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was iutroduced into England from Brazil early in the nineteenth 

 century. The original form is said to have had dark crimson flowers 

 with a white throat. One of the varieties early imported was of a 

 "uniform rich crimson hue" and was figured in the Botanical Mag- 

 azine in 181^5. Al)out 1840 a variety (violaceum) with a distinct tinge 

 of violet was first known in England. 



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EPIPHYLLUM. 



Among the numerous varieties which are now in cultivation, the 

 result of natural variations in seedlings, perpetuated by cuttings or 

 grafting are the following — known hybrids are marked with an 

 asterisk (*) : 



*1— Majus; flowers large, of a deep rose color. 



2 — Bicolor; flowers white, margined with delicate rose. 



