STOVE AND GREENHOUSE PLANTS 



terminal spikes of pale rosy-purple flowers are not unlike the common 

 Verbena of South America, to which, moreover, the plant is closely allied. 



BUEBIDGEA NITIDA, Hook. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6403 ; Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xii. p. 398, fig. 63, p. 401 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of 



PI. 1880, p. 8, with fig. 



This very beautiful stove plant, the type of an entirely new genus, was 

 discovered by Burbidge when in Messrs. Veitchs' employ in Borneo. 



An interesting account of the fortunate discovery is given in the 

 Gardeners' Chronicle quoted above. 



The plant inhabits the shady forests of the Marut district in North- 

 West Borneo, between the Lawas and Trusan rivers, at an altitude of 

 1,000-1,500 ft. 



The generic name was given by Sir Joseph Hooker " in recognition of 

 Mr. Burbidge's eminent services to horticulture, whether as a collector in 

 Borneo, or as author of ' Cultivated Plants, their Propagation and 

 Improvement.' " 



CALATHEA LEUCOSTACHYS, Hook. f. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6205. 



Sent from Costa Eica by Endres and first flowered in October 1874. 

 The specific name is in allusion to the pure white tips of the yellow bracts 

 with which the flowers are subtended. 



CALATHEA OENATA, Koern. 



Syns. Maranta ornata, Moore. 

 Gard. Chron. 1861, p. 499 (advt.). 



An ornamental-leaved stove plant of some beauty from Borneo, sent 

 by Thomas Lobb. 



The leaves, elegantly marked, have the appearance of a dark green fern 

 frond laid upon a pale greyish-green surface. 



CALATHEA TUBISPATHA, Hook. 



Syns. Maranta tubispafha. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5542 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1869, p. 8, fig. 



Introduced through Eichard Pearce from Western Tropical South 

 America. 



Handsome leaves from 8 to 12 in. in length, of a pale green colour, 

 with a row on either side of the midrib of oblong deep brown blotches, are 

 the distinguishing characteristics. 



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