NEW AND RARE STOVE PLANTS. 
SAURAUJA SARAPIGIENSIS. 
This handsome foliaged plant is an introduction from Costa Rica. From its noble aspect it is a 
worthy associate with Spharogyne and Cyanophyllu'm i and although only recontly introduced it has 
already produced leaves 20 inches long by 0 wide, which when young are of a pleasant reddish 
tint, and the mid-rib in all the leaves is of a bright red, which latter contrasts prettily with the 
green leaves. 
The entire stock of this plant has been purchased from M. Linden, of Brussels, 
Price 15s. and 1 guinea each . 
SAMYDA NOBILIS. 
An extremely handsome ornamental plant, with largo dark green elliptic-lanceolate leaves, which 
are upwards of a foot in length, and about half as much in breadth, serrated on the margin and 
woolly beneath ; the stem is covered with a light brown puborescence, the loaves are pendulous, 
and being so large they give to the plant a rich attractive character. 
It has been introduced from the Province of Saint Catherine, Brazil. 
It was awarded a First Class Certificate at the Exhibition of the Royal Botanic Society, 
Price 2 guineas each . 
SELAGINELLA DENTICULATA VARIEGATA. 
A very pretty variegated variety, with all the branelilets pointed with white, looking in the winter 
as if tipped with snow ; bnt this character is peculiar to it in winter, for during the Bummer it 
assumes a somewhat greener aspect. 
Price 2 s. C d. and 3 s, Qd. each. 
SELAGINELLA MERTENSI ALBO VARIEGATA. 
Another pretty variegated kind. Its very conspicuous whito blotches, contrasted with the green, 
appear at a short distance as if speckled with silver, or half covered with snow flakes. 
Price 2s. Gil. and 3s. 6 il, each. 
SIPHOCAMPYLUS HUMBOLDTIANUS (FULGENS). 
This free-flowering effective plant has been introduced from South America, and is a great ac- 
quisition to our stoves, for it perpetuates its showy blossoms nearly throughout the year ; it is of 
compact habit, foliage dark green, ovate acuminate, the blossoms rich orange scarlet with yellow 
throat. 
Being such a free bloomer, and producing its attractive flowers over such a lengthened period, it 
is a most desirable decorative plant ; added to which, its flowers are extremely useful for bouquets. 
Price 7s. 6d. and 10s. Gd. each. 
SMILAX MACROPHYLLA MACULATA. 
A variegated foliaged climber, with large ovate acuminate leaves, which are bright green, spotted 
and maculated with white. 
It has boon introduced from Mexico, and is of easy culture. 
Price 7s. Gd. and 10s. Gd. each. 
SOLANUM ANTHROPOPHAGORUM. 
This plant has been introduced by seeds from the Fiji Islands, through Dr. Seemann. 
The correspondence relative to the Fiji Islands, presented to both Houses of Parliament by com- 
mand of Her Majesty, in May, 18G2, is accompanied by an interesting Appendix, being a Report, by 
Dr. Seemann, on tho “ Vegetable Productions and Sesources of the Yitian or Fiji Islands,” in which a 
chapter is devoted to “ Vegetables eaten with Human Flesh,” from which the following extract is 
made : — “ Human flesh, Fijians have repeatedly assured me, is extremely difficult to digest, and 
even the healthiest suffer for two or throo days after partaking of it. Probably in order to assist the 
process of digestion, bokola, as dead men’s flesh is technically termed, is always eaten with the 
addition of vegetables. Tho Boro dina ( Solatium anthropophagorum ) is a bushy shrub, with a dark 
glossy foliage, and berries of the shape and colour of tomatoes. This fruit has a faint aromatic 
smell, and is occasionally prepared like tomato sauce.” 
Price 10s. Gd. each. 
