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inches higli, and lias leaves two inches long ; of a light green, 

 with blotches of white down the centre. A free grower. 



A. Pieinwardtii. — A very pretty variety in the way of A. 

 setaceus ; the leaves are of a rich deep velvety bronze, beauti- 

 fully and distinctly intersected with bright golden lines. 



A Roxburghii, — A pretty and distinct kind, which grows 

 three inches high, and has leaves two and a half inches long, 

 and an inch and a half broad, with a dark velvety green 

 appearance, the whole surface striated with well-defined lines 

 of silver. Several kinds are grown for this species, but the 

 true one is very rare. 



A. Paickeri. — A pretty species from Borneo. Mr. Low, the 

 importer of it, describes it as having leaves broadly ovate ; 

 ground colour bronzy gi'een, with six rows of distinct spots 

 running down the entire length of the leaves. It looks 

 distinct from most others. 



A. setaceus. — One of the handsomest of the genus, and one of 

 the oldest in cultivation. It grows four inches high, and has 

 leaves two inches long, and an inch and a half broad ; surface 

 a beautiful velvety green, veined in regular lines, and covered 

 with a network of gold. There are several varieties of this 

 charming plant, all of which are free growers. 



A. setaceus cordatus. — A remarkably handsome variety ; 

 grows three inches high, and has leaves two inches long, and 

 an inch and a half broad ; resembles the former, but is 

 rounder in the leaf, and the gold markings are broader. A 

 rare variety. 



A. sectaceusgranclifoUus. — Abeautiful kind, growing two and 

 a half inches high, and having leaves two inches long, and an 

 inch and a half broad ; foHage light green, beautifully laced 

 and banded with a network of gold. A rare variety. 



A. sectaceus inornatus. — A very distinct form of this handsome 

 plant ; the leaves are destitute of the golden reticulation, but 



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