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3051. PENTANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. RUTACEA. 
ALMEI'DEA RU BRA, II Plant, 4 feet II Stove sbrub, brought from Brazil, in 
Leaf, 4 inch . 
red-flowered ALMEIDA. II Flower, li inch I! 1849, flowers in AuL, deep rose-colour. 
Named in compliment to Don Rodriguez Pereira de Almeida. A handsome 
shrub, received at the Royal Kew Gardens from Makoy, nurseryman of Liege. 
Mr. Smith of Kew says it is important that it receive bottom heat. bot. mac. 4548 . 
3052. HEXANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. AMARYLL1DACEA. 
AMARA L'LIS AU'LICA. | P| :i IS inch 11 stove bulb, introduced from Brazil, 
COURTLY AMARYLLIS. II Flower, 7 inch II in 1810, flowers May to Aug., orange. 
Amaryllis, see No. 2142. It is believed, by many writers, that the Amaryllis 
was the Lily alluded to by our Saviour, in his mention of the glory of Solomon ; 
and few plants better deserve such distinction. bot. reo. 444 . 
3053. monadelphia, polyandria. bvttneriacea. 
A STRAPS' A A ISCOSA. I Tree, 30feet^ || stove tree, sent from Madagascar, 
VISCID ASTRATAA. I pTowcr. 1J inch I 1823, flowers in Spring, white & crim. 
Astraptea, see No. 2830. “This is really a noble plant or tree, thirty feet in 
height, as now seen in the great stove of the Royal Gardens of Kew.” A splen- 
did object, with snow. ball-like heads of flowers. bot. mac. 4544 . 
3054. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACF.A. 
BRY'UM ROSTRA'TUM. II Stem, 1 inch II 1 , plant, } the size of nature. 2, leaf; 
LONG-BEAKED THYME THREAD-MO. II Seta, 1 inch l| 3, capsule ; 4, lid ; 5, hood ; magnified. 
Bryum, see No. 2558. A moss of tolerably bold though low growth, that in- 
habits moist places in Wales and the North of England. The beak like shape of 
the operculum, where abundant in summer, produces a curious effect. 
3055. G YNANDRIA, MONANDRIA. ORCHIDACEA. 
C\ MBID'IUM SINEN'SE. j| Plant, Greenhouse herb, perennial, China, 
CHINESE CYBIBID1UM. || Flower, 3 inch 1 1793, flowers in Sep. & Oct., brown. 
Named from kymbe, a boat ; alluding to the form of the labellum. Thi9 plant, 
by English botanists, was first referred to Epidendrum, but subsequently removed 
to Cymbidium. Its flowers are more curious than showy. bot. mag. 888 . 
3056. SYNGENESIA, SECRECATA. COMPOSITA. 
ECHTNOPS STRIGO'SUS. |j Plant, 2 Oet^ I Hardy annual, brought from Spain, 
MEAGRE GLOBE-THISTLE. II Flower, 2J inch II in 1729, flowers in July & Sep., blue. 
Echinops, echinos, hedgehog; opsis, aspect; alluding to the appearance of 
the heads. This plant is rarely met with, and is chiefly remarkable for a species 
of tinder, made in Spain, from various parts of the plant. bot. mag. 2109 . 
3057. POLYANDRIA, MONOGYNIA. TERNSTRtEMIACEA. 
FREZ1E RA rHEOPDES. | Plant, 5 fee t |i Stove shrub, brought from Jamaica, 
tea-leaved FREZIERA. | pfower, l Inch !l in 1818, flowers in Sep., cream-colour. 
Named after A. F. Frezier, a traveller in Peru and Chile. A Jamaica shrub, 
remarkable for its very near resemblance, both in leaves and flowers, and also in 
its qualities, to the much-valued Tea of China, bot. mag. 4646 
3058. CRYPTOGAMIA, MUSCI. BRYACEA. 
HYP'NUM UNCINA'TUM. I Stem, 3 inch j| 1, plant, one-half the size of nature. 
PROCUMBENTHOOKEDFEATHEn-Bi.lt Seta, 1ft inch |, 2, leaf; 3, capsule ; 4, lid ; magnified. 
Hypnum, see No. 2930. This has elegant feathery branches, the leaves all 
turned one way, and resembling Lilliputian ostrich feathers ; the capsules large, 
and prominently fringed. Inhabits moist banks and rocks in subalpine districts. 
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