and acting as levers to dislocate the anther-ring on the slightest touch 

 of an insect's tongue. Similar arrangements prevail in other species of 



Principal Species. ^^^^^ AiTONiA (Aiton's). Stems slender, branched, 2 

 ■feet high. Leaves very slender (linear), faintly toothed, 

 three in a whorl. Flowers, sticky, cylindrical, an inch long, with oval 

 spreading lobes at top of tube ; pale red or whitish, three or four in a 

 cluster; June to September. Introduced from Cape, 1790. There are 

 several good varieties grown : var. superha is of more compact habit and 

 has larger corolla-tubes ; var. Turnhulli has broader leaves, corolla-tubes 

 as thick again as the type, with large white lobes. 



E. AMPULLACEA (pitcher-shaped). Stems 2 feet high. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, edges turned back, three or four in a whorl. Flowers sticky, in 

 terminal clusters of four ; corolla pitcher-shaped, ribbed at neck, red ; July. 

 Introduced from Cape, 1790. 



E. AKBOREA (tree-like). Stems with woolly branches, 10 to 20 feet 

 high. Leaves linear, smooth, three or four in a whorl. Flowers bell- 

 shaped, small, white, in racemes ; Febuary to May. A hardy species 

 from South Europe, 1658. 



E. AUSTiNiANA (Austin's). Stems 1 to 2 feet high. Leaves lance- 

 shaped, spreading. Flowers tubular, an inch long, white streaked with 

 crimson, in whorls ; July and August. 



E. Barnesii (Barnes'). Stems 1 to 2 feet. Leaves oblong, slightly 

 one-sided, bristly, with a long point, four or five in a whorl. Flowers in 

 terminal whorl ; corolla-tube deep red, lobes white, spreading ; March to 

 August. Hybrid. 



E. bowieana (Bowie's). Stem with erect branches, 1 foot high. 

 Leaves glaucous, linear, four in a whorl. Flowers dirty-white, drooping, 

 in crowded whorls near the ends of the branches ; cylindrical, with con- 

 tracted mouth ; October to December. Introduced from Cape, 1822. 



E. CANDOLLEANA (Candolle's). Stems 1 foot high. Leaves erect, 

 oblong, with fringed edges. Flowers over an inch long, white with rosy 

 base ; in umbels ; June and July. A hybrid. 



E. CARXEA (flesh-coloured). Stems 6 inches high. Leaves linear, 

 three to four in a whorl. Flowers small, pitcher-shaped, pale red, 

 drooping, in one-sided racemes; January to April. Introduced from 

 Europe, 17G3. There is a white-llowere<l form known in <'ar.lcHs as 

 E. herbacea. 



E. CAVENDiSHiAxVA (Cavendish's). Stems 18 inches. Lcax es awl- 

 shaped. Flowers tubular, an inch long, bright yellow; May to July. 

 A garden hybrid. 



