received at the Royal Kew Gardens from Mr. Purdie, in 1844, 
from which plants have been raised, and flowered in 1849. bot. mag. 44s«. 
2758. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYN1A. AMARYLLIDACE®. • 
PH YCEL'LA IG'NEA. | Plant, 2 feet jj Stove bulb, brought from Chili, 1824, 
FIERY phycella. II Flower, 2J Inch II flowers in Nov., flame-colour & green. 
Named from phykos, red alkanet ; alluding to the colour of the flowers. This 
plant, which was originally called Amaryllis ignea, is showy and of easy culture; 
but must be kept dry whilst at rest, to encourage its flowering. bot. reg. 809 . 
2759. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACE®. 
POLY'TRICHUM joniperi'num.| Stem, 1J inch 1 , plant, J the natural size. 2, leaf ; 
JUNIPER-LEAVED HAIR-MOSS. II Seta, IJ inch | 3 , capsule; 4, lid; 5, hood; mag. 
Polytrichum, see No 2520. On sandy dry pastures, heaths, and banks, in 
April, this pretty moss may be found in most parts of Britain, forming Lilliputian 
forests of tropical aspect. Its leaves are not hair-pointed, as those of piliferum. 
2760. SYNGENESIA, NECESSARIA. COMPOSIT®. 
STIFF'TIA CHR\ SAN'l HA. II Plant, 8 leet I, stove shrub, introduced from Brazil, 
Leal. 4 uuh 
golden-flowered stifftia . || Flower, 2 inch || before 1840, flowers in Feb., orange. 
This plant was cultivated at Kew eight or nine years before it flowered, and 
was not recognized as Stifftia chrysantha. Its orange-coloured circinate flowers, 
enveloped in a jungle of pappus, are exceedingly handsome. bot. mag- 4438 . 
2761. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACE®. 
TOR'TULA CONYOLU'IA. | Stem, inch j 1 , plant, drawn half the natural size. 
CONVOLUTE screw-moss. || Seta, l inch j| 2. leaf j 3, cap s ul e ; 4, lid; magnified. 
Tortula, see No. 2522. This little spring-fruiting moss may be met with com- 
monly on the tops of walls, the sides of calcareous rocks, and on sandy dry banks. 
Its yellow setae are sometimes very short. 
2762. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AM A R YLLIDACE® . 
ZEPH YRAN'THES RO SEA. || Plant, 6 inch I Greenhouse bulb, Havannah, in 1823, 
rose-coloured zeph yranthes. || n,| 1 ,|’ L . I - t 13 Inth I flowersin May and June, rose-colour. 
Zephyranthes, a fanciful and unexplained name adopted by the late Mr. Herbert. 
A pretty greenhouse plant, which, it is probable, may be conveniently cultivated 
in a well-protected cold frame ; taking precaution against moisture, bot. reo, 821 . 
