38 THE FLORIST AND POMOLOOIST. [ Febrdaby, 



named in compliment to M. Makoy by Professor Morron, who has publislied a 

 coloured figure in the Belgique Horticole. It has elliptic or ovate leaves, which are 

 described as being from one to three feet high, including the slender cylindrical 

 petioles, which are strumose at the apex. The leaf-blade is coloured in a very 

 peculiar way ; the ground-colour, except towards the margins, where it is dark 

 green, being of a very pale straw-yellow, and when closely examined is seen to be 

 transversely striate between the principal veins ; these transverse markings are, in 

 fact, the slender green veins, while the tissue between them is colourless, and 

 hence arises the peculiar striated appearance, which is very well shown in Mr. 

 Fitch's accompanying figure, and more distinctly on the enlarged fragment on the 

 lower part of our plate. On this pallid ground, a series of oblong, often stipitate 

 dark-green blotches, and of which a larger and a smaller one generally alternate 

 with each other, are displayed. These markings, as in the case of those which 

 occur in M. ornata (Moore), have the appearance as if a frond of some dark-green 

 pinnate fern had been impressed upon the pallid surface. The dark green of the 

 upper surface is replaced beneath by a reddish-purple colour, the intervening por- 

 tions being pallid, and, in fact, semi-transparent, traversed by the parallel slender 

 coloured veins already alluded to. The surface of the leaf is smooth and shining, 

 and the two sides of the lamina are unequal. The flowers do not appear to be 

 known, so that it is uncertain to which of the two intimately allied genera, Calatliea 

 or Maranta, the plant really belongs ; we use the name Maranta, as being the most 

 familiar in gardens for the extremely interesting group of which the present 

 subject is a novel representative. 



Amongst our ornamental-leaved stove plants this must be admitted to be a 

 most welcome addition. It is as easily grown as the rest of the family, and 

 judging from its habitat, it will probably not require an excessively high stove 

 temperature. — T. Mooee. 



GARRYA ELLIPTICA. 



; HE Gaerya, named after Mr. Garry, of the Hudson's Bay Company, the 

 friend of the botanist Douglas, is perhaps as distinct and useful an evergreen 

 shrub as any that have been introduced into this country ; but, nevertheless, 

 it is not so well known by the general garden-loving public as it should be. 

 It may be said that there is a want of brightness in its inflorescence, and that 

 this is a drawback ; but so very distinctive are its characteristic features, that 

 this objection cannot well be supported. We were wont a few years ago to treat 

 the CaliforniaH Garnja elliptica as a semi-hardy evergreen only, and so planted 

 it against sheltered sunny walls. In such a position it is no doubt an exceedingly 

 handsome shrub, when the peculiar elongated catkins of the male plant have 

 reached their full development — oft-times 8 in. or 9 in. long, and the numerous 

 fringe-like whorls of tiny flowers ornament their length from the tip to the very 

 base. In this condition the general aspect of the plant is distinct from that of any 

 other member of the vegetable kingdom. Experience, however, proves that we 



