HORTUS VEITCHII 



HEDYSCEPE CANTEEBUEYANA, W. & D. 



Syns. Veitchia canterburyana, Wend. ; Kentia canterburyana, Sec. 

 Gard. Chron. 1872, p. 327, fig. 116 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1872, p. 10, fig. 



A useful Palm for decorative purposes, of robust constitution and dwarf 

 habit, introduced by the Veitchian firm from Lord Howe's Island. 



HELICONIA AUEEO-STEIATA, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1881, p. 37. 



A handsome foliage plant, with Canna-like leaves, and midrib and veins 

 of a light golden-yellow, from the South Sea Islands through Charles 

 Moore, -Esq., late of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, N.S.W. 



HEMICH^NA FEUTICOSA, Benth. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6164. 



A rock plant with handsome yellow Mimulus-like flowers, sent from 

 Costa Eica by Endres, and first flowered in 1873 ; not hardy in the 

 British Isles. 



HETEEOTEICHUM MACEODON, Planch. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4421. 



A remarkable and very handsome Melastromaceous plant, with beautiful 

 velvety green leaves and pure white flowers in terminal corymbs, raised 

 from seed sent by William Lobb from New Grenada. 



HIBISCUS EOSA-SINENSIS, L., var. COOPEEI. 



Syns. H. Cooperi, Hort. 

 Fl. des Serres, 1862-1865, t. xiv. p. 109. 



Sent by Sir Daniel Cooper from Australia. The leaves, beautifully 

 variegated, have irregular blotches of white, rose-carmine, and greenish- 

 white, on a dark green ground. 



HIBISCUS SCHIZOPETALUS, Hook. f. 



Syns. H. rosa-sinensis, var. schizopetalus, Mast. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1879, vol. xii. p. 272, fig. 45 ; Boulger in Gard. Chrou. 1879, 

 vol. xii. p. 372; Bot. Mag. t. 6524; Veitchs 1 Catlg. of PI. 1880, p. 14, with fig. 



This singular and beautiful plant discovered by Dr. Kirk, H.B.M. 

 Consul at Zanzibar, who found it at Mombasa and in various other 

 localities in East Tropical Africa, and sent seeds to Kew. 



It grows both in dry rocky slopes, damp mountain glades, and in 

 dense shade, with Bignonias, Balsams, and Ferns. 



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