NEW AND BARE STOVE PLANTS. 
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CISSUS AMAZONICA. 
A perfect match to C. dUcolor. This pretty variety is distiagixLshed by largo oval-pointed glossy 
glaucous leaves, with silvery nerves on the surface and i*ed underneath ; the young leaves arc almost 
linear and the veins very decided. As the specific name infers, it was brought from the basin of the 
Amazon. 
Pric& 3s. Gd.f 5«., 7s. Gd., (o 21s. eac/i, 
COSTUS MALORTIANUS. 
This has been sent to me from Nicaragua by Dr. Seemanu (but previously introduced by M. Wend- 
land) ; it is attractive from its ovate leaves having a peculiar velvety texture, and possessing that bright 
arsenical green colouring so seldom to be seen. 
Pi'ice 5s. and 7s. Gd. each. 
COSTUS ZEBRINUS. 
An ornamental plant introduced from South America. It has rich satiny dark green leaves, shaded 
so as to appear striately mai’kcd with pallid lines, the mid-rib grey, and the back of the leaves of a bright 
purplish ciiinsou. 
Price 5s. and 7s. Gd. each. 
CRESCENTIA ALATA. 
A small tree, with simple and trifoliated leaves, purplish flowers, and round fruits looking like 
oranges. The pulp of the fruit is used medicinally by the natives of Mexico, the shoU is made into 
drinking-cups, and the seeds are toasted and converted into a cooling drink, much esteemed by the people 
of Nicaragua. The tree is indigenous to Mexico and the Central American States, and is occasionally 
cultivated in tropical gardens. 
Seeds have been sent from Nicaragua by Dr. Seemann, from which the plants now offered have been 
raised. 
Price 7s. Gd. each. 
CYRTANDRA BICOLOR. 
A beautiful plant, having glossy dark bronzy leaves and white flowers. It has been introduced from 
Java. In 1865 it was exhibited as a new plant at the Intei-national Horticultural Exliibition, held at 
Amsterdam, and obtained the first prize, wliioh award stamps it as a plant of the highest merit. 
Price 21s. each. 
DICHROSTACHYS PLATYCARPA. 
This elegant-growing shr-ub was discovered by Dr. Welwitsoh in the Highlands of the district of 
Golungo Alto, Angola. 
The flowers are produced in pendulous spikes about an inch and a-half long, the lower half of which 
is bright yeUow, the other half rose-coloured ; the foliage is of a glaucous green, and the leaves are bi- 
pinuate, fourteen and more jugate ; the leaflets from twenty-six to thirty pairs ; the legume is nearly an 
inch broad, and peculiarly twisted. 
, Price 15s. each. 
DIEFFENBACHIA BARAQUINIANA. 
This ivory -like stemmed introduction is from Brazil \ its foot-stalks and mid-ribs are pure white, 
leaves pale green beautifully spotted with white. 
Price 7s. 6c/., lOi*. Gc/., 15s., and 21s. each. 
DIEFFENBACHIA GIGANTEA. 
The stem and leaf-stalks of this species are prettily marked with green and white. This plant com- 
bines the stem and foliage of both O. Baraquiniana ami 1). Crandis. 
Price lOtf. Gc/., 15s., and 21s. each. 
