HOT-HOUSE OR STOVE PLANTS. 



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elegant plant, with, an 

 ascending stem, the slen- 

 der petioles support a 

 small half -moon-shaped 

 leaf, sparingly furnished 

 with viscid hairs. 



D. spathulata — this species 

 forms dense rosettes, 

 -with spoon-shaped leaves 

 which are covered with 

 viscid, bright reddish- 

 crimson hairs. 



Leaves erect, narrow, six to nine inches long, bright 

 green, the whole surface covered with purple, glan- 

 dular, viscid hairs. Flowers large, produced in a 

 terminal corymb, bright yellow. Spain, Portugal, &c. 



DRACaiNA (Cordtline) stkicta congesta. 



Drosophyllum {D. lusitanicum) is a strong- 

 growing, almost shrubby, representative of the 

 Sundew family. Sir Joseph Hooker says, the de- 

 velopment of its leaves is circinate, and not revolute. 



Echinocactus and Echinopsis. — These 

 genera belong to the Indian Fig family, or Cactacece. 

 They are very similar in appearance, yet have some 

 slight differences, such as the position of their 



