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2947. DIDYNAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. GESNERACE/E. 
GESNE RA SEEMAN NI. II Pin nt , 2 feet 11 Stove herbaceous perennial, Panama, 
, Leaf, 2 lech 1 
MR. SEEMANN s GESNERA. || iiower, 1 mch II in 1848, flowers in Oct., orange-red. 
Gesnera, see No. 1986. “A very handsome copious-flowering and bright- 
coloured species of Gesnera, quite new, but approaching nearest to longifolia.” 
Discovered by Mr. Seemann, and sent to the Kew gardens. bot. mag. 4504. 
2948. CRYPTOGAMIA, MVSCI. BRY ACEJt. 
HYP NUM FLU'ITANS. II stem, 1 foot II 1, plant, 4 the natural size. 2, leaf; 
FLOATING FEATHER-MOSS. || Seta, 3 inch || 3 ( capsule; 4, lid; 5, hood; magnified. 
Hypnum, see No. 2789. This Hypnum is found in pools and rivulets, most 
frequently in alpine districts ; but rarely met with in fructification, excepting in 
places only occasionally inundated. Its capsules are produced in the autumn. 
2949. CRYPTOGAMIA, M USCI. BRYACE*. 
HY P'NUM RUSCIFO'LIUMjl Stem, l foot II 1, plant, drawn 14 the natural size. 
LONG-BEAKED feather-moss. 1 Seta, % inch |2,leaf; 3, capsule; 4, lid; magnified. 
This moss varies from a foot to a few inches, according to circumstances. It 
attaches itself to wood or stone, in still or running water; its stems floating, and 
generally much the longest in streams. Fructification in autumn. 
2950. monadelphia, pentandria. passifloracea:. 
PASSIFLO'RA PIC l URA'TA II Plant, 15 feet || Stove twiner, from South America, in 
PAINTED PASSION-FLOWER. || Flower, 3 inch || 1820, flowers in Sept., pink & purple. 
Passiflora, see No. 2681. The specific name, picturata,is well applied to this 
plant, being suitable alike to its beautiful flowers and its leaves, for both may be 
said to be painted, its foliage being purple beneath. bot. reg. 673. 
2951. decandria, digynia. hamamelidace*. 
RHODOLEI'A CHAMPIO NI || Plant, 12 feet || Greenhouse shrub, sent from China, 
, Leaf, 2A inch . . ' 
captain champion s rhodolei a, flower, 2 inch H in 1849, flowers m Feb., rose-colour. 
Rhodoleia, formed of Roses. Here is another plant published from imperfect 
materials, before the plant has been grown in this country. It will, doubtless, be 
valuable, having much of the aspect and habit of a Camellia. bot. mag. 4409. 
2952. syngenesia, superflua. composite. 
SWAM M ERDAM , 1 Aantenn a / ri a || Plant, 3 feet || Hardv evergreen shrub, Van Diemen s 
Leal, 1 inch v ° 
ANTENNA-AWNED SWAMMERDA. || Flower, Vt inch II Land, 1847, flos. Jan. to Mar., White. 
Named after Swammerdam, the celebrated naturalist. This shrub is growing 
in the London Hort. Soc. gardens. An abundant flowerer, in small lateral clus- 
ters, hut more to he admired for its foliage than its flowers, jour. hort. soc. 1849. 
2953. TRI-HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LILIACE®. 
THYSANO'TUS isanthe'rus. II Plant, 8 incli ll Greeenhouseherb. pereu. N. Holland, 
EVEN-ANTHERED THYSANOTUS. || Flower, 1 j inch II 1822, flowers in Aug. Sc Sep., purple. 
Named from the Greek thusanotus, fringed ; alluding to the edge of the 
petals. This name admirably distinguishes the present species, so prominently 
fringed are its petals. Pretty and unobtrusive for the greenhouse, bot. reg. ess. 
2954. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. LOB ELI ACE £. 
TU'PA CRASSICAU'LIS. II PNnt, 3 feet II Greenhouse suflruticose, introduced 
thick-stemmed tupa. II Flower, 2 inch II inl848, flowers Sum. & Aut. yel. &red. 
Tupa, the Indian name of the Lobelia tupa. This plant was sent to England 
by M. Makoy, nurseryman of Liege, as Syphocampylos canus. Complaint is 
deservedly made of the naming of plants in continental nurseries, bot. mag. 4&os. 
