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2875. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POL YPODIACEA. 
ASPID IUM acuostichoi DES. II Height, l f°ot^ f Hardy herbaceous perennial, North 
acrostichum-like shield-fern. L u'nith',' iuch ll America, sori browD, in the Autumn. 
Aspidium, see No. 1932. Any addition to our hardy ferns will, doubtless, be 
very acceptable to many of our readers. This is a handsome one, that will grow 
in any shady place, planted in a porous material. sp. of willdenow. 
2876. GYNANDRIA, HEXANDRIA. ARISTOLOCHIACE4L 
A RIS rOLO C H I A LABIOSA Plant, 20 feet ij stove twiner, Brazil, 1821, flowers in 
marcgrave’s birthwort. ll \ loner. 9 "idi July & Aug., yel. spotted with purple. 
Aristolochia, see No. 2177. It exceeds the ken of short-sighted humanity to 
discover the utility in creation of these extraordinary plants. Between their lurid 
colour and their offensive odour a connection would seem to exist, bot. reg. 689. 
2877. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LEGUMINOS/E. 
BRACHT SE MA apiiylYum. i Plant, 3 feet | Greenhouse shrub, nativeof the Swan 
leafless brachysema. II i ' r , ljTnch II Kiver Colony, flowers in Winter, red. 
Brachysema, from brachys, short; sema, a standard ; the standard of the 
flower being very short. A leafless shrub, not yet introduced, which has been 
figured in the Bot. Mag. from a drawing made at Swan River. bot. mac. 4481. 
2878. DIDYN AMI A, ANGIOSPERMIA. VERBEN ACE*. 
CLERODEN'DRON betiiunka'-|| Plant, 10 feet ji Stove shrub, brought from Borneo, in 
SUM CAPT. BETHUNE S CLEROD || Mower, 3 inch ll 1845 ? flowers in Sept , rich crimson. 
Clerodendron, see No. 2254. A splendid plant, flowered by Messrs. Lucombe, 
Pince, and Co , nurserymen, of Exeter. In its native country ten feet high, but 
is forced into flower whilst small by confinement of its roots in a pot. bot.mag.4485. 
2879. cryptogamia, musci. bryace*. 
DI'CRANUM VA'RIUM. || Stem, 14 inch Ij 1, plant, drawn the size of nuture. 2, 
variable fork-moss. || Seta, U inch II leal'; 3, capsule ; 4, lid ; 5, hood; mag. 
Dicranum, see No. 2575. This is a winter moss, frequent in moist sandy pas- 
tures and bare places. Unlike most mosses, it does not grow close together, but 
each individual stem claims a certain space as its own pasturage. 
2880. SYNCENESIA, SUPERFLUA. COMPOSIT/I. 
ESPELE'TI A ARG EN' I EA. | Plant, ft feet Greenhouse herb. peren., New Gra- 
8ILVERY ESPELETIA. || now’er, li imh || nada, 1845, flowers in Summer, yel. 
Espeletia argentea, although the inhabitant of a tropical country, ascends so far 
up the mountains — even to the verge of perpetual snow, that it may be expected 
to be hardy in a dry situation. bot. mac. 4480. 
2881. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARYLLIDACE/E. 
GASTRONE MA sangui'neuM. |J Plant, 7 inch i Greenhouse bulb, sent from Caflraria, 
I Leaf, 6 inch 1 . , „ _. 
BLOOD-RED castronem A . || Mower, 3 inch I m 184o, flowers in June, crimson. 
Named from caster, a belly ; sema, a filament ; from, we presume, the belly- 
ing or bending of its filaments. This is a very handsome Amaryllis-like plant. 
Imported, we believe, by the Messrs. Backhouse, of York. jour, iiort.soc. 1848. 
2882. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACE.S. 
IIYP’NUM CONFER'TUM. II stem, 1 inch II 1 , plant, drawn & the natural size. 2, 
CLUSTERED FEATHER MOSS. || Seta, 1 inch | l ea f ; 3, capsule; 4, lid; magnified. 
Hypnum, see No. 2563. This moss most usually takes its station on the trunks 
of trees, but sometimes condescends to lodge on hedge banks. Its creeping stems 
and slightly ascending branches form a dense mass in winter. 
301. FLORAL REGISTER. 
