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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. setaceus grandifoUus. — A beautiful 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. setaceus inornatus. — A veiy distinct form of this handsome 

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

 are of a dark rich velvety hue, with a few slight markings. 

 Native of Java. 



A. striatus. — A distinct species ; grows five inches high, and 

 has leaves three inches long, dark green, with a broad band 

 of white down the centre. A free -growing plant, and one 

 which may be cultivated without a glass in a warm house. 



A. Turnen, — This is one of the most beautiful of the genus, 

 and possesses the advantage of being a strong and vigorous 

 grower ; the leaves are large, of a rich bronze colour, freely 

 marked with golden reticulations. 



A. Veitchu. — A rare and fine species, named after its 

 importer. It grows foui' inches high, and has leaves three 

 inches long and two inches broad ; ground colour beautiful 

 light velvety green, interspersed from base to point with well- 

 defined lines, and bars of the same colour, but lighter. A 

 free-growing plant, and one which gi'ows nearly as large as A. 

 Loivii. 



A. xanthophyllns, — A splendid species, and very distinct 

 from any other variety in cultivation. It attains a height of 

 five inches, and has leaves two and a half inches long, and an 

 inch and a half broad ; ground dark velvety gi'een, with broad 

 orange and green stripes down the centre, and covered with a 

 beautiful golden network. A free-gi'owing species. 



A, zehrinus, — An elegant dwarf-growing species with ovate 



