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II. ii. B. jasminiflorum (white) x B. multicolor, var. Curtis ii 

 (crimson) =Nos. 35, 329, 452, 453 (crimson). 



Male. — Cor., colour crimson ; form, broad limb. Lea£ 

 lanceolate, acute (No. 35). 



Female.— -Cor., form, slightly longer tube. Leaf nearly 

 elliptical, obtuse (Nos. 452, 453). 



III. B. javanicum (orange) x B. multicolor, var. Curtisii 

 (crimson)— Nos. 37, 406, 455, 506 (crimson- scarlet). 



Male. — Cor., colour crimson-scarlet. Leaf, reduced in size. 

 Female. — Cor., form same, reduced in size. Leaf, 

 lanceolate, acute. 



IV. B. Lobbii (crimson) x B. Brookcanum, var. gracile 

 (straw) - Duchess of Edinburgh, Duchess of Connaught, Prince 

 Leopold, Queen Victoria. 



Male. — Cor., colour, yellow in combination, producing 

 scarlet-crimson (Duch. Edinburgh, Duch. Connaught), red- 

 orange (Prince Leopold), primrose-yellow to pale salmon (Queen 

 Victoria). 



Female. — Cor., colour red in combination ; form, curved 

 tube. Leaf, form and size. 



VII. B. multicolor, var. Curtisii (dark crimson) x B. Teys- 

 mannii (golden yellow) = No. 405 (yellow orange), 444 (reef 

 orange), 474 (crimson).* 



Male. — Cor., colour, yellow has entered most in No. 405 

 (yellow orange) ; less in No. 444 (red-orange), and is wanting in 

 No. 474 (crimson). Form, lobes reflexed in No. 444. 



Female. — Cor., colour three shades of red. Form, size, and 

 shape, but enlarged. 



Leaf, form, lanceolate as in female, but much larger, espe- 

 cially in No. 474 (4 inches), No. 405 (5j inches) in length. 



VIII. i. B. Teysmannii (golden yellow) xB. multicolor ', var, 

 Curtisii (crimson) = Nos. 31a, 315, 300, 457* 



N.B. These hybrids being reciprocal with VII. are practi- 

 cally identical with No. 405, slight variations occurring in the 

 depths of the tints and in the size of the leaves. 



ii. B. Teysmannii x B. javanicum (orange) = No. 518 

 (golden yellow). 



Male. — Cor., broader tube ; anthers pink. 



Female. — Cor., reflexed lobes. Leaf, form. 



* Reciprocal hybrids. 



