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natalensis, Hook. (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 5082).— South Africa. Leaves 

 sessile, ovate, sinuate, serrate, glabrous above ; peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, erect, 1 -flowered ; flowers handsome, blue, tube yellow, 

 2 inches long, curved upwards. A very fine species, common in 

 cultivation. Nearly hardy. 



primulina, Hook. (fig. "Bot. Mag." t. 7969).— Uganda, 8,000 feet 

 elevation. Perennial, silky-hairy. Leaves short-petioled, rhomboid, 

 ovate with a small lobe on each side ; flowers axillary, solitary, 

 primrose-yellow, an orange- coloured rim round mouth of tube, 

 1 \ inch across ; peduncles \ inch ; bracts ovate, oblong, nearly as 

 long as corolla tube ; calyx very short, glandular, multifid ; 

 corolla tube nearly cylindric, slightly curved. 



Vogfeliana, Benth. in Hook. " Niger. Fl." 476; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 t. 5389). — Tropical Africa, Fernando Po. Leaves large, ovate or 

 oblong ; flowers violet with yellow throat. A fine erect shrubby 

 species, much like crecta. 



T. Wightiana, Anderson (Schmidia bicolor, Wight, " Icones," 

 t. 1848) — a very beautiful climber found about Sispara on the 

 Nilgiri Hills — has never, I believe, been introduced ; it is a 

 beautiful species. 



Thyrsaeanthus 



barlepioides, Nees in " Mart. Fl. Bras." ix. 98 ; (fig. "Fl. des Serres," 

 t. 986). — Minas Geraes. Stem erect, succulent. Leaves up to 

 9 inches by 3, sessile ; thyrse terminal, subsessile, whorls about 

 6 inches long, many-flowered ; corolla red, 1^ inch, glabrous ; tube 

 narrow-cylindric, slightly curved, lobes ovate, obtuse ; bracts \ inch 

 long, subulate. 



bracteolatus, Nees in DC. "Prod." xi. 325; (fig. "Bot. Mag." 

 t. 4441). — Colombia. Shrubby. Leaves 6 inches by 2, oblong- 

 lanceolate, long, acuminate, glabrous ; thyrse short, terminal, 

 obtuse, pubescent ; bracts lanceolate- subulate ; corolla red, 1^ inch 

 long, much curved, viscid- pubescent, upper lip bifid, lower 3-parted, 

 spreading, tube suddenly bent at an angle from about the middle, 

 and above this funnel-shaped. 



callistachyus, Nees in DC. "Prod." xi. 326; (fig. "Gartenfl." 

 t. 1054). — Mexico. Leaves oblong, acute, wrinkled, petioled ; 

 spike straight, naked ; sepals pubescent, acuminate ; corolla red, 

 glabrous, glandular within, upper lip bilobed, lower one deflexed. 

 See also Paxton, "Fl. Garden," ii. 53. 



Lemairianus = strictus. 



Ulacinus = callistachyus. 



nitidus, Nees in DC. " Prod." xi. 327.— West Indies. Shrubby. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate ; racemes compressed at the base ; flowers 

 red, \ inch long, bilabiate, lobes drooping, subequal, oblong, as long 

 as the tube. 



rutilans, Planchon (fig. "Fl. des Serres," t. 732); "Rev. Hort." 

 1852, ser. 4, i. p. 161 ; "Belg. Hort." 1865, p. 97, f. 7, 8 ; Paxton, 



