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violacea (fig. Aub., "PI. Gui." ii. 630, t. 254). — Guiana. Peduncles 

 terminal, panicled ; flowers small, purple ; tube curved, limb 

 spreading ; fruit purple, edible (see also fig. " Buchoz Herb." 

 p. 31). 



Boea. — A genus of small stove herbs, with the spirally twisted fruit of 

 Streptocarpus, but shortly tubed, broadly campanulate small 

 flowers in lax, few-flowered cymes. From the Malay Peninsula, 

 India, and Eastern parts. 

 Commersonii (fig. " Bull. L'Herb. Boiss." vi. t. 7). — New Britain. 

 A low herb ; peduncles axillary, solitary, umbellately few-flowered, 

 nearly equalling the leaves ; flowers small, pale blue ; of botanical 

 interest only. 



hygrometrica (fig. "Bot. Mag." 6468). — Pekin mountains. 

 Leaves radical ; scapes few-flowered; flowers pedicelled, nodding, 

 | inch in diameter ; calyx very small ; corolla blue, throat yellow ; 

 rather a pretty little pot plant. 

 Campanea grandiflora (fig. "Rev. Hort." 1849, ser. iii., iii. 241).— 

 Santa Fe de Bogota. Flowers few, tufted at the end of a long 

 axillary or terminal peduncle, large, Gloxinia-like, white, red- 

 dotted, plant hairy ; a fine climbing stove plant, easily raised 

 from seed. 



Humboldtii (fig. Hanst. in " Linnaea," xxvi. 214, t. 1, fig. 24).— 

 Costa Rica. Peduncles 2-3-flowered ; flowers densely hairy, 

 spotted within, the tube inflated and curved. 



Oerstedii.— Oerst. in " Viden. Selsk. Skr." V. v. 108 (not figured). 

 Costa Rica. Peduncles twice as long as the leaves, 3-5-flowered ; 

 flowers greenish, violet-spotted, large, Gloxinia-like. 



picturata (fig. "Bot. Gazette," 1890, xv. t. 3).— Alta Verapaz 

 forests 6,000 feet elevation. Peduncles long, axillary, few- 

 flowered, hairy ; flowers like those of grandiflora, but smaller 

 and very hairy. 



Chirita depressa (fig. "Bot. Mag." 7213).— China. A dwarf green- 

 house plant, forming a dense mass of foliage; cymes few- 

 flowered, shortly peduncled ; flowers violet, 1\ inch long ; tube 

 inflated. 



hamosa (fig. "Rev. Hort." 1896, p. 184). — India. Peduncles con- 

 nate and adnate to the petiole ; flowers § inch long ; tube slender, 

 whitish, mouth blue or rose ; much in cultivation, easily grown, 

 flowers freely. 



Horsfieldii (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4315). — Java. Peduncles aggregate ; 



flowers drooping, yellowish, with a purple tinge at base, tubular ; 



herbaceous, 1-2 feet tall, 

 lilacina (fig. Lem., "111. Hort." 1869, t. 608).— Chiriqui. Flowers 



pale blue ; tube white, base of tube with large yellow blotch ; a 



very beautiful species with numerous flowers. 

 Moonii (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4405). — Ceylon. A tall stove plant ; 



peduncles axillary, solitary or twin, flowers very large, purple 



and yellow ; a magnificent plant, but very rare in cultivation, 

 primulacea.— Hook., "Fl. Brit. Ind." Sikkim, 2,000-3,000 feet 



elevation (not figured). Almost stemless, villous ; peduncles 



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