157 
Diastema picta. 
S. per. Herb 6-9 in. high, mlay hai 
with scaly rhizomes, like those of AA 
aks. Stems 
; limb spreading, white, with 
r lobe marked with a dark 
pur gisi set: Andes of Colombia 
Dichea vaginata. Seog Cat. 1885, 
14, f.) Orchidacex, Stems long 
and flattene d, mall close-set 
Siskiohous L Mex 
PIE aP. 18s ele ÇB. M.t. 6746 ; 
oe ae cen. G. 
als and Tong 
linear r betie l, and arna purple 
ihe toon in diam. East Australia 
pe Tasmania, 
yer clap er —— Rae H.1894, 
melina al 
Fl, ‘deep violet-blue, Brazil. 
eens angustifolia. (Zi. H. 
58.) S. L. lanceolate, acute, 
rie in ‘lo č, reei Lg marked w ith 
wer tra i baks 
between the palea Pe easath. 
Rater 
ens mosaica gigante a. 
G. 0.1892, xi. Fa TER r, with 
stems 2 t. , and 1. 9 in. ag by 
n, broad, 
Dichorisandra pubescens teniensis. 
(G. C. 1888, iii. 557, L 75; B. T. O. 
1888, 306; G. and F. 1888, 204, as var, 
talmiensis; B. 18 
L lan 
ric. ich on 
blue and whitei in e: terminal spike- 
like panicles. Braz 
icksonia berteroana. (Fl. and P. 
1880, 116, £. ; Veitch a pn. as, t. 
)' Tilices 
very coriaceous texture. Juan 
aai 
Dicksonia Billardieri. (@#. 188 
637, f. 90.) G. [D. antarctica, abill | 
(Gf. 1888, a s 
Pekna Deplanchei. (Lind. Cat 
T 
low 
poi green, kabo, New Caledonia. 
ae ee (G. C. 1885, 
Supposed 
garden hybrid between D. antarctica 
D. arborescens. 
Dictyogramma japonica variegata. 
Fl. and P. 1876, 3.) Filices 
b. 1 i 
Fronds or more high, with 2-3 
pairs of linear-lanceol pinnæ, 
in. long, g i 
side of the 
i b, pale en leine rien ae 
ime japonica, Hook. ] 
58.) Palme. S. ari 
y ft 
slender, about 
Distenerme fibrosum. (K. 2. 1894, 
high, 
pinnate, 5 ft. iy petioles 2 
leaflets 1} ft. lon; ng, 1 
=e obose 3 in. i 
ame, “ Vonitra.” 
fibre. Madagascar. 
L 
Yields ‘Pi assava 
gre Lai aes Jaeno, Fe Peres 
Gesner _ 8. Allied to D. 
nich 
a lour o vate, cordate 
Infi. Streptocarpus- -like. Ps tubular, 
1} in. long, nodding, viol P 
1896, 2; P: N. t ratte. 
S. nee fae ite, green with a 
covering of white silvery hairs. 
Scapes ine Et ye 4-6, sp high, 
each beari which a e shaped 
like those of Sapo Rezii but 
are of a rose-yellow colour. 
Penang. 
Didymosperma nanum. ( 
Sma 
high, ith a rusty m he 
petioles and spathes. L. pinnate, wi 
ao eae lateral ones cuneately 
t 
boidal, irregularly = and lobed, 
a finely toothed on margins ; 
the terminal leaflet aires cue oe 
more or less lobed 
spike. A 
i agence bee a Siw Cat. 
1876, 7.) L 
yeilowish- seein mostly in in the apical 
fale its very thick. Colombia. 
