and the species therefore promises to be of value for green- 
house decoration during what are the dullest months of the 
year. According to Dr. Coutinho a variety bicolor, 
characterised by having a white centre to the corolla, has 
been met with in Southern Portugal. he species is very 
readily increased by means of firm, woody cuttings. 
Description.— Undershrub, evergreen and dwarf, with 
prostrate leafy branches and ascending flowering twigs. 
Leaves ovate, base rounded or shortly cuneate, apex sub- 
acute or obtuse, 14-23 in. long, 1-12 in. wide, quite 
glabrous; petiole }-1 in. long. Flowers solitary in the 
axils of the uppermost leaves; pedicels 1-14 in. long. 
Sepals linear, with a gland on each side a little above the 
base, 4-% in. long or océasionally longer. Corolla blue, the 
portion of the tube below the stamens cylindric 1—} rarely 
z in. long, the portion of the tube above the stamens funnel- 
shaped 4-} in. long; segments of the limb obliquely 
obovate, 4-3 in. long, 4-4 in. across, 
Fig. 1, section of calyx ; 2, corolla tube, laid open; 3 and 4, stamens; 5, part 
of the style, with stigma :—all enlarged, 
