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DIEFFENBACHIA SHUTTLEWOETHII. 
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DlEFFENBAClUA SHUIILEWOETIIir. 
leaved sorts, that place could be found for both 
types in even a moderately small collection. It 
has the erect but compact habit of D. Bcutsei 
and its allies, the stem being stout, fleshy, erect, 
and of a palish-green colour; the leaf-stalks also 
are erect, green, marginate, and sheathing the 
stem in the lower half. The blade of the leaf 
is spreading, oblong-ovate or lanceolate, a foot 
or more in length, and four inches broad, of a 
bright green colour, the costa ivory-white, with 
a band of silvery-grey variegation on either 
side, about lialf-an-incli in breadth, breaking 
outwards into a feathered and freckled margin. 
The strong contrast is remarkable and exceed¬ 
ingly beautiful, the dense leafy habit of the 
plant, moreover, and the consequent abundant 
surface-coloration which it presents rendering 
it strikingly bright and effective in its appear- 
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