876 EErORTS OF THE FLOEAL COMMITTEE, 



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under the erroneous names of Alsophila dentlculata and ekgans, 



which belong to Brazilian species, 

 Lomatia elcganthBima^ from New Zealand, an elegant plant, with finely- 

 dissected leaves, ovate-triangular in outline, tripinnate^ with small 

 linear acute sometimes trifid segments. 



An Araucaria from Moretou Bay, with the foliage glaucous. 



IlhyncliQsia albo-nitens, 

 Ch^eopanax dactylifolmm, 



Anthurtum acaule. 



Euonymns japonicuSy foL argent eo-macidalh. 



From Messrs. Jackson & Son : — 



Costus villosuSy a stove herb^ with soft hairy leaves of a light green, 

 having darker markings ranged in lines. 



From Messrs. Low & Co. \~— 



Ancectochilm Nevilleana, a dwarf orchid, with rich coppery ovate or 



oblong-ovate leaves, marked with about two rows of oblong palUd 



' blotches. 



Nephelaphyllum cordifoliiim, the same as N, pulcTiritriij a dwarf Orchid, 



with variegated coppery- tinged leaves of greyish green, shaded and 



blotched with dark ohve-green. 



From Mr. WiLLLiJis : — 



Phalcenopsis Schillmaiia, 



C]/perus alternifolius variegatiis,^ 



PUris serruJata angusta, a very pretty dwarf form of thicj species, with 



the divisions of the fronds much finer and narrower than usual ; 



desirable for fern cases. 

 Polystichum ordiiiatwn, a bold bipinnate South American species, with 



oblique trapeziform biserrated pinnules, the fronds forming a very 



elegant plume-like tuft, on an erect caudes. 

 AlsopJdla sp., with wavy-margined pinnules. 



From Messrs. Veitch & Son : 



Microlepia strigosa, a rather pretty, free-growing, soft herbaceous fern, 



from Japan, having a creeping rhizome, hairy stipes, and bi-tri- 



pinnate fronds, 

 Adiantiim sulphureum, A. scahru7)ij and A. chilense^ three fine hardy 



greenhouse Ferns, from Chili, the first clothed beneath with yellow 



powder, the second sprinkled with white powder on both surfaces, 



and the third glaucous. 

 Sckismatogloitis variegata, from Borneo, a dwarf Araeeous plant, with 



oblong acuminate leaves, about 6 inches long, marked with a broad 



central stripe of greyish white ; the small greenish spathe brown 



inside, and hidden among the leaf stalks. 

 Cheilanlhes mysicremls, from Japan, a neat dwarf Fern, with lanceolate 



bipinnate, almost sessile, fronds, 

 Cyanopliyllum magnijicum t, triangiitare, an accidental three-leaved 



growth of C magnificum, which has so far retained the pecixliarity. 

 Acrophorxis aMnis, a large -fronded, decompound Bomean Fern, having 



thick creeping rhizomes, and smooth, grayish green quadripinnate 



fronds, with oblong toothed ultimate pinnules. 



Class xxiv. — New or PiAKe Hardy Oenamenta-l Plants. 



Thujopsis Isetevirens :— from Messrs. Veitch & Son. A 

 beautiful new hardy Conifer, witli flattened branches, hke those of 



