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racemes terminal ; flowers bright scarlet, numerous, verticelled in 

 compound heads towards the end of the peduncles ; corolla-tube 

 1^ inch long, slightly enlarging near the apex, where it is 2-lipped ; 

 upper lip entire, lower slightly 3-fid. A very pretty plant for 

 greenhouse culture. 

 Dysehoriste 



Hildebrandtii, Clarke, "Fl. Trop. Africa," v. 76; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 7973). — Tropical Africa. A small free-flowering plant with a 

 peculiar odour ; leaves elliptic, 1 inch long, silvery, obscurely 

 crenate, petioles short ; cymes axillary, small, 3-10-flowered ; 

 bracteoles linear, small ; calyx glandular-pubescent, \ inch, divided 

 two-thirds down ; corolla 2-lipped, inch, pale purple, cylindric 

 portion of the tube § inch. Syn. Cellophanes Hildebrandtii, 

 S. Moore. An interesting pot plant for stove. 



Oblongifolia (fig. G. Don in " Sweet Flow. Gard." t. 181).— 

 North America. Stems 4-angled ; leaves oblong to obovate or 

 spathulate, entire, short-petioled ; flowers axillary, solitary, short- 

 peduncled, azure-blue, the lower lobe with purple spots ; calyx of 

 5, subulate, short segments ; corolla longer than calyx, funnel- 

 shaped, ventricose, and subcampanulate, lobes rounded, nearly 

 equal. Syn. Calophanes oblongifolia. This dwarf perennial is 

 hardy ; it is a pretty border plant. 



Ebermaiera 



nitida, Reich., " Gard. Chron.7 1879, i. 812.— Brazil. Stemless ; 

 leaves glossy, nearly glabrous, convex, elliptic, cordate at base ; 

 spikes elongate ; flowers small, alternate ; corolla-tube slightly 

 curved, limb sub-bilabiate, lower lobe 2-lobed. Syn. Glnamae- 

 ranthemum nitidum, under which name it was sent out by 

 Mr. Bull. Only of botanical interest. 

 Ecbolium 



Linneanum, Bois., " Fl. Orient." iv. 526 ; (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 1847). 

 — South India and Ceylon. Leaves petioled, ovate, entire ; spikes 

 terminal, dense, 2| inches long ; bracts large, imbricate, ovate, 

 obtuse ; corolla greenish-blue, tube 1 inch long, subfiliform, limb 

 2-lipped, upper lip narrow, slightly bifid, lower 3-lobed. A 

 curious and interesting plant, sometimes met with in our stoves. 

 Scarcely of more than botanical interest. 

 Eranthemum. — A genus yielding many stove plants beautiful both in 

 their flowers and foliage. They all, of course, grow most readily 

 from cuttings. Scale seems to be fonder of this genus than of any 

 other, and plants must be almost daily looked over to keep them 

 free from it. If there are ants in a house they are always busy 

 on the plants, carrying the scale about. 



acuminatissimum, Miq., " Fl. Ind. Bat." ii. 835 ; (fig. " Bot. Mag." 

 t. 5771, as E. Andersoni). — Malay Peninsula. Leaves large, lanceo- 

 late, attenuated, and acuminate ; spike terminal, long, linear ; the 

 flower clusters whorled, below many-flowered, above few-flowered ; 

 corolla white, pubescent, the tube about If inch long, linear- 

 cylindric, lobes 5, the lower one dotted with crimson. Syn. 

 E. Andersoni, Masters in " Gard. Chron." 1869 ; E. elegans, 

 Masters, I.e. 1868, p. 1234. 



