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into the short footstalk, altogether about 4|- inches long 

 broad. The branches of the inflorescence were bare 

 towards the base, so that the panicle was comparatively thin, and 

 they were trichotoraous at the ends, each branchlet bearing a 

 triplet of cordato-ovate acute pale rosy-coloured bracts, about 1^ 

 inch long, and not much exceeding the flowers. 



Cyperus altemifolius variegatus :— -from Messrs. Veitch & 

 Son, Exeter and Chelsea ; and also from Mr. W. Bull, 

 h'.R.H.S., Chelsea. This was a reedy plant of graceful habit, 

 about a foot and a half high, the slender rushy stems bearing at 

 their top a whorl of grassy leaves, both leaves and stems elegantly 

 striped with white. The amount of variegation was variable, 

 sometimes largely developed, and occasionally appearing to be almost 

 or quite lost, but all the plants had a well marked variegated 

 character which will render this an acquisition amongst the orna- 

 mental foliaged inmates of hothouses. Like the green-leaved form, 

 there can be no doubt this is an aquatic. It received a Fiasx- 

 Class Certificate. 



Calamus australis :— from Messrs. Veitch & Son. A pretty 

 looking, slender-stemmed, upright, dwarf habited Palm, the stems 

 of which were prickly, and the pinnated leaves also prickly along 

 tlie margins and principal ribs. It was awarded a First-Class 

 Certificate. 



Alocasia macrorhiza variegata : — from Messrs. Veitch & 

 Son. a bold-looking strong growing Arad, with the usual 

 cordato-sagittate leaves, which were here of large size, and irregu- 

 lariy marked with blotches or large segments of creamy white, 

 as well as mottled with grayish green on the green parts, the 

 leaves being marked in a very variable manner, and sometimes 

 with a large proportion of the surface white. The stout erect 

 stalks were also varigated. The plant exhibited was in a well- 

 marked condition of variegation, and was awarded a Fibst-Class 

 Certificate. 



Lepanthis Calodictyon :— from Messrs. Osborn & Son, 

 Fulham. A minute but lovely little orchid, producing a small 

 tuft of thread-like stems, about 2 inches high, each furnished 

 with several campanulate ciliated sheaths and terminated by a 

 small ovate leaf, beautifully veined with fich dark olive brown on 

 a pale green ground. The flowers, which are very minute, are 

 found to be extremely beautiful when seen under a magnifier. 

 This had been obtained from Guayaquil. It was awarded a 

 First-Class Certificate. 



