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2883. HFXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. HYPOXIDACE £. 
HY POX'IS STELLIP I LIS. !| l foot | Greenhouse herb . peren..CapeofGood 
STARRY. PURRED HYPOKIS. || Flower, 1} inch II Hope, 1821, flowers in July, yellow. 
Hypoxis, from hypo, beneath ; oxys, sharp ; alluding to the sharp base of the 
capsule. A plant of no great beauty ; its flowers being few, and its foliage com- 
paratively loo heavy, ihe one thereby overpowering the other. bot. reg. 66>. 
2584. TETRANDRIA, MONOG YN I A . CINCIIONACE.E. 
IXO RA LAXIFLO'RA. II fllant. 4 feet | Stove shrub, from Sic r a Leone, 1845, 
LAX-I lowered 1X0RA. | Flower, IJi.uh I flowers iu the Spring, » bite and pink. 
Ixora,see No. 2099. This shrub was introduced to England by Mr Whitfield, 
and flowered with Messrs. Luoombe, Fince, aud Co., Exeter. Its flowers are 
Iragrant, and produced by very young plants in a moist stove. bot. mag. 4482. 
2585. CP.YPTOGAMIA, FIL1CES. POT.YPODIACE*. 
I, 1 OTH OC H L Ail N A i.anugjno sa. II lleipht, 3 in»h II Greenhouse herb, perennial, Madeira, 
„ I.enHtt, W loch U . fit 
WOOLLY NOTUOCHLA.NA. || Width, % inch K in 1778, son brown, iu the Autumn. 
Named from nothos, spurious ; chlaina, cloak ; from the appearance of its 
invo’ucrum. A beautiful little fern, when its fronds are well developed. It 
flourshes in a. mixture of peat and broken potsherds, with a little loam and sand. 
2SS0. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA.. 
ONCfDTUM rEN'UE. 11 Plant, Cimhl Stove herbaceous peren , Guatemala, 
1 H : N-ECt.BED ONC1DIUM. || H„„ e r, % inib I! in 1811, flowers in Sep. yel & brown, 
Oncidiuni, see No. 2035. This rathersingular, hut not very showy, Oncidium, 
was sent by Mr. Ilartweg to the London Hoi ticultural Society. In the size as 
w e! i as colour of iis flowers it much resembles Suttoni. jour. hoiit.soc ms. 
2887. PENTANDPIA, D1CYNIA. ASCI.EriADACE*. 
OR'BEA ]\ () RM A' I .IS. jj Plain. Winch ii stove evergreen, C. of Good Hope, in 
REGULARLY-SPOTTED OP.BEA. (l |.f 0 Ver, 3 °n,'h II 1821, flo. July & Aug., yellow, spotted. 
Orbea from orris, an orb. In this plant (formerly a Stapelia) although otber- 
wise to! ally differing in all its parts, we have the same lurid hue, and the same 
offensive stench, as just noticed in Aristolochia. bot. reg. 755 . 
2S8S. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACE/F. 
PHAS'CUM CUSPIDA' I UM | Stem, inch 1, plant, drawn J the natural size. 2, 
sn arp-leavf.d earth-moss. |i Sna, short |! leaf; 3, capsule ; 4, hood; magnified. 
Phascum,see No 2355. This is a remaikably variable species of moss, vary- 
ing from the eight h to half an inch high, but retaining its characteristic cuspidate 
or bristly pointed foliage. Common in March, in moist sandy places. 
2R89. CYNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
REST RF/ PI A \ II I A I A. II PUnt, 6 inch II stove herb, perennial, from Columbia, 
Lent. 3J inch I . . „ _ . ’ ... 
lion n-pf.t A lle D restrepia. II Flower, inch II m 1848,flowers in June, white Sc rose. 
Restrepia vitata, a genus established by the Prussian botanist Kunth, the first- 
discovered species of which was sent to the London Horticultural Society by M. 
Linden. Nearly allied to Pleurothallus jour, hort.soc. 1848. 
2800. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AP0CYNACEA.. 
TAB F.RN AiMONTA'N A LONCI- II Plant, 1 f**et Slove shrub. from Sierra I.eone, 1815, 
fio'iia long-flower fd TABER. || Flower, 3 inch 1 flowers in Summer, cream-coloured. 
Tabernaemontana, see No. 2856. A remarkably handsome upright shrub, with 
large closely-placed elliptical leaves ; and flowers with a twisted tube, four inches 
long, diflusing a powerful dove-like fragrance. bot. mao. 4484. 
