^'EW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
CROTON ILIiUSTRIS. 
\ singularly Ki'otcs<i>io-looking and strongly characteristic variety. The, leaves are mostly llir«- 
lohed on purplish iietioles, the base being oblong, succeeded by two latera alteruat.-. lobes, nhod^ 
.na'l as the apex, appear to V twisted or curved, so as to acquire a sort ol lorked api«.,arance. Fh« 
rolour is gtxsm, richly nraeulated with golden yellow ; the cerrtra bar ye low, arrd the var^,.^ 
irregularly di-stributed, so that sometimes the points are almost wholly golden. It is cxtiem Ir 
■distinct and attractive jdant. Ij guinea. 
