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A. CONCINNUM, HoH. Bull— A distinct species having its leaves ovate 

 acuminate, rounded at the base, of a dark olive-green colour, netted and striped 

 with shining coppery red. — Assam. 



A. DAYI. — See Dossinia maemokata Dayi. 



A. DOMINII, Hort. Veitch. — A hybrid between Oo-jdyera discolor and Anoerto- 

 chilus xanthophyllum {A. Friderici-Augwati) possessing a fine vigorous constitu- 

 tion ; the leaves are of a dark olive green, with a pale yellow coppery streak 

 down the centre, the main ribs being marked by pale lines. — Garden hybrid. 



A. ELDORADO, Hort.— A distinct species, and one which is very difficult to 

 cultivate, requiring a good deal of care to keep it in a, healthy condition. It 

 appears to be of deciduous habit, and is often lost by being thrown away when 

 supposed to be dead, whereas, if left, it would push up again. The foliage is 

 dark green, with a small tracery of a lighter colour: This plant should not be 

 allowed to get too dry at the roots when at rest ; if so, it will die.— rCentral 

 Aynerica. 



A. FRIDERICI-AUGUSTI, Bchb. /.—A splendid and also a free-growing 

 species, very distinct from any other in cultivation. It attains a height of five 

 inches, and has leaves two and a half inches long and an inch and a half broad, 

 the ground colour being a dark velvety green, with broad orange and green 

 stripes down the centre, and covered with a beautiful golden netwovk.— Ceylon. 



Syn. — A. ^aiitliophylhim. 



A. HERIOTII, Hort. Williams. — This is a very strong-growing species, with 

 leaves three and a half inches long and two and a half broad, of a dark 

 mahogany colour, having reti- 

 culations of a golden hue 

 and well defined, and with a 

 shadow of network showing 

 through the surface. — India. 



A. HIEROGLYPHICUlVI,iroW. 



Bull. — This neat-growing and 

 pretty species has small ovate - 

 elliptic leaves of a dark green 

 colour marked with silvery grey 

 blotches, hieroglyphic-like in 

 character. — Assam. 



A. INTERMEDIUM, Hori. 

 Ang. — A fine distinct species, 

 and one of freer growth than 

 some others. It grows three 

 inches high, and has lea^-es 

 two and a half inches long, 

 one and a half inch broad, with 

 a soft silky surface, the_cplour being dark olive, striped and veined with gold. 

 This will do well without a glass, if in a warm house, and shaded from the 

 sun. — Ceylon. 



ANOECTOCHILUS ISTERMEDIDM. 



