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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 kind 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 prsecox. 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 



