HORTUS VEITCHII 



EBYTHEINA INDICA, Lam., var. MAEMOEATA. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1879, p. 12, with fig. 



A beautiful stove shrub with variegated leaves, found in several of the 

 South Sea Islands. 



The leaves, broader than the variety commonly cultivated, are effectively 

 variegated with white and blotched with orange-yellow. 



EUPHOEPIA PULCHEEEIMA, Willd., var. PLENISSIMA. 



Syria. Poinsettia pulcherrima, var. plenissima, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1876, vol. v. p. 16, with fig. ; The Garden, 1876, vol. ix. p. 288, pi. xiii. ; 

 Fl. Mag. 1876, pi. 200 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1876, p. 1, with figs. 



The discovery of this remarkable plant is due to Herr Benedict Eoezl, 

 who met with it in an Indian village in Mexico. 



It differs from the ordinary Poinsettia in having branched inflorescences, 

 so called " double," and as a consequence produces two or three times as 

 many brilliantly coloured bracts as does the type. 



The plant, distributed for the first time in 1876, proved of difficult 

 culture, and is now lost to cultivation. 



EUEYGANIA OVATA, Hook. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6393. 



A very beautiful evergreen greenhouse shrub, allied to Thibaudia, with 

 brilliant glossy green leaves relieved by bright red petioles. 



A native of the Andes of Peru, it was introduced to England through 

 William Lobb. 



FICUS PAECELLI, Hort. Veitch. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1874, p. 17, figs. pp. 8 and 9. 



A handsome stove plant received through Messrs. Baptist & Sons, of 

 Sydney, whose collector Mr. Parcell discovered it in the South Sea 

 Islands. 



The leaves are handsome, as large as those of Ficus elastica, but thinner 

 in texture, and profusely blotched with irregular patches of cream- white 

 on a green ground ; it is still in use as a stove decorative plant. 



FUCHSIA DEPENDENS, Hook. 



Gard. Chron. 1847, p. 734 (Notice of Exhibit of New Plants) ; Hooker's Ic. PI. t. 65. 



A beautiful species from Quito, in which locality it had previously been 

 met with by Dr. Jamieson, from whose dried specimens the figure in 

 Hooker's Icones was prepared. This Fuchsia first flowered and was 

 exhibited at Exeter in 1847. 



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