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SON & Sons. F 

 purple limb, wb 

 well developed. 



66. A, ( 



From Mr. Veitch and Messrs. Rollisson & Sons. Flowers 

 full-sized, with rich orange-crimson funnel-shaped tube, and dull 

 orange.stained limb, becoming more deeply orange-tinted towards 

 the throat. 



6T. A. Georgiana discolor. 



From Mr. Veitch and Messrs. Roixisson & Sons. Flowers 

 similar to those of A. Georgiana, but rather brighter coloured ; 

 the leaves are red beneath. It was considered the best variety 

 of this character. 



From Mr. Tuknee. Flowers long-tubed, with small expanded 

 limb, bright and very light orange-scarlet with yellow throat. A 

 very distinct sort, of considerable beauty. 



From Messrs. E. G. Henderson & Son and Messrs. Rollis- 

 son & Sons. Flowers rather small, the long tube tinted with 

 orange, and the limb rich rose dashed with orange, and becommg 

 orange-crimson near the throat. It is a handsome sort. 



70. A. Parsonsi, 



From Mr. Veitch, Messrs. Low & Co., Messrs. E. G. Hen- 

 derson & Son, and Messrs. Rollisson & Sons. Flowers rich 

 rose flushed with orange, and having an orange-yellow nng 

 around the throat. It is somewhat intermediate m character 

 between the HirsutcB and Longijlom groups. The plant is 

 dwarf and free in habit, and the variety is one of those deservmg 

 of general cultivation. 



Besides the foregoing, there were contributed a few species of 

 distinct character which may be here briefly noticed— 



71. A. reticulata. 



From Mr. Tubnek. A plant of dwarf compact habit, with 

 neat foliage, and richly-spotted and chequered flowers, which 

 consist of a nearly equal tube with open throat and a nearly 

 regular limb an inch and a quarter in diameter, of a blmsh Ulac, 



