26 SELECT LIST OF BULBOUS AND TUBEROUS-ROOTED PLANTS. 
Each — s. d. . 
KiEMPFERIA GILBERTII, a fleshy-rooted perennial, with attractively variegated foliage, 
introduced from the East Indies. From the succulent roots are annually produced a tuft of 
oblong-lanceolate deep green leaves, which aro slightly undulated at the margin, and bordered 
by a broad and very conspicuous band of white. The purplo and white flowers are peculiar 
in form as often occurs in the Zingiberaceous order 7 6 
1L.EMPTERIA GILBERTII. 
