216 OENAMENTAL FOLUGB PLANTS. 



twenty inches in length, and beautiMly arched ; pinniB 

 sessile, and distant, six to eight inches long, and two 

 inches broad, the apex deeply bifid. A very ornamental 

 plant for table decoration. Native of Brazil. 



O. procumbens. — In this plant we have one of the most 

 majestic species in the whole genus. Stem stout ; leaves 

 two to four feet in length, pinnate and arching ; pinns9 

 pendent, upwards of twelve inches in length, from one to 

 two inches in breadth, and very deep green. It should be 

 in every collection. Native of Costa Bica, 



O. pumila. — An elegant small-growing species, admirably 

 adapted for dinner-table decoration ; the leaves are broad 

 and deeply cleft at the apex, supported upon slender terete 

 petioles, which are sheathing at the base. A very desirable 

 plant. Native of Tropical America. 



G. Schottiana. — This is a superb plant for table decora- 

 tion. Stem slender ; petioles sheathing at base, long and 

 arching ; leaves pinnate, from two to three or more feet in 

 length ; pinnee long, and tapering to a tail-like point. It 

 is an exceedingly handsome plant, well deserving a place in 

 every collection. Native of Brazil. 



G. undata. — This is a large-growing species, with a stout 

 stem, measuring from nine to twelve inches in circum- 

 ference ; leaves irregularly pinnate, arching, and from two 

 to three feet long ; pinn^ plaited, terminal one deeply 

 bifid, dark green ; petioles sheathing, enclosed at the base 

 in a rough fibrous tissue. Native of Caraccas. 



G. Verschaffeltii. — A beautiful plant; leaves upwards of 

 two feet long, unequally pinnate, the terminal lobe broad 

 and deeply cleft, full deep green on both surfaces ; petioles 

 flat, sheathiag at the base, where they are furnished with 

 long brown woody fibres. Native of Chiapas. 



G. Willdendvii, — This is to be found in some collections 



