92 
n Il ds ft. — Peduncles, Alsophila atrovirens, var. Keriana, 
. light green. Spathe, Baker.: (G. C, 1887, v I, p. 639.) 
pare rim - with a light green be, Fili of ornamental charae- 
and a reflexed, oblong, acute, pale ter. Frondsbipinnate, oblong-lanceolate, 
greenish-white limb. Spadix creamy- 15-18 in. long, 6 in. broad; pinne 
white. Malay ARDUIS, Borneo ? lanceolate, 3-4 in. long, lin. broad; 
ocasia iana, Rodigas. (IU. H. pinnules oblong, obtuse, crenate; sori 
a. 34, es pl. 27.). S. pn placed midway between the midrib and 
hy at margin. Stipes, 6-8 in. long, brown, 
Alocasia aritm, Lind. and Rod. muricated, without scales. 
MW. H., v. 83, p. 155, pl. 6 S. | Alyxia bracteolosa, Rich. (Gff.1 
t, well distinguished s p. 71.) cyne 
pubescent brownish le les ; the the 1. in threes, oblong or sublanceolate, 
f the leaf is cordate - obtuse or acuminate, acute or rounded 
ittate acute, repand, rather thick, the base. Cymes axillary many flowered, 
me te, dark green, with shortly Age rateri- 
blackish nerves. Java. form, with a long tube; pale yellow. 
i " iji. 
Alocasia marginata, N. E. Br. (G. C. 
1887, v. 2, p. 212) S. fo Ses y ‘Plant of | Amaraboya — M9 (1. 
bold habit. Petioles 2-3} ft. long, pale v. 34, p. Melastomaceze. 
green, ma with zig-zag blackish- G. A beautiful shr. with terete purplish 
n ba d th ath broadly stems ; — opposite, ellipti ree- 
margined with the same colour. Blade nerved 1., and terminal umbels of large 
of 1. 11-2 ft. long, 11-14 in. broad, 2 pinkish-white, edged with carmine. 
roadly cordate-ovate, margin slightly New Granada. 
sinuate, apex shortly pointed, basal lobes 
shlong, obtu tuso, a EXE ig v eh Cl. us 
be ; M ge surface dark green, j 
dull letti n-green, r purplish tinted 1 n : : i 
- beneath. Peduncle $-19 ins. long, pale — peces eben l., dark 
reen v 
d tinted, — barred. — Spathe terminal, few-flowered cymes, of very 
long, tube v , marked 
with in ach ies an and dots, limb boat- ret —— T Mim os 
shaped, greenish-white. Spedix as long 
bt — ethan the MES Brazil. Amaraboya splendida, inden. 
(Ill. H. v. 34, p. 15, under A. n cepe, 
Alocasia Pucc André. (R. H. and p. 94, pl. 34.) Somewhat similar 
1887, P 466.) D. "Garde en hybrid. to the above, but with larger carmine 
Alocasia Villaneuvei, — and Rod. fl., which shades aaa rose and almost'to 
(Ail. v. 34, p. 59, pl. 21.) S. A white e hear rg tre. New Granada, 
lar; ck habid foliage plant, having 
ge ovate, cordate-sagittate l of a enacew. dba shr. with 
ptis dark e " C E tina th on te 
ook. B. M. L showy racemes droop 
TS "0944, A C. — oe vus dS ee 08.) yellowish, tubular fl., with the calyx an 
tamineæ. fle: per. o of economic value, | - the large leafy bracts bright crimso 
out, Senones branched. i cad Guiana. s. A. punicea of 
Stems 4-5 garden 
:10-12 in. tong, om oblong, Andro duit Maroni, André ve = 
acute, dark green with a pale 1887, p.496.) Composite. G. or H 
and pale green beneath Panicle herbaceous per. of ornamental upset, 
10-12 in .m in. long, pale | about 2 ft. high, white-to: EM 
th a white lip veined with petiolate, triangular-hastate, distantly 
on each side of a yellow disk, and having toot hed, i g, 3- tond. 
jas : orn-like processes at i e. Hen ds etes e, on. long long peduncles, 
sitive, «i-um. radiate, pale yellow. 
AR M t 021) Capriliacee. G. | Andromeda japonica, var. elegantis. 
shr. with alternate, elipti-unceolate rien arrière. ( 1887, p. 83.) 
mete; te L, nérrowed ricacee. H. Garden variety. 
the petiole; an ters of ic C. 
drooping, sweetly-scented fl. 15 in. long, 1887, v. 1, p. 40.) hidex. L. 4 in. 
with a cylindric tube widening at the long, 243 in. broad, — oblong- 
mouth, and five spreading-fringed lobes, elliptical 2-lobed. Fl. racemose, white ; 
white, streaked with red. New Zealand. sep. and pet. jehoehiaé - cuspidate 
