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2915. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACEjE. 
HYl NUM PR-tLLON GUM,|| Stern, 4 inch || 1, plant, one-third the natural size. 2, 
LONG TRAILING FEATHER-MOSS. || Seta, 1 inch || leaf; 3, capsule; 4, lid; magnified, 
Hypnum,see No. 2563. This delicate pinnate moss spreadson, but not covers, 
decaying woody plants, especially the exposed roots of trees, and bushes on shady 
hedge banks. Found in fructification from the beginning to the end of winter. 
2916. DECANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. MELIACE*. 
ML LI A SEM P ERY T II EN S, j| Tree, 40 feeMj Stove tree, sent from the West Indies, 
WEST -INDIAN BEAD-TREE. || Flower. % Inch I in 1656, flowers June to Aug , purple. 
Melia is the Greek name of the Manna Ash. Although we give forty feet as 
the height of this tree in its native country, it maybe kept as a small stove shrub, 
and has flowered in its second year from seed. bot. reg. 613 . 
2917. ICOSANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. ..^UYRTACEA. 
METROSIDE'ROStomento'sa | Plant, 6 feet I! Greenhouse shrub, New Zealand, in 
down-leaved metrosideros. || Ffow’.hd,4 luch II 1820? flowers in Sum., scarlet & yel, 
Metrosideros, see No. 2852 Is said first to appear in its native country on trees, 
as an epiphyte, its roots descending their trunks, reach the earth, obtain nourish- 
ment and strength, strangle their foster parent, and feed on it. bot. mag. 4488 . 
2918. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACEA. 
NECKE'RA PU MILA. || stem, I inch 111, plant, two-thirds natural size. 2, 
Small neckera. || Seta, V 4 inch |[ leaf ; 3, capsule ; 4, lid ; 5, hood; mag. 
Named in compliment to N. J. Necker, a German botanist. The stems of this 
moss spread in summer, and form patches on the trunks of trees in our southern 
counties, especially in the New Forest. It greatly resembles H. complanatum. 
2919. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. H YDROPHYLLACE.'E. 
NEMOPHTLA MAC U I, A 1A Plant, 9 jj Hardy annual, from California, in 
SPOTTED N EMOPHIL A . || Flower, 14 inch I 1848, flowers in Aug., white & violet. 
Nemophila, from nemos, a grove ; phileo, to love. An exceedingly handsome 
annual, should it retain its prominent violet blotch on each lobe of the corolla. 
It has the habit of insignis, and may be similarly treated, jour, hort.soc. 1848. 
2920. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACE/E. 
POLYPO'DIUM pustula'tum.II Height, 8 inch 11 Greeenhouse herb. evergreen., N. Zea- 
LeaMet, 1* inch , , . , „ . „ ’ 
pustuled polypody. || width, ^ inch || land, son browD, Spring & Summer. 
Polypodium, see No 1975. This fern will not bear the frosts of England, 
otherwise it may be successfully grown in a cold frame, which is quite congenial 
to it in summer. Plant in peat and loam, with good drainage, sp. of forster. 
2921. CRYPTOGAMIA, FILICES. POLYPODIACEA. 
P 1 E RIS GRANDIFO'LIA. II Height, 34 feet 11 stove herb, peren., the West Indies, 
Leaflet. S inch i . , , 
large leaved brake. || Width, i inch II in 1793, the son brown, in August. 
Pleris, see No. 1961. A noble plant, when it has attained full and luxuriant 
growth by good culture. It requires abundance of pot room, and should be 
planted in rough peat and loam, and have shade. sp. of linneus. 
2922. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA . MYOPORACE*. 
STENOCHI'LUS macula'tus. |l Plant, ^ [' e ‘ h | Greenhouse shrub, N. Holland, 1820. 
SPOTTED-FLOWERED STEN0CH1LUS II Khmer, Inch ll flowers April & May, scarlet, spotted. 
Named from stenos, narrow ; ciieilos, a lip. A pretty upright shrub of neat 
aspect, producing solitary nodding flowers, their exterior red, their interior pale 
yellow, spotted with purple. A lively greenhouse ornament. bot. reg.647. 
