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growing, and easy to increase. Of this there are two 

 varieties, one inferior to the other, but both handsome. 

 It grows four inches high, and has leaves from two to three 

 inches long, and two inches broad, resembling light-coloured 

 velvet, enriched with weU-defined lines, and bands of a deep 

 golden colour covering the whole surface. A magnificent 

 species, more correctly named Macodes Petola. 



A. querceticolus. — A distinct species, but inferior in beauty 

 to many of the other kinds. It grows from three to four 

 inches high, and has leaves two inches long ; of a light green, 

 with blotches of white down the centre. A free grower. 



A. Beinwardtii. — ^A very pretty Variety in the way of A. 

 setaceus ; the leaves are of a rich deep velvety bronze, beauti- 

 fully and distinctly intersected with bright golden lines. 



A. Boxburghii. — A pretty and distinct kind, which grows 

 three inches high, and has leaves two and a half inches long, 

 and an inch and a half broad, with a dark velvety green 

 appearance, the whole surface striated with well-defined hues 

 of silver. Several kinds are grown for this species, but the 

 true one is very rare. 



A. Ruckeri. — A pretty species from Borneo. Mr. Low, the 

 importer of it, describes it as having leaves broadly ovate ; 

 ground colour bronzy green, with six rows of distinct spots 

 running down the entire length of the leaves. It looks 

 distinct from most others. 



A. setaceus. — One of the handsomest of the genus, and one of 

 the oldest in cultivation. It grows four inches high, and has 

 leaves two inches long, and an inch and a half broad ; surface 

 a beautiful velvety green, veined in regular lines, and covered 

 with a network of gold. There are several varieties of this 

 charming plant, all of which are free growers. 



A. setaceus cordatus. — A remarkably handsome variety; 

 grows three inches high, and hsis leaves two inches long, and 



