210 OENAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



the stems and petioles are clothed -with a ferrugineous 

 tomentum. It is a free-growing and very usefiil plant, 

 being equally at home in the stove, greenhouse, or even in 

 sub-tropical garden during summer. Native of Sierra 

 Leone. 



F. dealbata. — A plant of recent introduction, and one 

 that promises to be an object of great beauty ; the leaves 

 are from six to twelve inches in length, acuminate at the 

 apex, bright dark green above, and snowy white on the 

 under side. It should be in every collection. Native of 

 the Upper Amazon. 



F. elasticus. — This is a well-known plant, and is grown 

 in many a cottage window, under the name of India-rubber 

 Plant ; it is admirably adapted for the decoration of apart- 

 ments or halls, and also as a sub-tropical plant during 

 summer. The leaves are from six to eighteen inches in 

 length, and from three to six inches in width ; the upper 

 side is dark bright shining green, yellowish green below. 

 Native of the East Indies. 



F. PwreelUi. — A very pretty variegated plant ; the leaves 

 are bright green, irregularly blotched with dark green and 

 ivory white. The plant is of free growth, and will prove 

 a very usefdl addition to our stoves for decorative purposes. 

 Native of the South Sea Islands. 



F. Porteana. — The plant now under consideration differs 

 materially from the previously named species. Here the 

 leaves are not thick and leathery, but thin in textur^, from 

 six to twenty inches long, somewhat oblong in shape, with 

 an acuminate apex, the edges serrate, and the upper sur- 

 face dark shining green, paler below. It is an extremely 

 ornamental plant, suitable for the conservatory during 

 summer, but in winter requiring stove temperature. 

 Native of the Philippine Islands. 



