KEW PLANTS. 
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IXOEA PIOTURATA. 
An extremely floriferous variety j tlie flowers on first opening are of a bright or.nigo colour, which 
gradually changes to buff. JOe. M. 
IXORA SPLBNDIDA 
A mngnificont variety producing i>rofusoly very largo and handsome trusses of flower's of a ric|> 
bright oraiige-erimson colour ; remarkably showy and attractive. For illustration, xidc page 11 . 
1 guinea. 
LATHYBUS SPLENDENS. 
A splendid perennial climber, producing a profusion of large and gay scarlet-purple blossoms ii) 
clusters of from teir to twelve. The individual flowers are one and a half to two inches in size, the 
keel almost an inch long, and half as deep, with large banner-like petals. The plant is allied to the 
commoir Everlasting Pea, but the blossoms arc larger and more abundant, and their colour is much 
brighter. It is a native of the Mountaius of Lower California. 7s. 6d. 
MIOROSTYLIS OHLOBOPHBYS. 
An extremely prptty little Orchidaceous plant introduced from Borneo ; its foliage presents (t 
brownish or imrple tint, the leaves being sepia-brown above, light purplp beneath, and bordered with 
light green ; of oblong-acute form, and very much undulated at the borders. The peduncle is of a 
light rosy colour with purple ribs ; the flowers purple, with the cars of the sagittate lip ochre-coloured! 
10s. 6</. 
MIOROSTYLIS METALLIOA. 
This charmiiig little gem has been iiriported from Borneo. From the cylindrical bulbs are produced 
its beautiful leaves ; they arc of a light rose colour undoriieath, and blackish purple above, with quite 
ail exquisite metallic lustre ; the violet pcdunole bpars a long raceme of numerous ratlicr long-stalked 
flowers ; the odd sepal yellow, the lateral sepals one side rose colour, the other yellow ; the petals and 
lip light ro.se.coloured. 10s. 6rf. ' 
MUSA URANOSCOPAS. 
This new Qucen.sland Banana will form a noble ornament for a warm conscrvatoiy. It has a thick 
handsome stem, formed, os in its allies, by the sheathing leaf-stalks, which support largo broail leaves 
not unlike those of Musa EnscU. The flowers and fruit arc borne in erect racemes, unlike those of the 
ordinary Banana, in which they are nodding. It is found on the scrub lands of the Johnstone and 
Daintroc lUvers in Queensland. 1 guinea. 
PITCAIRNIA BROMBLIuEPOLIA. 
An attractive stove plant, of graceful habit, with very long and narrow recim’cd drooping foliage ; 
it bears a tall branching .spike of blight coral red blossoms ; the flowers individually are from two to 
two and a half inches long, in shape somewhat resembling those of a Salvia, and hfvvp bpight yellow 
stamens, forming an effective contrast, J guinea. 
P0TH09 AUREA. 
This remarkably distinct Aroid, which is of climbing liabit, has been imported from the Sploinon 
Islands. The leaves are strikingly variegated, heart-shaped, and unequal sided, of a dark green, boldly 
and irregularly marked by bands or fantostie-shaped blotehcs of creamy yellow, here and there suffused 
with pale yellowish-green. Being of free growth, and having a boldly mar ked variegation, it will bo 
an ornamental object in the tropical plant stove, where it will find itself at home in clotlring walls and 
artificial rockwork. For illustration, vide page 12. 1, IJ and 2 guineas. 
PBITCHARDIA GRANDIS. 
As a new introduction, scarcely any plant has made a gieater sensation than this remarkable Palm, 
When exhibited by Mr. W. B. at the International Horticultural Exhibition, held at Brussels in 1876, 
it won the First Prize for a Now Palm not in commerce. At the same time another specimen was 
also shown in the six Now Plants with which Mr. W. B. gained the First Prize. Again at the 
International Horticultural Exhibition, held at Ghent in 1878, it was one of the Twelve New Plants 
with which Jlr. W. B. won the First Prize. 
It was discovered in the South Sea Islands by one ol Mr. W. B.’s Plant Collectors, and takes rank 
amongst the most distinct and attractive Palms ever introduced. Of robust compact habit, producing 
large handsome leaves, which arc nearly orbicular in general outline, with a wedge-shaped somewhat 
truncate base ; the venation is palmate, and the margin for the greater part of the circumference is 
divided into narrow oblong lobes, each of which is slightly notched. The leaves are originally flat, but 
become Convex above as they grow older ; they areof a dark shining green colour above, paler beneath, 
and the surface is quite dostitu8o of pubescence. For illustration, vide page 14. 2 and 3 guineas. 
