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A very fine species, long grown under the name of Andersoni, 

 but lately identified as Miquel's acuminatissimum. 



albiflorum, Hook. (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 4225).— Solomon Islands. 

 Leaves oval to oblong, sessile, glabrous, entire ; flowers pure 

 white, in terminal spikes. A very pretty free-flowering stove plant, 

 common in cultivation. 



aspersum, Hook. (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 5711, and 1. 1423 as bicolor).— 

 Solomon Islands. Leaves small, ovate ; cymes axillary, shorter 

 than the leaves, few-flowered ; flowers white, all 5 lobes pink, 

 dotted with a bright carmine patch on the lower lobe; tube 

 very slender, cylindric, five times as long as the calyx. A very 

 pretty stove plant, common in cultivation and very free-flowering ; 

 cuttings should be rooted every spring and well pinched in 

 several times, otherwise the plants grow leggy and unsightly. 



atropurpureum, Bull, "Gard. Chron." ser. 2, vol. iii. (1875), 619; 

 (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 7839).— Pacific Islands. Leaves blackish 

 purple, 4-6 inches long, ovate or oblong ; racemes terminal, 

 8 inches long, erect, spike-like, branches short, many-flowered ; 

 corolla-tube 1 inch long, straight, slender ; lobes linear-oblong, 

 obtuse, white, rose-spotted at the base ; 2 upper erect, 3 lower 

 deflexed. Syn. E. nigrescens, Bull; E. nigrum, Lind., "111. Hort." 

 t. 104. Sent out by Mr. Bull in 1875. 



I have occasionally seen this in flower. Its long handsome panicle 

 of flowers is very showy, but the plant is generally very leggy ; to 

 get it to flower it must be grown on rapidly in great heat and well 

 fed. It is more useful as a small foliage plant for the sake of its 

 almost black leaves. Tops and side shoots should be constantly 

 taken oil' and rooted. It never flowers under these conditions. In 

 time it becomes leggy and unsightly, the top is then taken off and 

 the old stem will send off fresh shoots, which also make good 

 cuttings. 



Beyrichii = Chamaeranthemum Beyrichii. 



borneense, Hook. (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 6701).— Borneo. Leaves 

 4-6 inches, short-petioled, ovate, oblong, acuminate, glabrous ; 

 spike 4-6 inches long, stout, erect ; flowers crowded round the 

 rachis, white, the lower lobe yellowish, tube 1 inch long cylindric ; 

 limb about 1^ inch in diameter. 



cinnabarinum, Wall., "PI. As. Bar." p. 20, t. 21 ; (fig. "Gartenfl." 

 916). — Burma. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, acuminate ; panicles ter- 

 minal, large, loose ; flowers numerous, crimson or pinkish ; corolla 

 tube inch long, narrow-cylindric, limb 2-lipped, the three lobes 

 of the lower lip wider than the upper lobes. 



Very free in flowering, and lasting long in flower. Very 

 beautiful when in full flower and well grown ; it is of straggling 

 growth, very difficult to get well-shaped plants, even with much 

 pinching in ; it is much in cultivation. 



var. ocellatum (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 5921) is a white-eyed 

 variety. 



var. succisifolium.— A plant with white flowers that I have 

 not seen in cultivation. 



