HORTUS VEITCHI1 



This genus confined to the Juan Fernandez group of Islands, whence 

 it was first imported through Downton, flowered in August 1877. 



DIANTHEEA CILIATA, Ruiz & Pav. 



Syns. Helper one ciliata, Hook. ; Jacobinia ciliata, Nees. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 5888; Gard. Chron. 1870, p. 1567. 



A pretty winter-flowering stove plant with violet-purple flowers, raised 

 from seed received from Venezuela, and flowered for the first time in 

 November 1870 ; it had also been collected in Panama and Peru. 



DIDYMOCAEPUS CKINITA, Jack. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4554 ; Fl. des Serres, 1850, p. 303. 



An interesting stove plant, its beauty dependent on the rich velvety 

 appearance of the leaves, purple on the lower surface ; the flowers are 

 white, sparsely produced. 



Sent from Singapore by Thomas Lobb, it flowered for the first time in 

 June of 1846. 



DIDYMOCAEPUS LACUNOSA, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 7236; Gard. Chron. 1893, vol. xiv. p. 120, fig. 38, p. 211. 



A lovely little Gesneraceous plant with flowers similar to those of a 

 Streptocarpus, discovered by Charles Curtis in the Island of Langkawi, 

 on the west side of the Malayan Peninsula, first flowered at Chelsea in 

 July 1891, and it was from this material the plate in the Botanical 

 Magazine was prepared. 



DIDYMOCAEPUS MALAYANUS, Hook. 



Gard. Chron. 1896, vol. xx. p. 123, fig. 24; Bot. Mag. t. 7536; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 



1897, p. 6, fig. 



A charming little plant due to Charles Curtis, when in charge of the 

 Botanic Gardens, Penang, through whom it was introduced. 



The flowers, similar in appearance to those of Streptocarpus Eexii, are 

 of a pure primrose-yellow with a darker yellow blotch on the lowermost 

 segment. 



DIEFFENBACHIA BOWMANNI, Hort. Veitch. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1871, p. 6, fig. ; Eev. Hort. 1872, p. 198 ; The Garden, 1874, vol. v. 



p. 416, fig. 



A fine species discovered by David Bowman during his trip to South 

 Brazil. 



It is distinguished by very large leaves, of a pleasing light-green colour 

 spotted with dark and nearly black green blotches. 



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