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the ground colour is dark olive green, upon which runs 

 a continuous line of emerald green blotches from base 

 to apex on either side of the mid-rib. It is a very orna- 

 mental greenhouse species, said to have been introduced 

 from New Zealand. 



A. elegantissima. — This is the most ornamental species 

 of all the Aralias, having a straight erect stem, furnished at 

 short intervals with digitate leaves on long foot stalks, 

 the leaflets, from seven to ten in number, are filiform, 

 the colour- of the foliage is a deep green, shaded with 

 brown, the mid-rib being of greenish white. Native of 

 the South Sea Islands, 



A. Ghdlfoylei — A fine ornamental stove species, the stem 

 is erect and bears a handsome head of pinnate leaves, 

 the petioles are terete, the leaflets are somewhat oblong 

 and obtuse, from two to three inches in length, slightly 

 lobed and rather sparingly furnished with slender points, 

 the ground colour is light green, sometimes tinged with 

 French white, whilst the margins are wholly of a creamy 

 white. Native of the South Sea Islands. 



A. heteromorpha. — Leaves sometimes ovate-lanceolate, 

 with serrated edges, at other times becoming bifid, and 

 even trifid at the apex, and from six to nine inches in 

 length, in colour bright shining green ; it is of robust, 

 yet compact habit, and is one of the best greenhouse 

 plants for the decoration of apartments. 



A. l^piophylla. — An elegant slender-growing plant, with 

 compound leaves, bearing often seven or more petiolate 

 leaflets of a somewhat pendent character, and dark green 

 in colour. It is a most beautiful plant for dinner-table 

 decoration, for vases, or jardinets, and also for the stove 

 arid public exhibition; it should be in every collection 

 of ornamental-leaved plants, however small. 

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