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T. corpnaria. — An erect-growing branching plant, of great 

 beauty. The branches are covered with long soft hairs ; the 

 leaves are entire, bluntly ovate, about half an inch long, very 

 deep glossy green, the lower surface pale. Flowers pen- 

 dulous, on peduncles half an inch long, produced from the 

 axils of the leaves mostly in pairs, and tubular in shape, 

 - bluntly five-angled, and about an inch in length, and deep red 

 in colour ; it is a most desirable plant, blooming during the 

 winter months. Introduced from the mountains of Venezuela. 



T. Jessica. — Another of these beautiful Vacciniaceous 

 plants, forming a nice shrub, with leaves between six and ten 

 inches long, membranous, and rich green. The flowers are 

 tubular, with the tubes somewhat inflated, and bright rosy pink, 

 produced in great abundance, in clusters of eight or ten ; it 

 flowers at various times. Native of Caraccas. 



T. lovijicolla. — Leaves oblong-ovate, leathery in texture, 

 from three to four inches in length, and bright shining green 

 in colour. The flowers are tubular, with the tubes inflated at 

 the middle, where they are deep red, the remaining portion 

 of the flowers bemg green, tinged with yellow. From South 

 America. 



T. sarcantha. — This beautiful species has somewhat fleshy 

 coriaceous alternate leaves, which are ovate-oblong and sharp- 

 pointed, dark green above, paler below. The flowers are 

 campanulate in shape, rich deep red in colour, yellowish 

 green towards the ends, and produced in large terminal clusters 

 as well as from the axils ; it blooms during the spring months. 

 Native of New Grenada. 



Teop^olum. 



A handsome family of plants, which were at one time to be 

 seen in every collection, but have now almost disappeared 



