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vii. Pr. Royal (pink) (fig. 35) xB. Aucklandii (white) (fig. 34) 

 =Pearl (white). 



Male. — Cor., colour white. 



Female. — Cor., form same; leaf, 2 inches long, obovate, 

 obtuse apex, tapering at base, unlike parentage. 



Through Jasminiflorum carminatum. 



Jas. carm. (crimson) x B. multicolor, var. Curtisii (crimson) 

 = Ruby, Nos. 33, 413, 425. 



Male. — Cor., colour crimson; form, enlarged, with a more 

 funnel-shaped, shorter tube. 



Female. — Cor., form, larger limb ; leaf same ; sometimes 

 elliptical as in B.jas. 



IV. Through Duchess of Edinburgh (B. Lobb. x B. Brook.). 



Duch. Edinburgh (scarlet-crimson) x B. javanicum (orange) 

 as Brilliant, Scarlet Crown, Triumphans (all scarlet-crimson). 



Male. — Cor., colour, yellow in crimson and scarlet or 

 orange ; leaf same, varying in size. 



Female. — Cor., form same (with curved tube of B. Lobbii) ; 

 leaf same, varying in size. 



IV. Through Duchess of Connaught (B. Lobb. x B. Brook.). 



i. Duch. Connaught (crimson) x B. javanicum (orange) = 

 Conqueror (scarlet), No. 63 (scarlet- crimson). 



Male. — Cor., colour scarlet ; form, enlarged limb and 

 shorter tube ; leaf broader. 



Female. — Cor., colour, introduction of yellow forming scarlet 

 or scarlet-crimson. 



ii. Duch. Connaught (crimson) xB. multicolor, var. Curtisii 

 (crimson) =Nos. 317, 442 (crimson). 



Male. — Cor., form same, but larger. Leaf same, but 

 larger. 



Female. — Cor., form, longer tube. 



True Species Crossed by a True Hybrid. 



B. javanicum (orange) x Duch. Edinburgh (scarlet-crimson) = 

 Cardinale, Diadem, Militare, Ne plus ultra (scarlet-crimson). 



N.B. These being reciprocal hybrids with Brilliant, Scarlet 

 Crown, and Triumphans, there is no difference of importance 

 between them, beyond slight shades of colour. 



