546 GAKDEN PLANTS. PART II. 



Dsedalacanthus. 



D.splendens. Dr. Anderson says: "A very handsome species." 

 The segments of the corolla change to a dark cinnabar colour on 

 the opening of the flower. 



Asystasia. 



1. A. formosa. A truly lovely small herbaceous plant, pro- 

 duces large handsome, bright-scarlet, tubular blossoms in con- 

 stant succession all the year round nearly; rather delicate; 

 should be grown in a pot and kept somewhat in the shade. 



2. A. Coromandeliana. A trailing plant of weedy and untidy 

 habit ; grows in the shade, and overruns the ground in a very 

 short time; bears numerous pretty thimble-formed pale -purple 

 flowers, with light straw-coloured tube. 



3. A. Africana. Flowers almost pure white, produced nearly 

 throughout the year. 



Barleria. 



1. B. buxifolia. A dwarf, woody, prickly, weedy kind of plant ; 

 bears in the Cold season small white, bell-formed flowers, of 

 little interest. 



2. B. ciliata. A very ornamental bushy shrub about three 

 feet high ; blossoms in the Cold season with numerous rather 

 large, bright, pale-blue flowers. 



3. B. cristata. A handsome bushy shrub three feet high; 

 bears in September and October a profusion of fine azure- 

 blue flowers. 



4. B. dichotoma. Exactly like the preceding, except that it 

 bears white flowers in September. 



5. B. Gibsoni. A bushy shrub, about three feet high, with 

 smooth, pointed, lanceolate leaves, four inches long ; by far the 

 most showy of all the Barlerias, and a splendid ornament in the 

 Cold season, when it puts forth its constant succession of bright 

 azure-blue flowers, three or four times larger than those of any 

 other species. 



6. B. lupulina. A small thorny plant, with the long, narrow, 

 glossy leaves prettily marked with their red midrib ; bears small 



