BEANTHEMUM ASPEESUM, Hook. f. 



Bot, Mag. t. 5711 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PL 1869, p. 6, fig. 



Introduced by the late John Gould Veitch from the Solomon Islands, 

 where he discovered it in 1866. 



The flowers, white speckled with purple, one lobe almost wholly purple, 

 give the corolla limb the appearance of a member of the orchidaceous 

 family. 



EEANTHEMUM BOENEENSE, Hook. f. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6701. 



Discovered in North- West Borneo by Curtis, and flowered in England 

 for the first time in May 1882. 



The flowers, collected in a dense terminal cone-like inflorescence, are 

 pure white in colour with a faint lemon tinge on the lower segment of the 

 corolla. 



EEANTHEMUM COOPEEI, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5467 ; Fl. Mag. 1864, t. 182 ; Fl. des Serres, 1880, p. 293. 



A handsome species of Eranthemum raised from seed sent by Sir Daniel 

 Cooper, Bart., from New Caledonia. 



The flowers, pure white with purple spots on the lower lip opened for 

 the first time in this country in September 1863. 



EEANTHEMUM LAXIFLOEUM, A. Gray. 

 Bot. Mag. t. 6336 ; Veitchs' Catlg. of PI. 1878, p. 29. 



A handsome stove flowering plant introduced from the New Hebrides 

 through Peter C. M. Veitch. The flowers, of a rich purple colour, are 

 borne in many-flowered cymes in the axils of the uppermost leaves, and 

 produced continuously during the autumn months. 



EEANTHEMUM SANGUINOLENTUM, Hort. Veitch. 



Fl. des Serres, 1862-1865, torn. xiv. p. 167. 



An Acanthaceous plant from Madagascar, with opposite leaves 

 beautifully marked along the midrib and veins with bright carmine on an 

 emerald-green ground. 



EEANTHEMUM TUBEECULATUM, Hook. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5405. 



This very floriferous species, raised from seed sent by Sir Daniel 

 Cooper, flowered for the first time in June 1863. 



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