124 ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



moist, this plant should be protected with, a bell-glass. 

 Native of Brazil. 



B. marmoraia. — An elegant plant, known in many gar- 

 dens under the name of JEriocnema marmorata. It rises 

 upon a short fleshy stem, bearing leaves from five to 

 eight inches long, ovate-oblong in shape, hairy, and 

 five-ribbed, the upper side is vivid bright green in colour, 

 beautifully marked with irregular streaks of pure white, 

 the under side is of a uniform rich purple. Native of 

 JBrazil. 



B. puhescens. — ^The leaves of this miniature plant are 

 ■ovate-acuminate in shape, from three to four inches long, 

 and two or three broad ; they are bright light green, 

 with a broad chocolate coloured band down the centre, the 

 lupper surface is clothed with long white hairs. Native of 

 Ecuador. 



B. superbissima. — A great improvement on the old_ type ; 

 the ground colour is bright olive green, on which in each 

 space between the ribs are three veins of purplish rose 

 spots ; the under surface is of a delicate tint of the same 

 colour. ' 'A beautiful object for cultivation under a bell- 

 glass. 



B. Van Moutieana. — This is undoubtedly the finest of 

 the whole genus ; leaves large ; ground colour rich olive 

 green, traversed by broad bars of bright magenta, and 

 ■dotted all over by quantities of spots of the same colour. 

 ■Garden hybrid. 



BORASSOS. 



Of this noble, but small genus of Palms, two species 

 only are known. The genus is distinguished by its 

 flowers, which are unisexual, and produced upon distinct 

 plants, the males being borne in dense branching catkins. 



