HOFPFMANNIA (named after G. F. Hoffmann, 1761- 
1826, Professor of Botany at Gottingen, &c.). Including 
Campylobotrys. Syns. Higginsia, Ohigginsia. ORD. 
Rubiaceew. A genus comprising about twenty species of 
herbs or shrubs, natives of tropical America. Flowers 
white, yellow, or red, small, in axillary, few - flowered, 
occasionally unilateral, pedunculate or sub-sessile cymes. 
Leaves opposite, or two to four-nate, verticillate ; stipules 
interpetiolar, small, broadly triangular or transversely 
oblong - linear, deciduous. Hoffmannias will thrive in 
the open air in summer, if planted in sandy soil; but 
they require the protection of a greenhouse in winter. 
Propagated by cuttings, inserted in sandy soil, under 
a bell glass, in bottom heat. 
H. d (two-colourèd).* This species ‘is remarkable for the 
lurid-green yet satiny Surfacé or velvety gloss of the oc side 
of the leaves, and the fich red-purple tints of the branches and 
tader epen of the — and the u api egea ae 
our e peduncles and flowers and teeth o 
W d. Hooke) h. 6in, Mexico, 1850. Stove. (B. M. 4530, 
under name of Campylobotrys discolor.) 
H. Ghiesbreghtii (Ghiesbreght’s).* fl. yellow, spotted red 
on the disk, inconspicuous ; cymes on short axillary peduncles. 
L large, lft. or more long, broad oblong-lanceolate, acumi- 
nate, enti , Much decurrent and attenuated at the base, 50 
as to be perfoliate, strongly penninerved and sub-plicate ; upper 
surface rich dark velvety-green above, very slightly pubescent ; 
under surface dull purple-red, veins very prominent. Branches 
herbaceous, elongated. A. 2ft. to 4ft. South America, 
861, (BLM. 5383, under name of Higginsia Gheisbechtit.) varie- 
ey = form with leaves blotched with creamy-white, yellow, 
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Fig. 237. HOLBG@LLIA LATIFOLIA, showing Flowering Branch and 
| ms at, with a broad central and narrow green stripes, 
LTURE. 147 
Hoffmannia—continuad. 
H. unculata (pedunculate). A., corolla yellow, and varie- 
gated with red, rotate ; — — to cight-ficw peduncled; 
peduncles as long as, or ——— petiole. J. elliptical, 
pointed, cuneate at the long- brescent abov 
~ rusty-pilose, with scattered down beneath. h. 2t. to 3ft. Jamaica 
(in mountain woods), = 
H. re (shining).* fl. pale red, upwards of lin. across, in 
Solitary cymes; corolla lobes much longer than the tube; 
— solitary, — erect, purple-red, shorter than the 
eaves. May. l Žin. to in. long, narrow-obovate, sub-acute, ; 
contracted at base, but not petioled ; upper surface dull green, — 
suffused with red, especially towards the margins; under surface 
pale reddish. Branches purple, erect. h. ift. to 2ft. South 
America. (B. M. 5346, under name of Higginsia refulgens.) 
p k 
above, reddish-purple beneath ; es ti lar, 
deciduous. Brene es aaen ie —— 
mal, h. lft. Mexico, 1859. A robust stove 
(B. M. 5280, under name of Higginsia 
HOG PLUM. See Spondias. : fs 
IA. Now included under 
HOHENBERG: 
Zichmea (which see). hee 
HOITZIA. A synonym of Leselia — 
(which see) Ce 
HOLBELLIA (named after Fred. Louis 
 Holbéll, once Superintendent of the Botanic —__ 
Garden at Copenhagen). A monotypic genus, 
the species being an interesting conservatory 
or cool greenhouse evergreen climbing shrub. 
It is of easy culture in any light soil. Pro- 
pagation is effected by cuttings, made of half- 
ripened shoots, in spring. 
detached Female Flowers 
iniii a — le or greenish, very A 
— — — longer — 
Mau i ternate or quinate, coriaceous ; leaflets oblong, 
March ok AE: ‘Himalaya, 1840. See Fig. 237. 
rise ia is a form having seven to nine 
49.) WE j 1a 18 a 
oLcus : Holkos, the old Greek name of a grass). 
— ex Graminee. A genus of eight species 
cae | i tives of Europe, tem- 
O OF perennial grasses, nat ~ Panicles loose ; 
perate Asia, North and South rie — 
ikelets com sed, two-flowered. : 
—— — soil. The only one worth grow 
i i llowing : ; 
—— ise. (woolly, white - variegated). l 
