ACAXTHACEAE. 



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slender ; flowers in opposite pairs ; bracts and calyx small ; 

 corolla rose-coloured, tube incurved, about 1 inch long, slightly 

 enlarging upwards. 



sanguinolentum, Hort. ex Veitch, " Fl. des Serres," ser. 2, v. 18G5, 

 t. l583=Hypoestes sanguinolenta. 



seticalyx, Clarke, "Fl. Trop. Africa," v.— Tropical Africa. Leaves 

 3-4 inches by 2 inches ; panicles 2-8 inches long ; corolla tube 

 1 inch long, pubescent, orange-yellow. A very pretty pot plant of 

 late introduction ; it flowers freely in a quite young state. 



Sinuatum, R. Br., Roem. & Sch. i. 175; (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 

 5467) ; "Fl. des Serres," t. 2472.— Tanna Island, New Caledonia, 

 and Solomon Islands. Leaves linear, margins scalloped, pinkish- 

 purple underneath ; flowers large, showy, white, purple -spot ted. 

 Syn. E. Cooperi, Hook., E. longifolium, Seem. "Fl. Vit." 185. 

 A most charming stove species, generally grown under the name 

 of E. Cooperi. Very small rooted cuttings begin to flower almost 

 immediately. Cuttings should be constantly put in, as old 

 plants soon get shabby and unsightly, whereas the cuttings, with 

 a very little pinching in, make pretty compact plants. 



tricolor, Nichols., "Diet." vol. i. p. 518. — Polynesia. Leaves green, 

 blotched irregularly with purple and pink. Sent out by Mr. Bull 

 in 1876. Grown constantly from cuttings, it is a very effective 

 stove foliage plant for small pots ; it soon becomes lanky and 

 unsightly if grown on for long. I have never seen it in flower. 



tuberculatum, Hook, f., Seem. "Fl. Vit." 185; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 t. 5405) ; "Floral Mag." iii. 182. — Isle of Pines. A well-branched, 

 compact little plant. Stems tuberculate ; flowers numerous, pure 

 white, about 1\ inch across. Syn. E. eboracense, Bull, " Cat." 

 (1881), p. 18; "Gard. Chron." 1890, vol. vii. 480. A most 

 charming free-flowering species, w 7 hich should be grown in every 

 stove. Little cuttings make nice plants in about a month. Sent 

 out by Mr. W. Bull in 1881. Scale insects attack it most 

 voraciously, and are often overlooked by the gardener, as they are 

 hardly distinguishable from the little w T arts which cover the stems. 



variabile, R, Br., " Prod." 477 ; (fig. Paxt. " Mag. Bot." xiii. 75).— 

 Australia. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, entire or slightly toothed, veins 

 white-banded ; panicles terminal, loose, peduncles few-flowered ; 

 calyx lobes small, subulate ; corolla light purple with crimson 

 markings in the threat. A pretty, rather dwarf species. 



variegatum, Hort. — Hab. not known. Stems terete or subterete ; 

 leaves broad elliptic, or ovate-oblong, entire, the margins undulate 

 and more or less irregularly scalloped, quite glabrous on both sides ; 

 texture thick, decurrent into a short petiole, about 6 inches long 

 by 2^ broad (exceptionally up to 8 inches by 5), more or less 

 irregularly marbled with white or different shades of green ; spikes 

 terminal, racemose, about 6 inches long, the lower branches cyme- 

 like, 3-5-flowered, upwards spiciform, pedicels as long as or longer 

 than the calyx ; the lowest pair of bracts foliaceous, lanceolate, 

 curved, \ inch long, upper ones subulate, finely ciliate ; flowers 

 short-tubed, white, carmine spotted in the centre, about 1 inch 

 long by | inch in diameter; calyx- segments subulate, slightly 



