186 OENAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



dark green, suffiisely spotted with blotclies of white and 

 pale green. It will be found a useful plant both for 

 the decoration of the stove and for exhibition purposes. 

 Native of Tropical America. 



D. eburnea. — In this species we have a plant of compact 

 'habit and elegant outline. The leaves are oblong-Ian- 

 ceolate, of a delicate light green, proftisely dotted and 

 spotted with white ; the stems and footstalks of the leaves 

 are stained with pale cinnamon, and ribbed with ivory 

 white. Certainly the neatest and most compact of the 

 whole genus at present in cultivation in our gardens. 

 Native of Tropical America. 



D. gigantca. — This is a fine bold-growing plant, com- 

 bining the characters of D. Baraquiniana and D. grandis 

 in one plant, produciug by this combination a very beau- 

 tiful effect ; the white stems of the former are here, but 

 they are prettily mottled with the light green spots and 

 dots of the latter. Native of BrazU. 



D. ndbilis. — The present is a very beautiful plant, even 

 amongst beauties, and makes a very handsome compact 

 specimen. The petioles are thick and channelled, pale- 

 green, transversely banded with a different shade of the 

 same colour, and nearly a foot long ; blade of the leaf 

 oblong-ovate, and nearly two feet in length ; the colour is 

 deep rich green, the central portion being irregularly 

 marbled with white, whilst the margin is plain rich 

 green. It is a most desirable species. Native of Tropical 

 America. 



D. Feared. — A strong-growing kind, and very ornamen- 

 tal in a collection of fine foliage plants. The leaves are 

 large, oblong-lanceolate ; the ground colour bright light 

 green, profusely spotted and blotched with creamy white, 

 and having, in addition, a band of the same colour on. 



