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with linear, sharp-pointed leaves, clothed at the edges with 

 short white woolly hairs ; flowers tubular, about an inch 

 long, china white in colour; it blooms during May and 

 June. 



E. ventricosa breviflora. — A handsome plant, and very 

 distinct ; the leaves are erect, nearly half an inch long, linear, 

 and but slightly clothed with hairs ; flowers short, but stout, 

 thickest at the base, and of a rosy red colour ; it blooms in 

 May and June. 



- E. ventricosa carnea. — Leaves short, rather thinly set ; 

 flowers delicate flesh colour, tubular, slightly swollen at 

 the base, and about an inch in length ; blooming in June 

 and July. 



E, ventricosa coccinea fnifior. — A lovely variety, producing 

 its numerous trusses of flowers in the greatest profusion, 

 even upon plants not more than five or six inches high ; 

 the leaves are dark green, linear -acute, slightly spreading ; 

 flowers slender, tubular, the tubes about three-quarters of an 

 inch long, porcelain white, the lobes of the limb reflexed, 

 and bright red ; it blooms during the three summer 

 months. 



E. ventricosa fasculata rosea. — This beautiful variety is 

 densely clothed with spreading dark green leaves, which 

 are furnished at the edges with short white hairs ; flowers 

 stout, an inch long, bright rose colour in the tubes, deep 

 purple at the neck, the segments of the limb reflexed ; it 

 flowers abundantly in June, July, and August. 



E. ventricosa grandiflora. — Leaves long, straight, dark 

 green, and clothed with very short woolly hairs ; flowers 

 tubular, the tubes stout, tapering from the base, upwards 

 of an inch long, and of a rosy purple colour ; blooming in 

 June and July. It, like all of the ventricosa section, con- 

 tinues in full beauty for a long time. 



