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T. Parrita. — A very desirable novelty, with three-lobed 

 leaves, tube long and slender, sepals and petals of a bright 

 rosy orange colour ; this species is very distinct from the 

 others, the sepals being deeply keeled and terminating in an 

 acute point. Native of United States of Columbia. 



T. Van Tnlxemi. — The most lovely species in cultivation — 

 indeed, it is almost unequalled as a greenhouse climber. The 

 leaves are slightly pubescent, deeply three-lobed, lobes 

 lanceolate, acuminate, and serrulate. The flowers, which 

 are most freely produced, measure five inches in diameter, the 

 colour being a rich bright carmine crimson ; suspended as 

 they are on long slender foot-stalks, they have a splendid 

 effect. Native of New Grenada. 



Teteatheca. 



Handsome Heath-like plants, which will succeed under the 

 same treatment as Heaths, except that a little loam should be 

 added to the soil. They belong to the order Tremandraceai, 

 make handsome specimens, and can be used for show pur- 

 poses, as they bloom at the right time, and do not suffer by 

 the transit to and from the place of exhibition. They are 

 shrubby plants of great beauty, and should be more generally 

 grown ; cuttings of the young wood root freely in an ordinary 

 propagating house or pit. 



T. ericoides. — The leaves of this elegant plant are dark 

 green in colour, arranged in whorls of five or six, of a linear 

 form, the margins rough, and rolled back. The flowers are 

 obovate, rosy lilac ; it grows from one to three feet in height, 

 and blooms from May to July. Native of New Holland. 



T. pilosa. — A free-flowering species, the leaves of which are 

 green, but so much covered with hairs that they appear of a 

 brownish colour ; they are oblong-linear, alternate or some- 



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