GLEANINGS AND ORIGINAL MEMORANDA. 



Anthurium splendidum. Amongst tlie many fine ornamental leaved varieties o£ 

 Anthurium that have appeared within recent years,, there are none with so distinct an 

 appearance as this beautiful species. The leaves, which are about a foot across,, are 

 heart-shaped^ with a deep sinus ; the ground-colour of the upper surface is pale green* 

 The well-defined nerves are banded on each side their entire length with deep green. 

 But that which renders the plant most effective is that the whole portion of the leaves 

 between the close network of lateral nerves is raised so as to give the surface an 

 irregular puckered appearance. It is a very handsome plant, and is one of Mr. BulFs 

 introductions from South America. It will require stove treatment in the matters of 

 heat, moisture, and shade from the sun's rays when powerful. 



Blllbergia Porteana. The subject here noticed, although by no means a common 

 plant, has been some time in cultivation, and now, when plants of the Bromeliaceous order 

 have more attention paid to them by cultivators, so distinct a flowered species as this 

 deserves recognition. It is from Brazil, and was first grown in Europe, we believe, by M. 

 Morel, of Paris, an enthusiastic cultivator of these, as also of Orchids, several species of 

 which, as well as one of the finest of all Billbergias, B. Moreliana, bear bis name. The 

 flowers of B. Porteana are of a drooping habit, as in many other Bromeliads. The con- 

 spicuous bright coloured bracts with which the peduncle is furnished constitute one of the 

 chief attractions, being large and of a bright red colour; the petals are green, filaments 

 violet-purple, which, combined with the colouring of the bracts, are very effective. The 

 plant has flowered at Kew. 



Acaulescent. Produced leaves five or six in a rosette, erect, lorate, three or four feet long, four inches broad at 

 the base, narrower towards the extremity, green tinted on the back with claret-purple and marked with irregular 

 transverse bands of white, mai'ginal prickles deltoid cuspidate, ascending, small and moderately close. Peduncle 

 about two feet long, terete, densely farinose, with several large lanceolate bright red spreading bract-leaves. 

 Flowers without any special bracts, arranged in a lax drooping simple spike six or eight inches long with a 

 farinose rachis. Ovary oblong, densely farinose; segments horny, deltoid, not more than half as long as the 

 ovary. Petals green, lanceolate, above two inches long, rolling up spirally from the top when the flower begins to 

 fade. Filaments violet-purple, shorter than the petals ; anthers linear, basified, nearly an inch long. Ovary with 

 numerous ovules in a cell ; stigmas protruding beyond the anthers, twisting up spirally. — Botanical Magazine, 6670. 



Dracaena Lindenii. This is not only one of the most distinct and elegant of all the 

 Dracaenas, but one of the handsomest and most desirable of fine-leaved plants that have 

 appeared for some time. It is a Brazilian species, and has leaves somewhat broader and 

 not quite so long as many of the coloured leaved section, but not so broad as the many 



