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THE GARDENERS' MONTHLY 



[June, 



"A very distinct and handsome foliage plant dis- 

 covered by our collector, Mr. Curtis, in North 



6 inches long and i '/^ to 2 inches broad, with 

 prominent midribs and numerous oblique symmet- 



Borneo. The leaves are compound, each leaf con- ! rical veins branching from them. When first ex- 

 sisting of 4 to 6 elliptic-oblong, sharply pointed, ! panded the leaflets are bright crimson tinged with 

 opposite leaflets and a terminal one; they are fully a rich shade of brown and marked with a pale rose 



