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small, and produced upon short upright spikes, are yellow, 

 changing to orange. Native of Ceylon. 



Physurus. 



This is a lovely class of plants, resembling Ancectochilus in 

 their beautiful foliage, and requii'ing the same treatment ; they 

 grow about the same height, with a creeping stem, and are 

 propagated in the same way. Many of them will do well 

 grown without glasses, provided they are in a warm shady 

 house — in fact, sun will soon destroy them : they require 

 more moisture when grown without glasses, 



P. argenteus. — A handsome distinct free-growing species, 

 with leaves two and a half inches lang, one and a half broad, 

 and having stems four inches in height ; ground colour light 

 gi'een, with well-defined silvery markings. This does not 

 require so much care as some others. I have seen it gi'ow 

 in a warm house without a bell-glass, with a good supply 

 of water at the roots, in a shady place. Native of Brazil. 



P. argenteus pictus. — A beautiful and distinct sort, gi*owing 

 five inches high, and having leaves three inches long, and one 

 and a half broad ; each leaf is edged -ssdth dark green, and 

 has a handsome silver-frosted band down the centre. A very 

 free-gi'owing plant, and one which may be cultivated without 

 a glass. 



P. fimhrUlaris. — This very pretty species has ovate leaves, 

 beautifully streaked with silver, on a dark green ground. It is 

 one of the prettiest of this family ; and was introduced from 

 the forests about Rio Janeiro, in Brazil. 



P. maculatus. — This very pretty plant grows about six 

 inches high, leaves two and a half inches long, dark green, 

 with two rows of white oblong spots lying parallel with the 

 mid-rib. Native of Ecuador. 



P. nobilis. — A large and very beautifully marked species, 



