276 GEEENHOUSE PLANTS. 



which are rather rough, and hright green ; flowers produced 

 abundantly in July and August, globose, dark red, with the 

 style exserted. Cape of Good Hope. 



E. rubra-calyx. — This is a very pretty erect-growing kind, 

 with linear-lanceolate leaves ; flowers tubular, white, the calyx 

 rich reddish purple, produced on the lateral growths, and 

 forming dense spikes. 



E. rutilans. — A variety produced between E. Fairreana 

 and E. Massoni, having foHage partaking of the character of 

 both parents ; flowers produced in large whorls, and bright 

 fiery crimson in colour. It is a most desirable plant. 



E. sanguinea. — Leaves linear and pointed, spreading ; 

 flowers tubular, nearly an inch long, blood red ; stamens and 

 style exserted ; a free-flowering handsome species. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



E. Savileana. — Leaves linear, erect, four in a whorl, and 

 smooth ; flowers round or slightly oblong, red or reddish 

 purple ; it blooms during June, July, and August. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



E. scabriuscula.' — A handsome and free-flowering species ; 

 leaver bluntly oblong, dark green above, paler below, and, as 

 well as the stems and branches, clothed with rough glandular 

 hairs ; flowers campanulate, white, produced from the points 

 of all the shoots during AprU and May. Cape of Good 

 Hope. 



E. scariosa. — Leaves linear-oblong, smooth, and with the 

 margins turned back ; flowers small, but produced in great 

 profusion, the calyx and corolla pure white, with the jet bfaok 

 stamens exserted ; it blooms during June and July. Cape of 

 Good Hope. 



E. Sebana. — Branches crowded, leaves Unear and slender ; 

 flowers upwards of an inch long, pendulous, the calyx in 

 the form of bracts, and coloured, corolla orange, the stamens 



