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cipal yeius conspicuously mailied out by red lines above and 

 below. It was awarded a Silver Banksian Medal, 



■ Pteris nemoralis variegata :— from Mr, Cole, Withington, 



near Manchester. A new hot-house fern, interesting on account of 

 its being a supposed sport from P. tricolor, from which it differs in 

 being larger in all its parts. The fronds were pedately bipinnate, 

 the pinnse being marked down the centre with a broad baud of 

 greyish white, on which -the ribs show a faint tinge of red. It 

 came amongst plants of P. tricGlor raised from the spores ; and 

 hi appearance is intermediate between that plant and P, argyrma, 

 differing, however, from the latter in its smaller size, and in itq 

 red stipes- Jt seems also to be closely related ta P. rubricauUs, 

 a red-stemmed fern sometimes referred along with both the pre- 

 ceding to P, quadriaunta^ but is quite distinct from all the 

 foregoing as a garden plant. The fronds are olive-coloured when 

 young, with the grey part pinkish. A Bronze Medal was given 

 to it, 



Serissa foetida margpinata : — from Mr. Bull. A dwarf bushy 



shrub, of very neat habit, furnished with small opposite ovate 

 oblong leaves, which had a distinct but narrow edge of creamy- 

 white, the base of the midrib being also of the same colour. It 

 was a t'emarkably neat-looking dwarf bush, and was awarded a 

 BRO^^zE Mebal. 



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There were many other plants shown in this class, namely : 



From Mr. Bull ; — . _ _ _ 



Yucca 8tokesiij like a variegated ahifolia, with the centre of the leaves 



yellow and the margin white ; and Y, alha spiea^ with narrow linear 



leaves having white thready edges, 

 t Af/ave americaiia medio-picta and A, ccerulescens, the latter a narrow 



white-edged glaucous-leaved plant, resembling 4. saponaria. 

 Draccmici GJueslyi'eghtiij an elegant narrow erect-leaved species, from 



Mexico; and D, ferrea varieyata. 

 Begonia impeHalis, smaragdina, and hngipila^ 

 Calamiis micranthus, from Java? Astrocar^uM mexlcanum, Geonoma 



Pokliana, and G. Ghiesbreghtii, from Mexico; and some other Palms. 

 Caladium Schmitziij and C, KocJdi, both neat small dwarf sorts, the 



latter dark green with a white rib, the former with oval leaves, 



having a reddish centre and red main veinsu 

 Sckimiatoglottls vm^egata, a dwarf Arad from Borneo, 

 Gymnogramme puIchtUa, with sulphurescent fronds, under the name of 



plumosa. * - , ^ - 



Cyperus altemifoUus vaHegaius, 



Cyanophyllum speciosum, a rather desirable Jfexican species, of freely- 

 branched habit, with bold three-ribbed green serrated g-cumjnately- 



' . ovate leaves. 



Aspleniun^ racMrJiizon, and two Ferns from the Philippine Islands, 





