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2787. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHID ACE A. 
DENDRO'BIUMcambridgea'-i| Plant, J5inch || Stove epiphyte, from India, in 1837, 
NUM. duke OF Cambridge’s DEN.|j r'ow’er, 2J inch 1! flowers in April, gold-colour and red. 
Dendrobium, see No. 2000. A handsome plant, with thick pendulous stems, 
golden-coloured flowers, and a blood-coloured blotch on the lip. Introduced to 
Chatsworth, by Mr. Gibson, collector to the establishment. bot. mag. 4450 . 
2788. POLYANDRIA, POLYGYNIA. ANONACEA. 
GUATTE'RIA RU'FA. |J Plant, S feeMl Stove shrub, sent from China, in 1822, 
RUFOUS GUATTERIA. II pfower, 1J inch ll flowers in July & Aug., pur. & brown. 
Named after J. B. Guatteri, professor of botany at Parma. This Chinese shrub 
was imported to this country by the London Hort. Soc. One of the species of 
Guatteria, produces our well-known lance-wood of commerce. bot. reo. 836. 
2789. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BR Y ACE A. 
HYP'NUM ADUN'CUM. || Stem, 3 inch || 1, plant, § the size of nature. 2, leaf; 
CLAW-LEAVED FEATHER-MOSS. |i Seta, 2 inch ]| 3, capsule; 4, lid; 5, hood; mag. 
Hypnum, see No. 2563. A remarkable character of this moss is the recurved 
form of its leaves ; its branches too, excepting their points, are usually of a dull 
dark tawny hue, and fruits, in summer, but rarely. It grows in bogs. 
2790. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. PHILESIACEA. 
LAPAGE'RIA RO’tsEA. |l Plant, 6 feet p Greenhouse climber, Chili, 1847, not 
ROSE-COLOURED LAPAGERIA . || Flower, 3i inch li flowered in England, rose-crimson. 
Named in compliment to Josephine Lapagerie, wife of Napoleon Bonaparte. 
Living plants of this handsome variety have been imported, but they have not yet 
flowered. Drawings were made from dried specimens. bot. mag. 44«t. 
2791. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. APOCYNACEA. 
M ELODl'NUS MONOG Y NUS. |1 Plant, ^ ^ ec *h ]' ®^ ove climbing shrub, from the East 
MONOGYNOUS MELODINUS. || flower, 2 inch 1 Indies, in 1820, flowers in July, white. 
Named from melon, an apple ; and dineo, to turn round ; the fruit being like 
an apple, and the stems twining. This is a bold stove climber, and its fine white, 
or rather cream-coloured, flowers are very ornamental. bot. reg. 834. 
2792. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
ODONTOGLOS'SUM ros’sii. || Plant, fi inch It Stove herb, peren., Mexico, in 1839, 
Ross’s ODONTOGLOSSUM. || Flower, 3 iiich II flws. in Spring, white, green, brown. 
Odontoglossum, see No. 2034. Under No. 917 we published the original 
variety of Rossii, from which this differs in having larger flowers, white petals, 
more acuminate sepals, and undivided, not emarginate, lip. flo. cab. 129 . 
2793. GYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
SOBRA'LIA M A U R A N'T H A PI 8 nt . 4 feet^ | Stove herbaceous peren., Guatemala, 
large-flowered sobralia. || Flower, 7 iuch II in 1841, flowers in Sum., purple-rose. 
Sobralia, named after Don F. M. Sobral, More and more splendid are the 
plants introduced, year after year, which belong to this order. This has reed-like 
stems, sometimes ten feet high, and its flowers nine inches across, bot. mag. 4446. 
2794. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACEA. 
TOR'TULA FAL'LAX. | Stem, & inch li 1, plant, J the natural size. 2, leaf; 
fallacious screw-moss. || Seta, i inch |j 3 , capsule; 4, lid: 5, hood: mag. 
Tortula, see No. 2522, This moss is sometimes smaller than ours, and at 
others twice as large ; and is found in very different situations, as on walls and in 
open meadows, in fructification in July. Its crimson peristome decays early. 
