HORTUS VEITCHIT 



It was introduced through Richard Pearce, and thrives in cool, damp 

 conservatories among moss, stones and stumps of plants. 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS CEISPATA, HooJc. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6576 ; Nich. Diet. Gard. vol. iii. fig. 443. 



A variegated -leaved Aroid, through F. W. Burbidge from Borneo, 

 flowered for the first time in the Chelsea stoves in January 1881. 



The leaves are dark green above with a broad irregular greyish-green 

 band on either side of the midrib. 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS LAVALLEEI, Linden, var. PURPUREA, 



N. E. Brown. 



N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1882, vol. xviii. p. 298. 



A variety differing from the type in the deep vinous-purple colour of its 

 petioles, introduced through Curtis, who discovered it in Sumatra. 



SCHISMATOGLOTTIS NEOGUINEENSIS, N. E. Brown. 



Syns. 8. variegata, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1862, p. 399 (advt.) ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1862, p. 8. 

 An ornamental-leaved stove plant of the Aroid family, sent from Borneo 

 by Thomas Lobb. 



The leaves resemble those of a Maranta, have a glossy green surface 

 along the whole length of which runs a feathery line of silver-white. 



SCINDAPSUS CUSCUARIA, Prestl 



Syns. Aglaonema commutatum, Schott. 



Gard. Chron. 1863, p. 695 (advt.) ; id. 1863, p. 460 (Notice of Exhibit). 

 A stove plant belonging to the Aroid family, introduced through the 

 late John Gould Veitch from the interior of Luzon, Philippine Islands. 

 The plant grows to a height of about 2| ft. and produces large leaves of a 

 glossy green colour, effectively ornamented with flakes of creamy white 

 and pale green. 



SCINDAPSUS PICTUS, Hassle. 



Syns. Pothos argyreus, Hort. 



Gard. Chron. 1859, p. 426 (Report of Show) ; id. p. 603 (advt.) 

 A charming little stove plant of the Aroid family, introduced to 

 cultivation from Borneo through Thomas Lobb, with ornamental leaves 

 rivalling in their markings the Ancectochili. 



SCUTELLARIA FORMOSANA, N. E. Brown. 



N. E. Brown in Gard. Chron. 1894, vol. xvi. p. 212 ; Bot. Mag. t. 7458. 



A pretty purple-flowered Labiate from the Island of Formosa through 

 Mr. Ford, late Curator of the Botanic Gardens, Hong Kong. 



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