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Fig. 18. 



S. chinensis, GentiL Plant ^ nat. size. A, section of petiole; 

 of blade of leaf; C, flower. From part of the type plant 

 at Kew. Fias. A-C nat. size. 



B, eection 

 cultivate 



43. S. 



conspicua, N.E. Brorvn in Kew Bull. 1913, p. 306 



(Fig. 19). Stemless, with a creeping reddish or purplish-red 

 rootstock 23*^'" • 



2 



5 



4 



in. thick. Leaves 3-5 to a growth, ascending- 



with a hardened point 



m. long at the apex, narrowed from 



spreading, smooth, ^2\ ft. long, 2-3| (mostly 3) in. broad, tir ^"' 



thick at tlie middle, lanceolate or elongated lanceolate, acute, 



_i 1 ^ - - 



12 8 . _ 



below the middle to the base, where the leaves embrace one 

 another, not forming a distinct petiole, often slightly twisted, 

 more or les« "wavy along the sides, witl^ hardened brownish-red 

 margins ^ lin. broad, narrowly edged With white; dull green 

 on both sides, but somewhat darker above, with numerous inter- 



