HORTUS VEITCHII 



PHEYNIUM VAEIEGATUM, N. E. Broivn. 



Syns. Maranta arundinacea, L. , var. variegata. 

 Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1887, p. 11, fig. p. 5. 



An elegant stove plant allied to Maranta and Calathea with leaves on 

 foot-stalks about 1 ft. high, most effectively variegated with cream-white 

 on a green ground. 



PHYLLANTHUS EOSEO-PICTUS, Hort. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1877, p. 24, fig. ; PI. and Pom. 1878, p. 13, fig. 



A stove shrubby plant of graceful habit introduced from the South Sea 

 Islands. The small rounded alternate leaves on slender branches arch 

 gracefully, the variegation is rich, no two blades showing the same 

 marking; some are delicate rose colour, some pure white, others a 

 mixture of the two on a dark olive-green ground. 



PHYSOSTELMA WALLICHI, Wight. 



Syns. Hoya campanulata, Blurae. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 4545 ; Lindl. Bot. Keg. 1847, t. 54 ; PI. des Serves, 1850, p. 283. 



A very remarkable stove plant, native of the copses in the mountainous 

 districts of Java, first detected by Blume, and later introduced to cultivation 

 through Thomas Lobb. 



It produced a somewhat curious waxy pale buff-coloured flower for the 

 first time in this country in October 1846, on which occasion, exhibited 

 before the Eoyal Horticultural Society, it was awarded a Silver Banksian 

 Medal. 



PINANGA VEITCHII, Wendl. 



Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1880, p. 16, with fig. ; The Garden, 1880, vol. xvii. p. 435, fig. ; 



PI. des Serres, 1877, p. 93. 



A remarkable distinct Palm distinguished by the unusual colour of the 

 foliage, a native of Borneo, sent by F. W. Burbidge. 



The fronds in an early stage are pale green, blotched and stained with 

 spots of a deeper shade, the under surface dull crimson, deepening with age 

 to a bronzy hue. Of dwarf shrubby habit, shoots from the rhizome rise 

 freely in a young state, the chief feature as a decorative plant the foliage 

 coloration. 



PIPEE BOENEENSE, N. E. Brown. 



N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xvii. p. 108. 



A species of Pepper sent from Western Borneo through Curtis, by whom 

 it was discovered. The leaves are of a rich dark green with silvery-grey 



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