HOT-HOUSE OB STOVE PIANTS. 



125 



imif orm deep green ; flowers in a terminal spike six 

 to eight inches long, rich oiange-scarlet. Winter 

 months. South America. 



A. aiirtiHtiaea, Tar. SoezK. — Leaves oblong acu- 

 minate, deep gi-een, suffused -with » silvery film; 



waved at the edges, deep green on the upper side, 

 the midrib and primary veins margined with sUverj-- 

 white, under side port- wine colour ; flowers much 

 exserted, with a large spreading limb of a uniform 

 rich vermilion. Winter months. South America, 



ArISTOLOCHIA SINOEN 



flower-spikes erect, tubes pale red, the spreading 

 limb deep orangei-scarlet. Winter months. Mexico. 



A. erisiaia. — Ijeaves broadly-ovate acuminate, and 

 deep glossy green ; flower-spikes erect, with several 

 small lateral ones, rich brilliant scarlet. Autumn 

 and winter months. 



A. fauinaior. — Leaves oblong-lanceolate, slightly 



A. Leopoldii. — Leaves broadly-ovate, tapering at 

 each end, deep green, the opposite primary veins 

 pare white ; flower-spike six to eight inches long, 

 rich yellow. Autumn and winter months. Brazil. 



A. Liboniana. — Leaves ovate-lanceolate acumi- 

 nate, upwards of six inches long, deep green, the 

 midrib pure white ; floweT-spikes longer than the 



