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is a variety which has the leaves variegated or striped 

 with white, but it is somewhat tender and rare. 



*Tritoma glauca. — A dwarfer kkid than T. Uvaria, 

 with leaves of a sea-green colour, and very large spikes 

 of scarlet-and-yellow flowers, which, when in bud, are 

 hidden by long, sea-green bracts, streaked and rayed with 

 white. There is a scarce variety with recurved leaves 

 (T. g. recurvata), which has somewhat of the habit of a 

 Bromelia. S. Africa. 



*Tritoma praecox. — A recently-introduced, hand- 

 some, hardy perennial, with very much the habit of 

 T. Uvaria. The flower-stem grows from 20 ins. to 2 ft. 

 high, and the flowers, which are produced about the 

 middle of May, are of a bright-red colour when exposed 

 to the full sun, and of a bright-yellow when grown in the 

 shade. The leaves are fully 2 ft. long, sharply keeled, 

 and with toothed edges. S. Africa. 



*Tritoma Uvaria. — A very ornamental and well-known 

 kind from S. Africa, forming thick tufts of linear, erect 

 leaves. It is a vigorous grower, and small specimens 

 have been known in three years to form tufts from 3 ft. 

 to 4 ft. through, bearing from 50 to 100 flower-spikes. 

 The flowering-stems are about 3} ft. in height, and the 

 flowers are borne in dense conical "clusters at the top. 

 The upper part of the cluster, containing the young 

 flowers, is of a coral-red colour, the lower part yellow, 

 all the flowers gradually changing to this colour. Other 

 varieties in cultivation are — T. U grandis or grandiflora, 

 which is much taller than the preceding kind, with stouter 

 stems and larger flower-spikes; T. U Rooperi, which 

 only differs from the type in being somewhat dwarfer 



