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NEW, EARS AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
DIOSCOREA ILLUSTRATA. 
A handsome foliaged climber, imported from Rio Grande do Sul. Tlio leaves are about 6 inches 
across, and produced at .the base into two bluiitisli lobes. Tlie size and marking of the leaf are the 
peculiar features of the plant. There is an irregular central band of silvery gray, and a few angulai- 
patclu-.s of the same colour generally placed in juxtoposition with the ribs, of which there are four on 
each side of the costa. The surface is a satiny green, shaded with olive gi-een, and marked by fine 
transverse vhitish paiallel lines between ihe nerves, a third series of irregular veinlets crossing 
between the latter. The under surface is purple. 7s. 6d. 
