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elegant plant ; leaves orbicular-renifonn, petioles led 

 blade bright green; flowers numerous, pure white, 

 stamens golden-yellow. Spring months. Natal. 



B. glandulifera. — This is a very beautiful dwarf 

 species; leaves ovate-cordate, deep green upon the 

 upper side, paler below ; flowers numerous on erect 

 branching panicles, pure white, stamens deep yellow. 

 Winter months. Trinidad. 



B. heracleifolia. — A stemless species, with large 

 fleshy, palmate, deeply-lobed leaves, deep green above, 

 tinged with pm-ple on the inner side ; petioles hairy, 

 reddish-green ; flowers numerous, on erect branch- 

 ing panicles, white and rosy-pink. Winter months. 

 Mexico. 



B. Ingramii.— In the form of B. fuchsioides, but 

 larger in all its parts ; very free-flowering. Winter 

 and spring months. English garden variety. 



B. Kicntlt'wna. — Avery elegant, erect-growing 

 plant, with slender, dull purple stems ; leaves some- 

 what falcate, coarsely toothed at the edges, deep 

 glossy green above, bright crimson beneath ; flowers 

 large, pure white, stamens golden-yellow. Winter 

 and spring months. Caraccas and Venezuela. 



B. Lapeyrousii. — An erect grower, with large pal- 

 mate leaves, and erect branching panicles of flesh- 

 coloured flowers. Winter months. 



B. Imgifiila. — Stems erect, leaves palmate, deeply 

 lobed, branching panicles dense ; flowers pink. 

 Winter months. Mexico. 



B. microptera. — ^A slender erect plant ; leaves un- 

 equally ovate-lanceolate, coarsely toothed, deep green 

 above, with a bright red spot at the base of the mid- 

 rib, pale green beneath ; flowers numerous, in termi- 

 nal corymbose panicles, white, tinged witb pink. 

 Winter months. Borneo. 



B. ttatalensk. — Stem erect, much swollen at the 

 base ; leaves unequally cordate, deeply lobed, and 

 deep green, spotted with white above, paler below ; 

 flowers numerous, white, tinged with rose. Winter 

 months. Natal. 



B. odoi ata. — Leaves deep shining green ; flowers 

 white, very fragrant. Winter months. 



B. Frestmiensis. — Stem erect, red; leaves ovate, 

 with a sharp point, serrate at the edges, deep green; 

 flowers in pendulous cymes, orange-scarlet, and very 

 fragrant. Autumn and winter months. English 

 gardens. 



B. Weltonimsis. — A dwarf compact plant, with 

 small dark green leaves; flowers numerous, rosy- 

 pink. Winter and spring months. English gardens. 



Group II. — Okxamestal-leaved Kixds. 



B. Ariadne. — Centre and margin of the leaf deep 

 green, dotted with silver, the middle portion metallie- 



white. 

 £. dcedalea.— Intense deep green, reticulated with 



rich brown, fringed with long pale rose-colour hairs 

 at the margin. Mexico. 



B. Blaine. — Silvery -white, centre and margin rich 

 green, with a coppery hue. 



B. Grifflthii. — Leaves covered with short hairs, 

 dark green, with an intramarginal band of pale 

 green, with a purple margin; under side bright 

 green, the centre and margin deep red; flowers 

 large, white. Bhotan. 



B. lona. — Kich deep olive-green, irregularly 

 blotched with silver. 



B. imperialia. — Leaves rugose, dark bronzy or 

 olive-green, the primary veins broadly margined 

 with emerald-green. Mexico. 



B. Jules Seine.— Centce pale green, with a dark 

 marginal band, irregularly specked with light green. 

 B. Lovely. — Silvery-green, with a beautiful sub- 

 dued flush of crimson. 



B. Miranda. — Emerald-green, beautifully veined 

 and tesselated with silvery- white. 



B. Madame Wagcner. — Rich deep green centre 

 and margin, with a broad silvery-white zone. 



B. Otto Forster. — Deep bronzy-green, tesselated 

 and veined with silvery- white - 



B. Rex. — Leaves deep olive-green with a metallic 

 hue, and a broad intramarginal band of silvery- 

 white. Flowers soft rose-colour. Assam. 



-B. amaragdina. — Leaves rugose, of a uniform 

 emerald-green. Mexico. 



B. xanthina pictifolia. — Leaves deep green, ir- 

 regularly blotched and spotted with silvery- white ; 

 flowers rich yellow. Assam. 



B. xanthina Lazuli. — A most indescribable leaf, 

 the whole surface of a uniform metallic-purple, 

 flushed with a, light blue shade ; flowers yellow. 

 Assam. 



Bertolonia A genus of small-growing delicate 



plants belonging to the Melastomads. The species 

 are denizens of the dense forests of BrazU, but many 

 beautiful kinds have been obtained in European 

 gardens by hybridising. The name commemorates 

 the Italian botanist, M. Bertoloni, who published a 

 " Flora of Italy.'' 



These plants are somewhat delicate, and require 

 a close atmosphere, with abundance of heat and 

 moisture, which can be obtained by keeping them 

 under glasses, or in a small frame ; unlike the 

 majority of plants, the hybrid varieties are less 

 robust in constitution than the imported species. 

 Pot in leaf-mould, peat, and sand, in about equal 

 parts, with the addition of a few nodules of charcoal ; 

 drain the pots well, and supply liberally with water 

 if the temperature is high. 



B. guttata. — Leaves ovate, slightly acuminate, 

 some five or six inches long and three broad, of 



