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of Chili ; Rhyncliostylis rchisa guttata, Pichb., fil. {Saccolallum 

 guttat'um, Linn.), — coming from the East Indies, bearing 

 fine racemes of flowers ; Si^atliyphyllnm hyhridum, Hort., — a 

 pretty Aroid with a large pure white spathe, being a cross 

 between S. cannafoliiwi and ;S'. Fatiiii ; Ardotis Lcichtliniana , 

 Lynch, — a native of South Africa, belonging to the order 

 (\)mposita', with large highly-coloured ray florets ; Ariatca 

 capitata, Ker.-Gawl., — an iridaceous ])lant with pretty 

 blue flowers, native of Cape of Good Hope ; Desfontainea 

 spinosa, Euiz. and Pav., — a shrub resembling the holly, 

 native of Peru, bearing solitary terminal scarlet and yellow 

 flowers — a member of the order Loganiaceic ; Actinotus 

 Hdiantliii, Labill,, — a curious umbelliferous plant, re- 

 sembling somewhat a composite in the form of its 

 inflorescence, a native of Australia ; Crossandra undidcefolia, 

 Salisb., — sometimes called C. infwndihuliformis, introduced 

 from East Indies in 1881, a pretty stove plant belonging 

 to the order Acanthacea\ 



