less downy. Leaves very variable, generally oblong-obovate, 
acute, tapering at the base, entire or sinuato-serrate, downy or 
glabrous. HVowers in a sort of leafy terminal corymb, drooping, 
very handsome. Calyz tubular, five-toothed, pale, membranous, 
with dark green streaks. Corolla hypocrateriform: tube very 
long, reddish-yellow, streaked with darker red; imd of five 
spreading, obcordate, red lobes. Stamens moderately exserted : 
anthers dark purple. Ovary seated on a fleshy annulus, or ring. 
Style longer than the stamens. Stigma trifid. W.J. H. 
Curr. An elegant flowering, branching shrub, of easy culti- 
vation, and capable of being trained into a neat bushy form. 
It proves to be a hardy greenhouse plant, and will thrive if 
potted in a mixture of light loam and peat-soil containing a 
portion of sand. It has not been long enough under our notice 
to enable us to judge of its hardiness, but, from its appearance 
and manner of growth, we believe it will grow freely in the open 
air during summer, if planted in a warm sheltered situation. 
Mr. Veitch informs us that with some slight protection it 
has withstood the two last winters in the open air, in Devon- 
shire; we may therefore infer that cultivated either as a pot or 
outdoor plant, it will succeed by treating it in the same way as 
the Fuchsia. It is readily propagated by cuttings treated in 
the usual way. J. 8. 
Fig. 1. Pistil :—magnified. 
