24 SlEBRECHT & WaDI.EY's CATALOGUE OF 
N£FHTH7TIS picturata. A very distinct and orna- 
mental stove aroid from the Congo, remarkable for the 
handsome variegated character of its foliage. The 
plant is stemless, with terete green petioles growing , 
about a foot high, and broadly ovate-hastate leaves, 
which are abruptly pointed at the apex; the color is ' 
bright green, with a silvery white variegation between 
the nerves. The variepation is peculiar and ijuite 
unique in character, forming a pattern resembling in 
outline the tips of fern fronds laid between the nerves, 
with their points all directed towards the base of the 
leaf. 84 to $10. 
