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NEW PLANTS ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME. 
COLOCASIA ARG'S’BONE'D’E.A. — A bold-habited oriuimeutal-leaved stove perennial, with a 
tuherons root-stock. The leaves are deltoidly sagittate, with the basal lobes somewhat conniveiit, and 
arc attached to erect., solid, pale green glaucous petioles, as thick as one’s linger, and iipward.s of a foot 
in len-dh terete behind, and with a slightly-raised central ridge in front. The blade is large, bright 
m'ecn,\ith a marginal rib, the base of the costa and the iirincipal veins pale yellowisli or watery 
gi’cen the lines either inosculating, or continued straight across, nearly to the margin, which is gieen 
throughout. A distinct and bold Aroid, introduced from New Granada. 10s. 
CovELIjIA RHIZOCAE.PA. — A reniarkable-looking .stove plant, of bold h.abit, belonging to 
the group of the Eigs The stems are .stout and very hairy. The leaves arc of thin herbaceous texture, 
and softly piibescmit, of a blight green colour, large (1 foot long on the young plants), oblong- 
acuminate, very oblique and seini-cordate at the base, the one side being fully an imdi longer than the 
other, and’producea into a rounded lobe, while tlie margins are serrated. This plant has been received 
from Java. 10s. 6/1. ^ , , , i i i. i x i i i i i 
CROTON* CHRYSOPHYLLUM.— A very dwarf Inisliy-habited stove plant, densely braiicked, 
and with comparatively small-crowded leaves, which are linear-oblong, obtuse, half an inch broad, the 
lower ones m’cen with a golden rib, but all those near the end of the branch bright yellow in the bas.al 
half the upper Inalf being green or green with golden rih. At the up].er ends of the shoots, they appear 
to be almost entirely 'mlden. The upper leaves are .shorter than the lower, soniowliat wavy-edged, and 
occasionally about once twisted ; the petioles are red, and the bark of the young wood yellow. The 
peculiar style of colouring, which might almost be called golden-crowned, and the dwarf close habit ol 
the i)lant, give it a vo4-y distinct appearance. 1 guinea. 
X).ffiMONOROPS ORNAT'CJS. — A charming stove iialm introduced from Java, and having, like 
•most of the other species, iinely-cut pinnate leaves. At present it is only known in a young st.atc, 
which, however, is sumcient to show that it will prove to be a plant of very ornamental character. 
^ d'aLECHAMPIA ROEZLIANA alba. — A perfectly distinct form of the well-known 
D’llechampia discovered by Mr. Boezl, and sent by him to Kurope. Like the type, the plant has an 
npri<rht stem’ with little tendency to branching, and rather large obovate-spathiilate nearly sessile 
leaves, which’ are toothed at the margin, Imt it differs in that the two leaves of the involucre are pure 
wiiite’ instead of coloured. 'This will make a very interesting companion iilant for the other varieties. 
^*^I)ESM;0NCUS GRANATENSIS.— The species of this genus of Palms are peculiarly distinct in 
their appearance, having a pair of divergent Icailets at the top of the petiole. In the young plants ol' 
this novel species, the petioles are terete and spineless, except at the top, where they bear ;i 
few sette, and where also are seated a pair of lanceohate divergent i.inme, nearly two inches broad, and 
of a lively iyeen colour. It has been recently imported from New Granada. 15.?. 
ERANTHEMUM ATRORtlRPUREUM:.— An erect-growing stove ]dant, with the, stems and 
leaves wholly of a dark luri<l ]mrple colour, which in the young leaves takes a deep sanguinous hue. 
They are ovate, entire, stalked and opposite, and acquire rather a large size, so that the plant is 
adapted to take a very prominent ]iosition amongst ordinary decor.ative stove plants, the deep wine- 
purple colour of the leaves contrasting linely with the oivlinary green of most other plants. 10s. 6d. 
ERANTHEHinVC HEOOREI. — A stovo plant of distinct and interesting character. The stem 
is slender the leaves opposite decurved oblong-ovate acuminate, rather large, with a mottled green 
centre and a broad yellowish margin, which gives the plant a very lively appearance. Tlie edges of 
the leaves arc somewhat undulated. 10s. 6a!. , , , , 
ERANTHEMUM RETICULATUM.— a very pretty-leaved br.anclung-stcmmed stove plant 
of erect habit The leaves are opposite, ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; they are of a light green colour, 
.and veined throughout with golden yellow, the marking very much resembling the variegation of 
** J^onicera cturco^rciiculata." 5s. 
ERANTHEII'aM VERSICOLOR.— A very free-growing stove plant of somewliat similar 
character to the Ji. marmoralum, sent out by me last year, but quite different ; being much stouter in 
habit and having much larger leaves. E. versicolor has erect nodose stems, fiiniished witli opposite 
l,.ave.s which are rather large, long-stalked, ovate or oblong-ovate, narrowed to the base, and irre- 
ciilarl’v sinuate at the edge. The gi-ound colour, of which very little is apparent, is a deeji green, 
splashed or smeared over with a gi-eyish-green and a yellowish-green in broad patches, and here and 
there becoming pure creamy -white at the edge where an irregular sinus is formed from [the imperfect 
development of the tissue. 7s. 6d. , , v « r . r +i i, i u . • 
• * The four above-named Eranthemnms were imported by the director of the Royal Botanic 
Gardens, Kew, by whom they have been distributed ; they have not yet bloomed, and therefore'the 
names are provisional. 
