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peculiar-shaped blotches, and are mottled and splashed in a 

 curious manner with scarlet and crimson, the ground colour 

 being a coppery-green. These interesting colourings are pleasingly 

 developed in A. Wilkesiana when grown in a light position not 

 too far from the glass. 



Two new species of considerable merit have recently been 

 added to those already in cultivation. One of these, A. God- 

 seffiafia, is a dwarf shrub of dense, bushy habit, having ovate- 

 lanceolate shining green leaves, with creamy-white margins. A 

 plant of a very ornamental appearance lately obtained from New 

 Guinea. A. hispida iySanderiana) (Fig. 430), another new species. 



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Fig, 430. — AcALYPHA hispida. 



is one of the most striking plants ever introduced into this 

 country. It is a branching shrub with broad, ovate, deep green 

 leaves and pendulous, crimson, velvety, tassel-like spikes of 

 flowers i2in. to i8in. long, arising- from the axils of the leaves, 

 and somewhat resembling those of Love-Lies-Bleeding. This 

 important acquisition was obtained from the Bismarck Archi- 

 pelago, and deserves growing even more for its remarkable 

 inflorescenses than For its bold, stately foliage and habit. 



Of the older varieties, A. Macafeea7ia, A. macrophylla^ 

 A, marginaia, and A. musaica are all attractive and ornamental. 



