HORTUS VEITCHII 



OETHOSIPHON STAMINBUS, Benth. 



Gard. Chrou. 1869, p. 941 fig. ; Bot. Mag. t. 5833 ; Fl. Mag. 1871, p. 546 ; Veitchs' 

 Catlg. of PI. 1870, p. 15 ; also col. pi. fig. 10. 



A remarkable plant with an inflorescence more resembling a Clerodendron 

 than that of the Labiate family, to which it belongs. 



From Assam and Burma to the Philippine Islands it is widely distributed, 

 and from the Nicobars and Siam to Java, Borneo, and Cape York in North- 

 East Australia. The late John Gould Veitch sent it from the last- 

 named locality to Chelsea, where it flowered for the first time in July 

 1869. 



OSBECKIA EUBICUNDA, Arnott. 



Masters in Gard. Chron. 1866, p. 562 ; Hooker's Companion to Bot. Mag. vol. ii. p. 309. 



A handsome Melastomaceous undershrub, native of Ceylon, recalling in 

 appearance a species of Pleroma, but with stamens equal. The peculiar 

 calycine scales, with the purple flowers and yellow anthers, give a very 

 rich appearance. 



OUVIEANDEA FENESTEALIS, Poiret. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4894; Fl. des Serres, 1856, torn. i. 2nd ser. p. 65. 



This very remarkable aquatic, known as the " Lattice-leaf Plant," was 

 discovered by Aubert du Petit-Thouars, in Madagascar, and described 

 by him in a work on the plants of that island. 



For its introduction to this country we are indebted to the Eev. William 

 Ellis, who was living in Madagascar in 1855, and brought home plants in 

 a satisfactory state. 



Specimens were presented to the Eoyal Gardens, Kew, to various 

 other botanical establishments in this and other countries, and the 

 remainder placed in Messrs. Veitchs' hands for propagation. For a long 

 time after its introduction Ouvirandra fenestralis was a source of great 

 interest, and plants found their way all through the principal gardens, but 

 good specimens are now rare; they are in excellent condition in the 

 Chatsworth gardens. 



PALICOUEEA NICOTIAN^EFOLIA, Cham. & Schlecht. 



Syns. P. discolor, Hort. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1867, p. 7 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7001. 



A stove plant with variegated foliage sent from Peru by Eichard Pearce. 

 The leaves are 5 to 9 in. long and 2 to 3 in. broad, bright green above 

 with yellow midrib and veins ; the under surface is yellow-green. 



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