174 ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



an inch, in width, the upper side dark green, irregularly 

 blotched and spotted with pale yellow and rosy red, whilst 

 below they are of a uniform dark red. Native of the 

 South Sea Islands. 



CUECULIGO. 



A genus of Sypoxidaeece, containing several plants of 

 but little attraction to the amateur plant grower ; the 

 varieties here introduced however are, on the contrary, 

 amongst the most beautifully variegated plants hitherto 

 introduced. They are plants of fine growth and easy 

 culture, and should be grown wherever ornamental 

 foliage is admired. The soil should consist of peat 

 and loam, in equal parts, and should not be broken 

 up small but used in moderate-sized lumps : to this 

 should be added a fair proportion of silver sand. The 

 drainage must be perfect. Propagation is effected by 

 taking off the suckers which spring from the base of 

 the stem. 



C, reourvata striata. — This is somewhat narrower in its 

 leaves than the normal form of the plant ; the petioles 

 are long and erect, bearing long plaited leaves; the 

 ground colour is dark green, but the leaves are orna- 

 mented with a band of pure white, which extends up tbe 

 entire length, producing a beautiful effect. Native of the 

 East Indies. 



C. reourvata variegata. — A far grander plant than the 

 last-named kind, inasmuch as the foliage is broad and 

 beautifolly arched, the leaves are borne upon long petioles, 

 which, together with the blade of the leaf, reaches in well- 

 grown specimens to nearly four feet. The blade is oblong- 

 lanceolate, much plaited, bright green, beautifully banded 

 longitudinally with stripes of pure white. Although 



