STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



from 4 to 5 ft., with a breadth of not less than one-third of these 

 dimensions. The principal veins are sunk, and the waved appearance 

 thus caused is further enhanced by a deep glossy green colour and a most 

 brilliant metallic lustre. 



ANTHUEIUM WALLISII, Mast. 



Gard. Chron. 1875, vol. iii. p. 429, fig. 86. 



Discovered by Gustav Wallis in New Grenada, and through him 

 introduced to this country. 



ANTHUKIUM WAEOCQUEANUM, Moore. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1878, p. 20, fig. p. 6 ; Fl. and Pom. 1878, p. 101, fig. 



Introduced from Columbia, and dedicated to the late M. Warocque, 

 formerly an eminent horticulturist in Belgium. 



It is a noble species with leaves 2 to 2| ft. in length, rich deep green in 

 colour, and prominent paler coloured veins. 



APHELANDEA ACUTIFOLIA, Nees. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5789. 



A common plant in South America, collected in Mexico, Peru, New 

 Grenada, and Surinam. 



The figure in the Botanical Magazine was prepared from an imported 

 plant flowered for the first time in October 1868. 



APHELANDEA NITENS, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5741 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1863, p. 2, fig. 



Introduced from Guayaquil, New Grenada, through Eichard Pearce, 

 and flowered in May 1868. 



It is a handsome and still favourite stove plant, with shining dark green 

 leaves, and orange-scarlet flowers borne in erect spikes at the ends of the 

 branches. 



APHELANDEA VAEIEGATA, Moore. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4899. 



An extremely handsome plant from Brazil, the foliage bold and striking ; 

 the large imbricated bracts forming a spike, resembling a fir cone, are of a 

 rich orange-yellow colour, from between which the bright yellow flowers 

 protrude. 



AEALIA ELEGANTISSIMA, Hort. Veitch. 



Gard. Chron. 1873, p. 782 : Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1876, p. 5, fig. 

 A charming stove species similar in habit to the beautiful Aralia 

 Veitchii, but with larger and more deeply serrated leaves. 



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