lower side ; the flowers are of a delicate, very transparent 

 violet blue ; and the bracteae, which remain long after the 

 flowers have fallen, being of a warm lavender colour, and 

 closely covered with transparent glands, give an air of 

 beauty to the plant when the flowers themselves have 

 fallen. 



It is a tender, greenhouse plant, propagated by cuttings : 

 a cold greenhouse would not suit it, and a stove appears to 

 be too hot for it. 



J. L. 



