BOTASTICAIi INDEX, 
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Fig. C ti.—Clidemia Vittala. 
CLIDEMIA {CYANOPHYLLUM) VITTATA. Lind, et And. {Fig. 62.) 
In this number of the Index we give, through the courtesy of M. Jean Linden, 
the celebrated horticulturist of Ghent, Belgium, an illustration of one of his curious 
and beautiful plants. We give a translation from his original description, as follows : 
“This superb Melastomacee was originally from the borders of the Huallaya, 
(Eastern Peru). Under the name of Cyanophyllum vittatum it was exhibited in our 
greenhouse for its blossom to develop, in order to enable us to determine its genera. 
In a horticultural point of view, the Glidetnia vittata is a noble foliage plant, worthy 
to be exhibited in company with Gyanophyllum magnificum, the Sphcerogyne imperialis 
