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iii. Lord Wolseley (red-orange) x A zalea indica stella (red- 

 orange)=Indico-javanicum. (For description and figure, see 

 p. 259, fig. 41.) 



Through Acis (Pr. Alex. xDuch. Etlin.). 



Acis (salmon) xB. Brookeanum, var. gracile (yellow) = No. 

 503 (pale pinky- salmon). 



Male. — Cor., colour more yellow and less orange ; anthers 

 salmon (instead of crimson); leaf enlarged. 



Female. — Cor., colour, retained pink from salmon. 



Through Amabile (Pr. Alex.x B. jav.). 



Amabile (pale pink) x B. Teysmannii (golden yellow) =Acidalia 

 (very pale primrose), Queen (ditto), No. 79 (ditto). 



Male. — Cor., colour, imparted yellow, but reduced in tint ; 

 eliminated pink ; form, reflexed lobes ; leaf, form and size of first 

 two. 



Female.— Anthers pink ; leaf of No. 79. 



Through Ophelia (Pr. Alex. xB. jav.). 



Ophelia (rose)xi?. Teysmannii (golden yellow) = Artemis 

 (primrose-yellow), Nos. 484 and 510 (ditto). 



Male. — Cor., colour, imparted yellow, but reduced in tint ; 

 form, reflexed lobes ; leaf, form and size. 



Female. — Anthers pink. 



Through Maiden's Blush (Pr. Alex.xB. Brook.). 



i. Maiden's Blush (pinky-yellow) x B. multicolor, var. Cur- 

 tisii (crimson) = Nos. 331, 346 (light scarlet-crimson). 



Male. — Cor., colour, crimson hue ; form nearly same, but 

 larger. 



Female. — Col., colour, scarlet tinge due to yellow; form, 

 straighter tube ; leaf same, variable in size. 



ii. Maiden's Blush (pinky-yellow) x B. Teysmannii (golden 

 yellow)=Primrose, Nos. 320, 327, 369, and 456. 



Male.— Cor., colour more golden in Primrose, eliminated 

 pink in all ; form, short tube in Primrose ; anthers golden ; 

 leaf, ends tapering, truncate in Nos. 369 and 456. 



Female. — Cor., colour paler yellow, and orange anthers in 

 456 ; leaf elliptical. 



