NEPHTHYTIS PICTTIRATA. 
very distinct and ornamental stove Avoid from the Congo, remarkable for the handsome 
variegated character of its foliage. Tlio i>lant is stemlcss, with terete green petioles growing about 
a foot liigh, and broadly ovate-hastate leaves, which are abruptly pointed at the apex ; the ooloim is 
bright green with a silvery-white variegation between the nerves. Tliis variegation is peculiar and 
quite unique in character, forming a pattern resembling in outline the tips of fcni fronds laid 
between the nerves, with their points all directed towards the base of the leaf. 21.«. 
NEW, RARE AND DESIRABLE STOVE PLANTS. 
