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or violet, or deep rose, or even crimson ; in short, the com- 

 bination of these colours is almost endless : the form of 

 some is globose, of others very long and elegant ; some have 

 the divisions of the calyx reflexed, others pendent. F. ma- 

 crostemma has scarlet flowers, and many varieties have been 

 raised from it ; corymbijiora is a beautiful species, having 

 long purplish- crimson flowers in large bunches ; splendens 

 is another from the same country, Peru ; arborescens is from 

 Mexico, from which country we have also several others ; 

 lycioides has red flowers, and requires greenhouse protection 

 in the winter, and should be grown in large pots to flower 

 freely : it will also bear the open air in summer ; excorticata 

 has flowers of greenish-red; globosa (a variety) makes a 

 great show in the house, from its abundant flowers, and, as 

 they are of a bright red colour and of a globular or balloon 

 shape, it is a beautiful plant ; micropliylla has its leaves and 

 flowers very small, but it blooms very abundantly ; longiflora 

 is one of the most beautiful of the genus, the flower-stalks 

 being several inches long, in addition to the long blossoms. 

 F. macrantha, a most splendid species, and a native of the 

 lofty mountains of Andimarca, in Peru, is quite a hardy 

 greenhouse species, and will probably succeed also in the 

 garden ; the flowers are so numerous and long as quite to 



