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E. aristata. — Leaves oblong-obtuse, and terminated by a 

 bristle, ■which is recurved; the flowers are large, about an 

 inch and a-half long, tubular, largest at the base, reddish 

 purple in the tube, the limb white ; blooming during May, 

 June, and July. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. aristata Barnesii. — ^A beautiful variety, remarkable for 

 the size of its flowers, which are produced in terminal whorls ; 

 the tube is shining red, with a deeper red mouth, the seg- 

 ments of the limb very broad, and pure white ; the fohage 

 and habit is also very good. It is a hybrid from E. aristata 

 major and E. Sprengelii. 



E. aristata virens. — This form differs from the variety 

 Barnesii in having four leaves, not five, in a whorl, and in 

 having more flowers in the terminal clusters, which are of 

 a shining dull red in the tube, deep brownish red at the 

 mouth, the segments blush white. 



E. Austiniana. — A very fine and showy kind, with some- 

 what ovate-lanceolate, smooth, spreading leaves ; flowers pro- 

 duced in whorls, tubular, the tubes narrow, upwards of an 

 inch in length, white, streaked and suffused with carmine ; a 

 free-flowering good jexhibition plant. July and August. 



E. Beaumontiana. — -This species blooms during June and 

 July ; the leaves are linear, from five to six in a whorl, 

 smooth ; the flowers drooping, campanulate, white, tinged 

 with purple, with the style slightly exserted. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



E. Bergiana. — A free-flowering species, with linear-oblong, 

 pubescent, spreading leaves ; flowers terminal, drooping, 

 peduncles hairy, with a few scaly bracts, the calyx reflexed, 

 ciliated, the corolla smooth, campanulate, purple; in full 

 beauty in May and June. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. hruniades. — A beautiful woolly little plant, of free 

 growth and branching habit. The leaves are short, linear- 



