288 ORNAMENTAL FOLIAGE PLANTS. 



peat and sand, to whicli may be added a little leaf mould. 

 It is increased by leaf-cuttings, and should be grown in 

 a close frame in the stove, or under a hand-glass until it 

 is well established. » 



P. rotnmcUfoUa. — ^A handsome plant, with a square stout 

 stem, seldom rising more than a foot in height. The- 

 leaves are opposite and sub-rotund, from six to nine inches 

 long, and from four to six wide, the upper surface plaited 

 and shining, of a rich deep metallic gfreen, slightly tinged 

 with red, the under side dark red, with very prominent 

 ribs. The flowers are borne in a terminal head, and are 

 dark purple, but are of no interest in an ornamental point 

 of view. It should be grown in all choice collections of 

 ornamental-leaved stove plants. Native of Sumatra. 



PHYLLOTaiNinM. 



This is a new and remarkable genus, belonging to the 

 family of Aroids. The species here described will succeed 

 well in a compost of loam and sand with a little leaf soil ■■ 

 added. It requires a temperature of about 70°. 



P. Lindenii. — ^A magnificent and at the same time the- 

 only species at present known. The leaves are large 

 measuring from nine inches in length, and six inches in 

 breadth, they are broadly sagittate, -with large lobes or 

 ears, the ground colour is light shining green, the mid-rib- 

 is silvery white, as also are the branching mid-ribs of th& 

 lobes, the secondary veins are also striped with the same 

 metallic lustre. The petioles are round, curiously striped 

 with black, and usually from one to two feet in height. 

 It is equally effective as an ornament to the stove, or the 

 exhibition table, and should find a place in every collection 

 where ornamental-leaved plants are grown, Native of the 

 forests of New Grenada, 



