596 GARDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



HYPOXIDACE^E. 



Curculigo. Sumatrana; and recurvata variegata, described lay 

 Mr. B. S. Williams as a very elegant Palm-like plant ; leaves more 

 than two feet long, green, with numerous bands of pure white. 



Iris. Iberica. This plant has, I believe, much of the character 

 and constitution of I. Susiana. Mr. T. Ware says of it : " Its dwarf 

 habit, gigantic flowers, great snow-white erect sepals, its equally 

 large strangely-coloured petals, and its stigmas with shining black- 

 purple humped bases (the latter organs resembling some monstrous 

 insect), make up a flower of singular oddity, and yet of such re- 

 markable beauty, that few can form any possible idea of this won- 

 derful plant." 



MAEANTACE^E. 



Maranta. atrosanguinea ; Lindenii ; virginalis. Canna. 

 Annei discolor ; Bonetti semperflorens ; Bergiana ; bicolor de Java 

 Bihoreli ; Caledoniensis ; Chantini ; discolor floribunda ; elegan- 

 tissima ; erecta hybrida ; expansa ; Ferrandii ; Fintelmanni ; 

 maxima ; metalloides ; metallica ; nigricans ; Van Houttei ; vitata ; 

 zebrina coccinea, and Auguste Ferrier ; Daniel Hooibrenk ; geant ; 

 Marshal Vaillant ; Premice de Nice. 



COMMELYNACE.E. 



Aneilema. nudiflora. 



LILIACE^E. 



Gasteria. (Aloe) Bowieana. 



Aspidistra. punctata, described as a curious plant, remarkable 

 for producing its flowers under the surface of the earth. 



BEGONIACEJE. 



Begonia. Anacreon ; Caroline ; Climax ; Dazzle ; Ensign ; Gem ; 

 Glitter ; Hermine ; Lothair ; lucida ; Magnet ; Trojan. 



VIOLACE.E. 



Corynostilis. albiflorus : a climbing shrub. 



