262 GLOXINIAS. 



Some of the best kinds are, 



A. coccinea. An old but good species; with bright- 

 scarlet flowers. 



A. longiflora, and varieties major and alia. Large blue 

 or white flowers. 



A. Meteor. Crimson-scarlet, yellow eye. 



A. Dr. Hoff. White, rosy, lilac centre. 



A. Baumanni hirsuta. Violet-purple. 



A. Ignea. Bright scarlet. 



A. carminata splendens. Brilliant carmine. 



A. picta. Yellow and scarlet, spotted leaves. 



A. Margaretta. White. 



A. Ambroise Verscliaffelt. White, marked with violet. 



A. rosea elegans. Bright rose. 



A. Sir Tralierne Thomas. Rosy carmine. 



A. pidurata. Rose, with dark spots. 



A. Parsonsii. Salmon-crimson, orange centre. 



GLOXINIAS. 



A family of lovely plants, from South America. The 

 original species have been lost in the multitude of fine hy- 

 brids which have mostly sprung from G. speciosa, maculata. 



