544 GAEDEtf PLANTS. PART IT. 



Henfreya. 



H. scandens. A shrub of moderate size, native of Sierra Leone, 

 with smooth lanceolate leaves five inches long ; bears in March 

 large, white, handsome, thimble-formed flowers. 



Dipteracanthus. 



D. ciliatus. An exceedingly charming small prostrate-grow- 

 ing shrub, with oval, pointed, hoary leaves, two inches long ; 

 blossoms in September with beautiful large, thimble-formed, 

 pure azure-blue flowers with a white tube. 



Petalidium. 



P. barlerioides. A very pretty small shrub, with round smooth 

 leaves ; bears in February and March a profusion of bunches of 

 large, white, thimble-formed flowers. 



Stephanophysum. 



1. S. repens. A small herbaceous plant ; bears, nearly always, 

 heads of vivid-scarlet flowers, an inch and a half long, of a horn- 

 like form, with gaping mouth : sparkling and pretty. 



2. S. Baikiei. A remarkably beautiful plant, about two feet 

 high, with wavy, oblong, pointed leaves; bears in the Cold 

 season heads of numerous large, tubular, heath-like, deep- 

 crimson red flowers, about two inches long. A profuse bloomer. 



Strobilanthes. 



1. S. scabra. An exceedingly pretty small shrub when, in 

 March, it bears in great profusion its clusters of small thimble- 

 formed, sulphur-coloured flowers. 



2. S. auriculata. A small plant of rather coarse appearance, 

 but very handsome while bearing its numerous heads of pale 

 lilac, thimble-formed flowers in the Cold season. 



3. S. Sabiniana. A small shrub two feet high, remarkable for 

 its large deep-green, pointed oval, saw-edged leaves, from two 

 to four inches long, with their under-surface of a purplish-red 

 colour ; bears large lilac flowers in the Cold season. 



