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and the flowers, including the tube, are 1 foot in length, anu 

 almost as broad. Honduras. Introduced 1837. 



P. Hookerl. 



Robust, often attaining the dimensions of a large shrub. 

 Stems broad, Hat, deeply-notched, the serratures r junded instead of 

 angled. Flowers sweet-scented, developed at night ; tube long, no 

 thicker than a goose quill, clothed with reddish scales ; petals 

 narrow, white, spreading, forming a cup 6 inches across ; stamens 

 bright yellow ; style red and yellow. One of the first to be intro- 

 duced. It Mowers in summer. Brazil. 



P. latifrons. 



A large-growing species, like P. Hookeri, and may be grown to 

 form a large shrub in a few years ; or nice little pot plants may be 

 obtained from cuttings every two years, as it fl3wers freely when 

 small. A specimen 8 feet in height, well furnished with branches, 

 is an attractive object when in flower. The wings are 4 to 5 

 inches broad, and deeply notched ; the flowers are aoout 8 inches 

 long and wide, the spreading petals creamy-white, tinged outside 

 with red. Mexico. 



P. phyllanthoides. 



Discovered by Humboldt in the woods around Cartagena, in 

 South America, and sent to France, where it flowered for the first 

 time in 1811. The stems are broad, triangular when young, flat 

 when old, about 1 foot long by 2 inches wide, with shallow incisions 

 sharply angled. The height of the plant is from 2 feet to 3 feet. 

 Flowers on the young branches composed of a thick tube, not 

 more than 2 inches in length, and short, dark, recurved scales ; 

 petals broad, pointed, forming a stellate cluster about 4 inches 

 across, rose-red, streaked with white, and flaked with darker red ; 

 sta'nons pure white. They open in the day, and arc scentless. 



P. phyllantluis. 



This is now rarely seen in cultivation. Philip Miller grew it in 

 1710. The branches are broad and flat, the edge* waved, not 

 notched, and the flowers consist of a thin tortuous tube, 9 inches 

 in length, and a whorl of recurved greenish petals, whitish stamens, 

 and green, club-shaped stigma. Brazil. 



Hybrids and Varieties. 



ADONIS. Flower large and well formed, soft pink, toned with 

 rose. 



AGATHA. Flower large and free, rose-pink, shaded with salmon. 



ALBUS SUPERBUS. Flowers fragrant, 6 inches across, sepals 

 greenish- white, petals pure white. 



AURANTIACUS SUPERBUS. Flowers large, brick-red, inches in 

 diameter. 



