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hiPSUtus, Bois, "Diag."ser. 1, iv. 86. — Lydia Mountains. Leaves 

 up to 15 inches long by 2 inches broad, lobed or pinnatifid ; spike 

 terminal, compact, ovate or oblong, about 6 inches long by 2 inches 

 broad ; bracts foliaceous, large, ovate, cucullate, toothed ; corolla 

 unilabiate, hirsute, pale yellow. Quite hardy. 



hispanicus= mollis var. niger. 



longifolius, Poir., "Enc. Supp." i. 88 ; (fig. Reich. " Ic. PI. Ger." 

 1814). — Dalmatia. Radical leaves, 2-3 feet long; flowers purple 

 in the axils of the bracts ; bracts oval, acuminate, spiny, red ; 

 spike 1 foot long. Quite hardy. 



lusitanicus = mollis var. latifolius. 



mollis, Linn., " Sp. PI." 639; (fig. Reich. "EL Ger." t. 1811).— 

 Italy. Height 3-4 feet ; leaves sinuate, unarmed, heart-shaped, 

 2 feet long by 1 foot broad ; spikes 1 J foot long ; flowers white or 

 rose, sessile in the axils of the deeply toothed bracts. 



var. latifolius. — Only a variety, but larger and more robust. 

 This is the form generally grown, and is much in evidence in many 

 gardens, being valued for subtropical effects. It is the plant which 

 suggested the decoration of the Corinthian columns. 



var. niger, Mill., " Gard. Die." ed. viii. 2. — Portugal. Leaves 

 sinuate unarmed, glabrous, shining green ; flowers purplish-white. 



montanus, Anders., "Jour. Linn. Soc." vii. (1864), 37; (fig. "Bot. 

 Mag." t. 5516). — Tropical Africa. About 3 feet high, glabrous 

 or hairy ; leaves spinous, up -to 12 inches by 6 inches, pinnatifid 

 half-way down, or lobate with spinous margins ; spikes 3-1, 

 terminal up to 10 inches long by 2 inches broad ; calyx 1 inch 

 long ; corolla 1J inch, purple. Requires greenhouse culture. 



Perringi, Siehe, " Gard. Chron." xxxvii. (1905), p. 2. — Asia Minor; 

 5,000 feet elevation. Leaves grey-green, sessile, 6 inches long, 

 lanceolate, deeply toothed and notched, spinous ; spike terminal ; 

 flowers handsome, rosy-red ; bracts large, ovate, pointed, spinous ; 

 bracteoles narrow-lanceolate. A hardy species. 



rigidus, Hort. — Garden form of spinosus. 



Schottii, Hort. — A form of mollis. 



spinosus, L., "Sp. PL" 639.— South Europe. Height 3-4 feet. 

 Leaves deeply and irregularly cut, each division terminating in 

 a short spine ; flowers purplish, spicate ; sepals spiny. Hardy. 



var. spinosissimus. — South Europe. Leaves laciniate-pinna- 

 tifid, blistered, spiny ; flowers rose, sessile, on a spike with acute 

 recurved bracts. 



var. rigidus. — Garden form. 

 Adhatoda 



cydoniaefolia, Nees in "Mart. Fl. Bras." ix. 148; (fig. "Bot. 

 Mag." t. 4962). — Brazil. A well-known, pretty, stove, scandent 

 plant with showy, white flowers, striped with purple. Very easily 

 grown and flowered without any special treatment ; not much 

 subject to attacks of insects. 



Vasica, Nees in "Wall. PI. As. Rar." iii. 103; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 t. 861). — India, where it is largely cultivated, particularly about 

 temples. Shrub ; leaves elliptic, shortly petioled ; spikes axillary. 



