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dense bush, 2:10 m. high with a circumference of 850m. It 
sometimes suffers severely from frost. 
E. candelabrum was received as a small plant from Kew. It 
ends under the shelter of the big Eucalyptus and is now 2°30 m. 
igh. 
E. Dinteri. This has often been confused with H. virosa and 
figured as such. It is, however, quite a distinct species. Seeds 
were first received from Salem in August, 1898, through Mr. K. 
Dinter. It is not quite hardy here, the climatic conditions of 
its native habitat—summer rains and dry winter—being exactly 
reversed in our case. 
E. Erythree was introduced from Eritrea by Profs. Penzig 
and Schweinfurth. The tallest specimen stands in front of the 
house. It is now 3:00 m. high, and ripens every summer a 
few fruits the size of a small cherry, from which it has been 
propagated. 
E. grandicornis, which is furnished with ferocious spines, 
succeeds with difficulty in the open, but grows freely under glass 
shelter. A small cutting of this was brought from Palermo in 1901. 
E. Marlothii has a cactus-like stem, which is leafless and 
resting during winter. In summer it throws out a number of 
branches about a foot long with large leaves. It flowers and 
seeds frequently. It was received from Mr. K. Dinter in 1905 
and has proved more successful than H. Dintert. It comes very 
near H. Monteirt Hook. fil. in Bot. Mag. t. 5534, but has lanceo- 
late acute leaves and bracts. 
E. multiceps, a very interesting little succulent, received in 
1905 from Dr. R. Marloth, of Cape Town, was lost. 
E. neriifolia was first procured from Mr. Cooper, of Reigate, 
in July, 1868. 
EH. neutra, a tall arborescent species, is not infrequent in 
large collections, where it is often named H. abyssinica or EH. 
Roylei, though quite different from either. Our plant was intro- 
duced from the Palermo Botanic Garden in 1901. 
E. parciramulosa. Cuttings of this were kindly sent from Cairo 
by Prof. Schweinfurth in April, 1911. 
E. Phillipsie was received in 1906 from Mr. R. I. Lynch, of 
Cambridge. 
E. polyacantha we had from Prof. Penzig, of Genoa, and native 
specimens from Eritrea through Prof. I. Baldrati, of Asmara. 
E. Reinhardtii was received from the Royal Botanic Garden, 
Dahlem, in 1906. 
E.resinifera. A cutting of this pharmacologically * interesting 
plant was brought to La Mortola by Mr. D. Hanbury in June, 
1870. 
E. Schimperiana was brought from Eritrea by Prof. Penzig in 
June, 1891. It is quite hardy. 
See Fliickiger & Hanbury, Pharmacographia, p. 502, and second edition, 
p. 558. 
