148 ORNAMENTAIi FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



greenhouse, or cool end of the stove. Propagation is 

 effected by dividing the offsets and by seeds. 



G. follicularis (the New Holland Pitcher Plant). — Is a 

 dwarf compact little plant, with scarcely any stem. The 

 leaves are stalked, somewhat oblong or elliptical, and flat j 

 from amongst these are produced numerous petiolate 

 dilated ones, which resemble the ascidia of the genus 

 Nepenthes. These ascidia, or pitchers, vary in size from 

 one to three inches in length, according to the skill of the 

 cultivator, and are dark green, tinged with blackish purple ,- 

 the mouth is ornamented with an annular disc, and the lid 

 is netted with veins of reddish pink. This beautiful plant 

 deserves general cultivation. Native of Australia. 



Ceeatglobus. 



The present genus of Palms contains a few slender- 

 growing species of great beauty. They are nearly allied 

 to Calamus and Plectooomia, and require similar treatment 

 to those plants. The kind given here is a very ornamental 

 plant, well deserving general cultivation, as also are several 

 species which have never reached our gardens in a living^ 

 state. They are natives of the Indian Archipelago. 



G. glaucescens. — An elegant Galamus-\ike plant, with 

 pinnate leaves from one to two feet long ; pinnsa some- 

 what ouneate, and lengthened out into a tail-like point, 

 the edges erose, dark green on the upper surface, grey 

 below ; the petioles are sheathing, and densely armed with 

 slender spines. A beautiftil plant for the adornment of the 

 drawing room or dinner table. It is a native of Java. 



Cebatozamia. 



A genus of Gycadeacece, distinguished from Zamda by 

 having the thickened apices of the scales of the male and 



