264 GKEENHOnSE PLANTS. 



A'. Aitoniana timjida. — Leaves verj' slender, slightly turned 

 back ; flowers in terminal umbels, the tubes much swollen at 

 the base, and contracted above the middle, enlarging slightly 

 to the mouth, white, tinged with pink, the segments ovate, 

 white ; it blooms during July and August. A garden 

 variety. 



Fj. Aitoniana TurnhulUi. — A beautiful variety, with much 

 broader leaves ; flowers in umbels of six or more, the tubes 

 upwards of an inch long, as thick again as the species, and 

 with large spreading oblong lobes to the corolla, white, 

 changing to pink ; blooms in June, July, and August. Of 

 garden origin. 



E. alopecuroides. — Plant very downy ; leaves, three in a 

 whorl, linear ; flowers ovate, reddish purple ; blooms during 

 the autumn months. Cape of Good Hope. 



£. ampullaoea. — Leaves linear, somewhat triangular, end- 

 ing in a sharp point, hairy on the edges, and becoming 

 recurved with age ; flowers stickj', in terminal umbels, about 

 an inch long, flask-shaped, very much inflated at the base 

 and contracted in the neck, white, tinged with reddish pink ; 

 it blooms during May and June. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. Andromedaflora. — This belongs to a section the species 

 of which are extremely difficult to strike from cuttings, and 

 consequently have to be increased from seeds. The leaves 

 are arranged in threes, deep green, tipped with red ; flowers 

 globose, the calyx nearly as long as the corolla, and of a 

 delicate pink, the corolla rosy red ; it blooms very freely in 

 April, May, and June. Cape of Good Hope. 



K. Archeriiina. — A fine species, with linear-acute leaves, 

 serrulate at the edges ; the flowers are produced in terminal 

 and subterminal whorls, tubular, about an inch in length, and 

 of a dark scarlet colour ; it blooms during August and 

 September. Cape of Good Hope. 



