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from one to three feet in length, and from six to eight 

 inches in breadth, sheathing at the base, and of a rich dark 

 green colour, edged with a narrow margin of purple. The 

 flowers are produced on large branching panicles, the lateral 

 branches being ornamented with large mauve-coloured bracts, 

 whilst the flowers are blue and violet. There are several 

 varieties of this grand plant ; some we have seen much in- 

 ferior to that in our possession. It is a native of Ecuador. 



CODpNANTHB. 



A group of plants belonging to the Gesneracetr, and by 

 some botanists referred to Hijpocyrta, of which they form 

 a distinct section. Their treatment is the same as that 

 of other small shrubby Gesneraceous plants. 



C. Devoniana. — This plant is very similar in habit and 

 appearance to yEschynantlius. The leaves are cordate, 

 thick, dark green above, and paler below ; and the flowers, 

 which are produced from the axils of the leaves in great 

 abimdance, are pure white, with a spreading limb, and a 

 yellow throat, spotted with red ; these are succeeded by 

 good-sized round red berries. It is a beautiful basket plant. 

 Native of Brazil. 



C. picta. — A handsome basket plant, with opposite, thick, 

 fleshy, oblong, dark green leaves. The flowers are freely 

 produced during summer ; they are tubular, with a spread- 

 ing limb, and pure white, except the throat, which is yellow, 

 spotted with purple. This plant very closely resembles an 

 ^■Eschyiuinthvs in its general aspect. Native of Brazil. 



COLTJMNEA. 



A showy genus of Gesneracea, the species of which are 

 found growing upon trees in dense woods in the West Indian 



