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the genus a particular interest to the student of] London, who says it is an elegant and small-grow- 

 natiiral history, in addition to the singular beauty i ing plant, imported from Brazil. The leaves are 

 of the leaf blades themselves. At the grand ex- | green witii a bright glossy surface, marked on 



Maranta nitens. 



hibition of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society j each side of the midrib with a series of oblong 

 in September, the Marantas were the most ad- j acute bars, alternating with numerous lines of a 

 mired of all the new plants. The illustration is of i dark green on the palish bright green ground. The 

 M. nitens, a new one introduced by Mr. Bull, of plant is distinct and of a pleasing character. 



