NEW PLANTS. 
15 
NEW PLANTS 
ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME 
BY 
WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
ADIANTUM ANEITBNSB. 
A vmy clagant fioe-growilig species of Maidon-lialr Fern, introduced from the Island of Aneiteum. 
It has a creeping rhizome clotlied with dark-colom'ed scales, and three or four times divided deltoid 
Ironds. The numerous segments of which the fronds are made up are rhoinboidal, nearly sessile, firm 
in texture, with a glabrous surface, subglaucous beneath, and shallowly lobed along the upper and 
outer edges, where the roundish-reniform sori are borne in the centre of the lobes. It is a distinct 
and ornamental evergreen stove Fern, and was one of tlio twelve New Plants with which Mr. W. 15. 
gained the First Prize at the Great Show of the Royal Horticultural Society, held at Kensington in 
1880. For illustration, vide page 8. 10s. 6d. 
ANTHURIUM INSIO-NB. 
A noble and striking Orontiad, imported from the United States of Colombia. Tlio leaves have 
terete petioles, wliich are slightly sheathing at the base. Tlie leaf-blade is three-lobed, dcHcxed at 
first, afterwards elevated, the middle lobe lanceolate, and the two lateral lobes semi-ovate, being most 
I develojied on their exterior edge ; these lateral lobes have from three to five longitudinal ribs, and the 
central one is pinnatcly veined with a connecting vcinlct running about h.alf an inch within the margin. 
Tlie young leaves have a bronzy tinge before taking on the full green of tlie mature foliage. It is a 
very striking plant, and one which should bo found in all collections of choice novcltic.s. This was 
one of the New Plants with which Mr. W. 15. gained the First Prize at the International Horticultural 
Itxhibition, held at Ghent in 1878, and the First Prize at the Great Show of the Royal Horticultural 
Society, held at Kensington in 1880. For illustration, vide page 9. IJ guinea. 
ANTHURIUM SOHBRZBRIANUM MAXIMUM. 
A magnificent variety of this attractive flowering plant, producing gigantic ftower-spathes, which 
measure about nine inches in length by four inches in breadth, of the most brilliant scarlet colour.. 
As a decorative and exhibition plant, this splendid variety will always occupy a foremost place. For 
illustration, vide page 7. 7 guineas. 
ANTIQRAMMA BRASILIBNSIS. 
A simple-fronded stove Fern, with something of the habit of the Bird’s-iml Fern, but, in a mature 
state, of a glaucous opaque green colour, and remarkable, in the young plants, for having a broad band 
of silvery-gray on each side the central costa, giving it a variegated appearance. The fronds are oblong- 
lanceolate in form, acuminate at the apex, the margin being entire or sinuate, and tlie surface smooth. 
Tlie sori are elongate, occupying the long parallel veins which spring from the costa, and more or less 
continued along their reticulated apices. 10s. 6(7. 
APHBLANDRA PUNCTATA. 
A pretty South American plant, in which is combined variegated foliage and ornamental flowers. 
The erect stems bear opposite elliptic acuminate leaves. The green mid-rib is conspicuous in the 
j middle of a white central band, which also extends beside the green veins, this silvery band hreaking 
j up on its margin into numerous small white dots, which produce a pretty and distinct form of varies 
gation. The blossoms are produced in a decussate spike, compo.sed of ovate acuminate bracts, whioli 
are spiny-toothed at the edge, of a bright chrome-yellow with green tips, somewhat spreading and 
recurved. The flowers are tubular, curved, widening upwards to the five-lobed spreading limb, and of 
the same bright yellow colour as the bracts. For illustration, •iidc page S. 10s. 6(7. 
