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shade. This may be one of the red leaved ones we cultivate, but the 
description is too incomplete. 
H. AU re o- striata, Bull. A tufted plant, about 5 feet tall. Leaves 
elliptic acute, base oblique not decurrent, 2 feet — 2-1 feet long by 8*10 
inches wide, nerves Vo inch apart, when young green streaked trans- 
versely with yellow, adults plain light green dull, petiole li-2 feet long 
green. Inflorescence of three or four bracts on a short peduncle, all 
glabrous. Bracts long acuminate rather narrow the lowest one 7 
inches long including the rather narrow leaf like portion, upper ones 
6 inches green, i lowers fairly numerous. Bracteole lanceolate acumi- 
nate pale green 3 inches long. Ovary narrowed into pedicel in flower 
1 inch long with pedicel, orange. Perianth H inch long curved orange 
at base passing into white sepals lanceolate acuminate acute. Stamens 
long. Anthers linear acuminate. Staminode ovate. Fruit j inch long, 
obconic 3 angled, orange. Native country not known. 
H. illustris Bull. H. rubro-striata, Hort. A large tufted 
plant, with stems flattened 4 feet tall, 3 inches wide green, petiole 2 
feet long and 1 inch thick, reddish to pink or plain green, blade 5 feet 
long 8 inches across oblong, narrowed at the base so as to be shortly 
decurrent on the petiole above dark green above with a coppery lustre 
beneat.n, midrib channelled on the upper surface pink, edge of blade red 
nerves conspicuous $ an inch apart elevated on the upper surface ! 
young leaves elliptic rather abruptly rounded and only shortly decur- 
rent, dark green with numerous and close rose pink or often white 
streaks above midrib green almost disappearing before the tip, back of 
leal bright rose pink with green streaks. Inflorescence about 8 
or 9 inches long, rachis green linely pubescent. Boat shaped bracts 
4-o, the lowest tipped with an ovate acute blade resembling the leaf 
in colour the others with or without a small blade, green pubescent 
tipped led / -6 inches long, blowers numerous in each bract. Bracteole 
lanceolate acuminate acute 3 inches long Flowers shortly pedicelled, 
pedicel thick white glabrous i of an inch long, ovary as long flattened 
on the inner side yellowish, red m the upper part. Sepal greenish to 
cream> >ellow base and apex red, lanceolate acuminate acute 2 inches 
long. Petals narrower and shorter similarly colored. Stamens white 
connate at the base. Staminode k an inch long lanceolate rather broad 
channelled. Fruit red i inch long. 
10 f S S fT T f ILIS ’ r nd ' IU ; , Hort - 1892 P1 - 156 - Whole Plant about 
1- , , tal1 - Leave ® 'meal' oblong acute, narrowed to base, margins 
undulate, nerves about 1-1* inch apart conspicuous midrib tb cfc 
coppery red, beneath, deep purple above, occasionally turning green 
4 foot 10 inches long 11 inches wide, petiole sheathing for nearly 
all its length long green or yellowish mottled and dotted with 
gieyish green. Inflorescence 8 inches long, rachis fiexuous velvptv 
pubescent. Bracts 6 lanceolate acuminate pubescent ribbed when drv 
o hvaceous passing into red 6 inches long one inch deep, distant from 
each other one inch. Flowers numerous, pedicels f inch long glabrous 
Prerianth U inch long curved acuminate greenish and red. Sepals k 
ohW 1 ?' * lIa TT 0f tomen rather stout, anther linear, standnode 
oblong truncate j long. Introduced In 1891 by Linden from “ Asia ” 
