NEW PLANTS, 
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NEW PLANTS 
ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME 
BY 
WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
ABROMA SINUOSA. 
A slender plant of interesting character, obtained from Madagascar. The leaves, which grow on 
slender petioles, are broadly ovate, pedately-piimatilid, with oblong obtuse lobes and broad open 
■sinuses, and from tlieir peculiar and remarkable character, the plant is very pleasing and attractive. 
10s. 6d. 
ACALYPHA OBOVATA. 
The beauty of the Acalyphas, as ornamental-leaved stove plants, is sufficiently familiar, and the 
present form is a handsome addition to the genus. The leaves are oboviite, in the earlier stages of 
development green with creamy edges, later on olive-gieen with the margins ro.sy pink, and eventually 
having a bronzy centre with broad rosy crimson margins. It is a very distinct and effective 
ornamental-leaved iffant, introduced from the South Sea Islands. 7s. 6d. 
AliOCASIA SANDEBIANA. 
A remarkably handsome and truly grand Arad, introduced from the Eastern Archipelago, and 
forming one of the finest of the variegated-leaved stove pl.tnts yet introduced to Europe. It has a 
stoutish tuberous rootstock, from which spring up the erect petioles, which are brownish green, and 
striately mottled ; on the young leaves the colour is bright glossy green, with dark bottle-green blotches, 
and on the older leaves the surface has a metallic blue reflection. The leaf-blade is seim-deflexed, with 
a glossy surface, arrow-shaped, with a rounded open sinus behind, peltately attached, the front portion 
with throe triangular lobes on each side, the basal portion with one or two siiraller lobes ; the thick 
costa and the stout cross veins are white, conspicuously bordered with ivory-white, the margins also 
being white. This is certainly the most beautiful of all the Alocasias, and a most magnificent foliage 
plant. For illustration, vide page 3. 2 guineas. 
ANTHUBIUM INTERMEDIUM. 
We have in this novelty the result of the intercrossing of A. liyh-idum and A. crystaUmum. The 
leaf-blades are defiexed, over a foot long, oblong ovate, cordate at the base, with an open rounded 
sinus, the upper surface of a velvety gi-een, with a slight olive tinge, the costa and principal veins 
being whitLsh. The spathe is lanceolate, and of a pale reddish hue, with a rosy red spadix. 10s. 6d. 
BEGONIA ASSAMICA. 
A neat-growing species, introduced from Assam. It has short fleshy stems, short pale green softly 
hairy leaf-stalks, and oblique ovate olive-green leaves, marbled with silvery blotches above, and of a 
pale purplish pink beneath. The flowers are of a pinkish flesh-colour. 5s. 
BEGONIA HYBRIDA COCOINEA. 
A pretty and desirable hybrid variety, raised by Mr. Eckford, gardener to Dr. Sankey. It belongs 
to tlie winter-flowering section, and is of dwarf compact habit, bearing in the greatest profusion its 
beautiful bright scarlet flowers, making it admirably adapted for the decoration of greenhouses and 
conservatories during the dull winter months. 5s. 
BEGONIA SCEPTRUM. 
This is a very handsome and distinct species, a native of Hrazil. The leaves are obliquely ovate in 
outline, deeply’ lobed on one side, the lobes, oblong obtuse, the veins sunk, and the raised spaces 
between marked with largo silvery blotches, and numerous smaller dots of silvery grey. The leaf- 
stalks are red, this colour passing up the ribs of the under surface. For illustration, vide page 5. 
CALAMUS SIKKIMBNSIS. 
An. elegant Palm, introduced from Sikkim. The leaves arc ovate in outline, pinnate, with many 
narrow lanceolate segments, supported by spiny leaf-stalks. The young leaves are of a pleasmg cin- 
inamon-brown colour, contrasting in a very marked manner with the deep green of the mature leaves. 
This handsome Palm will be exceedingly valuable for all decorative purposes. IJ guinea. 
