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leaves, which are very hairy, and much recurved ; flowers 

 produced ia umbels of eight or ten, tubular, stout, and about 

 an inch long, scarlet, shading to white, with a greenish purple 

 neck. A beautiful and. showy plant. 



E. persoluta. — A handsome free-growing species, producing 

 flowers in the early spring months in great profusion, and 

 forming garlands of bloom a foot or more long ; the flowers 

 are small, bell-shaped, and deep blush colour ; in perfection 

 in March and AprU. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. persoluta alba. — Avery elegant spring-flowering species ; 

 leaves short, Hnear, smooth ; flowers campanulate, pure 

 white ; produced in great abundance. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. persoluta rubra. — A variety of the preceding, which it 

 resembles, saving in the colour of the flowers, which are red. 



E. perspicua nana. — In habit and appearance somewhat like 

 E. ventricosa, but more slender in its growth ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, pubescent, and deep green in colour ; flowers in 

 terminal clusters, tubular, the tubes an inch long, slender, 

 pinkish white, the limb white ; it is a free bloomer, continu- 

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



E. Primuloides. — Of dwarf, compact habit, with leaves 

 arranged iu fives, very closely set together, and somewhat 

 recurved ; flowers in terminal umbels of four and five, before 

 expanding deep red, the lobes of corolla large, flat, rosy 

 purple in colour ; it blooms in May and June. It is often 

 found in collections under the name of E. dilecta. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



E. princeps. — A beautiful species, with linear, hirsute, 

 ciliate loaves, and umbels of short, thick, tubular flowers, 

 which are of a bright scarlet colour, and produced during 

 May and June. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. princeps carnea. — Resembling the preceding in habit and 

 appearance, but the flowers are longer, the tube narrower. 



