46 NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
LAPORTEA SCHOMBURGKII VERSICOLOR. 
A veiy remarkable stove plant, obtained from the South Sea Islands, and sent to me from Australia 
by Dr. Schombuvgk. It lias large alternate deep green leaves, irregularly mottled Avitli gi-ayisli green, 
and vanegated with patches of creamy white, and having at their base deciduous herbaceous stipules. 
The petioles are fleshy, to 2 inches long, deep wine purple, which colour is continued along the 
principal side veins. Sometimes the creamy white marking covers the whole of the 
leaf surface on one side the mid- vein. 10^. 6d. 
MARANTA MICANS, 3s. 6d. and 5s. 
„ ORNATA, 5s. 
„ PICTT7RATA, 7s. 6d. 
„ PINNATO-PICTA, 10s. 6d. 
„ PORPHYROCAULIS, 6s. 
„ PORTEANA, 6s. 
„ PRASINA, 10s. 6d. 
MARANTA PRINCEPS, 7s. 6d. and 10s. 6d. 
„ PULCHELLA, 6s. 
„ REtJALIS, 6s. and 7s. 6(f. 
,, ROSEO-LINEATA, 6s. 
„ ROSEO-PICTA, 5s. and 7s. 6d. 
„ SANGUINE A, 6s. 
„ SEEM AN NI, 7s. Gd. 
LAPOKTEA SCHOMBURGKII VERSICOLOR. 
