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T.Asiatica— leaves opposite, 

 cordate - acuminate, ser- 

 rate at the edges, and 

 light green; flowers tubu- 



, lar, with a four-L>bed 

 spreading limb ; rich deep 

 purple, tipped with white. 

 All the spring and summer 

 months. East Indies. 



T. Bailloni — >imilar inhabit 

 to the preceding : tube in- 

 side and out dull brown, 

 limb orange-yellow. Sum- 

 mer months. East Indies. 



T. Fournierii — more erect 

 habit, and annual ; flowers 



pale blue, three lobes of 

 limb porcelain stained in 

 front with yellow. Sum- 

 mer months. East Indies. 

 T. hirsuta— a trailing plant, 

 in general appearance very 

 like T. Asiatica; flowers 

 reddish - purple, witn a 

 white hp. Summer and 

 autumn months. East 

 Indies. 



T. pulcnerrima — flowers 

 large, rich violet-purple 

 and white. Summer and 

 autumn months. East 

 Indies. 



A genus of Apocynacece, from 

 pe- 



Toxicophleea.- 



South Africa ; one 

 cies, T. Thunbergii, is 

 the " Gift - boom," or 

 "Poison Tree," of the 

 colonists, and the Caffres 

 are said to have used a 

 decoction of the bark for 

 poisoning their arrows. 

 The plant here described 

 is highly ornamental ; 

 pure white ; flowers in 

 winter. Pot in loam and 

 peat, with a little sand ; 

 when growing, stove ; 

 afterwards, Intermediate 

 House. 



T. spectabilis . — A 

 much - branched shrub, 

 with opposite dark green 

 leaves ; flowers in large 

 clusters in the way of an 

 Ixora ; pure white, fra- 

 grant. Winter months. 

 Xatal. 



Tradescantia.— Commelynaceous plants of re- 

 markable beauty, named in honour of J. Tradescant, 

 gardener to Charles I. of England ; popularly known 

 as Spider- worts ; they are, for the most part, much 

 branched and trailing, consequently are admirably 

 adapted for growing in hanging baskets. Peat and 

 leaf -mould in equal parts ; water freely. 



Torenia Fournierii. 



T. discolor variegata — the 

 . old form of this plant had 

 leaves arranger! in a rosu- 

 late manner, erect, and 

 stiff ; deep green on the 

 itpper 'side, vinous-purple 

 beneath ; in variegata the 

 upper side of the leaf is 

 diversified with iongitu- 

 dinal streaks of pale yel- 

 low. Mexico. 



T. multicolor — with this 

 may be associated T. ze- 

 brina, and several similar 

 species which form splen- 

 did basket plants ; the 

 leaves are pale green, pel- 

 lucid, beautifully diversi- 

 fied with white, rose, pur- 



ple, and crimson ; some- 

 times the leaves are wholly 

 of one or other of these 

 colours. 

 T. Warscewiczii — an arbo- 

 rescent species, becoming 

 branched with age, leaves 

 nearly a foot long, sheath- 

 ing at the base, and re- 

 curved at the apex, form- 

 ing an elegant vase-like 

 plant : it produces a large 

 much-branched panicle of 

 purplish - lilac flowers, 

 which, though small, are 

 very effective on account 

 of the density. Spring and 

 summer months. Guate- 

 mala. 



Vriesia. — A genus named in honour of Dr. W. 

 de Vriese, once Professor of Botany in Leyden. 

 These plants are very nearly related to Tillandsia, 

 and require exactly the same treatment. 



V. brachystachys— a small species, with leaves three to 

 six inches long, and upwards of one broad, strap-shaped, 

 recurved towards the ends ; light green, slightly glau- 

 cous. Scape and spike double the length of the leaves, 

 the latter ovate, made tip of broad imbricating bracts, 

 which are green and bright scarlet ; flowers yellow, 

 stamens exserted, yellow. Winter months. Brazil. 

 V. gigantea— this, as its name implies, is a large-growing 

 sptcies ; leaves long and broad, strap-shaped, recurved at 

 the apex and spreading; deep green, slisrhtly tessellated 

 on the upper side with a paler hue. Spike erect, bearing 

 a massive scape, clothed 

 with large deep rose - 

 coloured bracts ; flowers 

 green, stamens exserted. 

 Brazil. 



V. guttata — leaves erect, 

 spreading bgulate, with a 

 much-enlarged base: deep 

 green, slightly glaucous, 

 and beautifully spotted 

 with purplish-crimson on 

 both surfaces. Tropical 

 America. 

 V. psittacina — a dwarf plant 

 with ligulate leaves, much 

 enlarged at the base and 

 furnished with a long stiff 

 point at the apex, and 

 pale green. Spike longer 

 than the leaves, bearing 

 on the top a broad disti- 

 chous scape ; bracts boat- 

 shaped, basal half deep 

 magenta, upper part hght 

 green; flowers yellow, each 

 petal tipped with dark 

 olive-green ; very hand- 

 some. Winter months. 

 Brazil. 



V. psittacina, var. rubro- 

 bracteata — plant similar 

 to the preceding, but the 

 scape is not closely two- 

 ranked ; bracts large, 

 brilliant scarlet, flowers 

 rich canary-yellow, tube 

 open, stamens exserted. 

 "Winter months. Brazil. 

 V. sanguinolenta — a bold plant, with long strap-shaped 

 leaves, suddenly contracted at the apex into a stiff point, 

 spreading; deep green,- profusely blotched and marbled 

 from rase to apex with dull crimson. Brazil. 

 V. speciosa — leaves broadly ligulate and recurved, upwards 

 of a foot long ; deep green, broadly striped with trans- 

 verse bands of blacn on the under side. Stipe erect, 

 bearinsr a large oval scape of closely imbricating vivid 

 scarlet bracts ; flowers white. Winter months. Brazil. 

 V. tessellata— a massive and hatds' me plant, with broad 

 strap-shaped leaves, which are much enlarged at the base ; 

 ground-colour deep green, beautifully chequered with 

 yellowish-green, and on the under side veined with rosy- 

 purple. Tropical America. 



Xantfoorrhcea — the Grass-trees of Australia — 

 belong to the order Liliacece. They are also known 

 as " Black Boys," on account of the stems when left 

 behind after a fire (which frequently occurs) resem- 

 bling black men in the distance. From these trees are 

 obtained two kinds of fragrant resin, called "Botany 

 Bay Gum" and "Black Boy Gum," which has led to 

 the name of " Grass Gum-trees," sometimes applied 

 to them. These plants form stout Palm-like stems, 

 from six to ten or more feet high, bearing on their 



