NEW PLANTS. 
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NEW PLANTS 
ANNOUNCED FOR THE FIRST TIME 
BY 
WILLIAM BULL, F.L.S. 
ARDISIA PICTA. 
A pretty and attractive plant, introduced from Brazil. The petiolate leaves are of an elongate 
lance-shaped form, crenate at the margin and of a beautiful dark velvety bronze green colour, with 
a central silvery stripe, which at the base of each of the primary side veins, bre.aks out into short 
lateral branches, giving a feathered character to the variegation of a most pleasing character. ^ A 
very distinct and well marked decorative plant of the variegated or pictorial group. I ide 
illustration, page S. 1J guinea. 
ARISA3MA FIMBRIATTJM. 
A very remarkable and distinct species, introduced from the Philippine Islands. The leaves 
are deeply divided into three ovate acute segments, the long petioles being of a pale purplish rose 
colour, sprinkled with small purplish spots. The spathes are acuminate, brownish purple, reticulated 
and very effectively striped with narrow whitish bands. The cylindrical spadix is slender and 
terminates in a long whip-like extremity freely furnished throughout its length with long and 
slender purplish filaments, imparting to the plant a distinct and novel character. I ide illustration, 
page 7. This plant has been described and illustrated in the “ Gardeners' Chronicle," November- 
29th, 1884, pages GSO and G89. 10s. G cl. 
BEGONIA ALBO-PICTA. 
A noat and pretty species, introduced from Brazil, distinct in character from all the cultivated 
kinds whether species or varieties. It is shrubby in habit and of compact growth, haying elliptic 
lanceolate leaves shortly stalked. Tho leaves nre glossy green, freely spotted with bright silvery 
white, the nebulous markings becoming smaller towards the margins. It has small and elegant 
foliage and will make a really useful and pretty plant for decorative purposes. Vide illustration, 
page 4. 10s. G cl. 
BIGNONIA REGALIS. 
A very handsome stove climber, with opposite elliptic lanceolate leaves, caudate at the apex. 
The flowers are exceedingly beautiful, very large, and of a bright yellow and red colour. It has 
been recently imported from British. Guiana, and is a decided acquisition to this beautiful 
genus. 10s. G d. 
CAMOENSIA MAXIMA. 
One of the most gorgeously beautiful of tropical climbers, producing the largest and most 
magnificent flowers known in the Leguminous Order. It is a native of West Tropical Africa, where 
it was found by the late Dr. Welwitsch, adorning the trees on the outskirts of the forest with its 
splendid bunches of pendulous milk-white flowers, tinged with gold on the edges of the petals.. 
The leaves are digitate, trifoliolate, the leaflets petiolate and broadly elliptic. The flowers grow in 
drooping racemes from the axils of the leaves ; the calyx is six to seven inches long, five-lobed ; the 
petals are white, venose, frilled at the margin, where they are tinted with golden yellow, the vexillum 
roundish extending four inches beyond the calyx, the four lower petals are equally frilled, though 
smaller and narrower. Certainly one of the most striking and noble flowering plants lately 
introduced. Vide illustration, page 5. This plant has been described and illustrated inVol. XXV 
of the Transactions of the Linnean Society, p. 301, T. 36. Price on application. 
CLERODENDRON DELECTUM. 
A handsome and effective new variety raised from C. Salfourianum, freely producing in large 
dichotomous cymes its showy flowers. The calyx is pure white and the corolla of a deep rich 
magenta rose colour. A useful and welcome addition to ornamental stove climbers. 10s. Grf. 
CRINUM SANDERIANUM. 
A very distinct new species introduced from Sierra Leone. It has globose bulbs about two 
inches in diameter, ensiform leaves, thin in texture and much undulated towards the margins. The 
flowers are produced in umbels and consist of six lanceolate, acuminate white segments with a 
broad and conspicuous band of reddish crimson down the centre of each. Vide illustration, page 11. 
3s. Grf. 
