STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



ALOCASIA x INTEEMEDIA. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1868, fig. p. 3 ; Gard. Chron. 1867, p. 660 (note on exhibit). 



A hybrid raised by Seden at Chelsea from Alocasia longifolia fertilized 

 with the pollen of A. Veitchii. 



It received the Silver Medal of the Eoyal Horticultural Society, at the 

 Exhibition held in June 1867, as the best garden hybrid then exhibited. 



ALOCASIA LOWII, var. PICTA, Hook. 



Syns. Caladium Veitchii, Lindl. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5497; Gard. Chroii. 1859, p. 740; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1862, p. 6. 



A well-known stove plant remarkable for its massive leaves, which 

 are of great substance, rich greyish-bronzy-green on the upper surface, 

 deep purple beneath, with a beautiful metallic lustre. 



It was sent from Borneo by Thomas Lobb. 



ALOCASIA SCABEIUSCULA, N. E. Brown. 



Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xii. p. 296. 



A stove aroid belonging to the large-leaved section of the genus of 

 which Alocasia Lowii and A. Thibautiana are better known and more 

 showy species. 



ALOCASIA x SEDENII. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1870, fig. p. 2. 



A rather fine hybrid raised by Seden at Chelsea from Alocasia 

 metallica and A. Lowii, which retains in its handsome leaves the metallic 

 hue of one parent and the dark green and white veins of the other ; a 

 striking combination ; the plant is now rarely seen. 



ALOCASIA THIBAUTIANA, Mast. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1878, vol. ix. p. 527 ; id. 1895, vol. xvii. p. 485, with fig 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1880, p. 5, fig. 



A noble stove aroid with leaves 2 to 2| ft. long and from 15 to 20 in. 

 broad, deep olive- greyish-green in colour, traversed by numerous grey 

 veinlets, and of a lustrous metallic hue. 



It is a native of Borneo, named in compliment to M. L. Thibaut, 

 in his day one of the first continental nurserymen. 



ALOCASIA ZEBEINA, C. Kock & Veitch. 

 Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 399 (advt.). 



Introduced to cultivation through the late John Gould Veitch from the 

 Philippine Islands. 



The specific name is derived from the peculiar appearance of the 



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