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a very moist atmosphere they can be grown pinned on to rough 

 blocks of wood or on the stumps of tree ferns, but it is not 

 always easy to find these conditions or to cultivate them in this 

 manner : grandiflora, longiflora, braeteata, and speciosa, 

 four of the finest, are of straggling habit ; they are best grown in 

 pots (with ample drainage) in a mixture of fibrous peat, a little 

 sphagnum, and plenty of crocks of various sizes, and lumps of 

 charcoal, constant watering is necessary when growth is going 

 on ; the long shoots should be trained up sticks. 



All the other species are best grown in hanging baskets in orchid 

 soil. Hildebrandii is a small pot plant. 



The following are the best, and are, or have been, in cultiva- 

 tion : — 



braeteata (fig. "Hook. 111. Him. PI." 1. 17).— Sikkimand Khasia, 

 2,000-8,000 feet elevation ; peduncles 1 inch long, 1-7-flowered, 

 with scarlet bracts 1 inch long ; calyx lobes red, § of an inch 

 long ; corolla 1^ inch long, nearly glabrous, scarlet ; a very fine 

 species. 



COrdifolia (fig. "Bot. Mag." 5131).— Borneo. Peduncles short, 

 2-3 -flowered ; calyx green, subturbinate, J length of corolla ; 

 flowers crimson and black blotched ; cordate leaves ; a fine 

 species. 



fulg-ens ("Wall. Cat." 797) (not figured). — Tavoy. Leaves 

 narrow, lanceolate, pedicels terminal, clustered ; calyx tubular, 

 \ inch ; nearly glabrous, corolla 2 inches, pubescent, narrow 

 tubular, funnel-shaped, scarlet, mouth mottled with purple. 



grandiflora (fig. "Bot. Mag." 3843). — Khasia Mountains, India, 

 from 1 foot up to 3,500 feet. Flowers clustered at the ends of 

 the branches ; calyx small with short lobes ; corolla 1 \ inch 

 long, orange scarlet marked with black ; one of the finest of 

 the genus. 



Hildebrandii (fig. "Bot. Mag." 7365).— Burma, near Fort Sted- 

 man. A dwarf species ; leaves small, ovate ; flowers few from the 

 upper axils ; calyx very small ; corolla 1 inch, orange and scarlet, 

 much curved ; a charming little plant, but rather difficult to 

 grow well and keep in good health ; it is said to be subterrestrial ; 

 it requires cooler treatment than the others. 



javanica (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4503). — Java. Corymbs terminal; 

 calyx downy, more than £ the corolla, wide at its reddish coloured 

 apex ; flowers scarlet, yellow in mouth ; a beautiful species. 



Lamponga (fig. " Nich. Diet. Gard." i. p. 3, as boschianus). — Java. 

 Calyx tubular, smooth purple-brown, nearly \ as long as corolla ; 

 flowers large, axillary, clustered, corolla tubular, wide at the 

 mouth. See also Paxton, "Fl. Gard." iii. p. 14. 



Lobbiana (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4260).— Java. Corymbs terminal; 

 calyx dark purple, more than \ length of corolla ; flowers scarlet, 

 yellow in the mouth ; very much grown in our stoves. 



longiflora (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4328). — Java. Very like speciosus, 

 only flowers uniform crimson, and the mouth more contracted. 



