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-<i. aetacmin, var. cordatum. — As its name implies, 

 the leaves of this variety are distinctly heart- 

 shaped ; the ground-colo\ir is slightly greener, and 



deep green, with a broad central band of white 

 tinged with gold. Java. 

 ji. xanthophyllum. — This beautiful species has 



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the golden reticulations are broader. It is ex- 

 tremely beautiful and rare. Ceylon, &c. 



A. s«Wa<««j — sometimes and more correctly 

 named Monoehilus regium—a. somewhat taller plant 

 than the majority of the AnaectochUus. Leaves 

 narrow-lanceolate, some three inches long ; margins 



broadly-ovate leaves, some two and a half inches 

 long, and nearly two inches in breadth, with a broad 

 central band of orange, clouded with green, densely 

 netted with brilliant gold; the margins are dark 

 olive -green, also covered with a network of gold. 

 Ceylon. 



