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The following species have been, and may still be, in cultivation ; 

 they have not been figured and I have never seen them : — 



caracasana (Otto and Dietr., " Allg. Gart." vi. [1838], 346).— Vene- 

 zuela. Velvety, pubescent, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered peduncles ; 

 flowers red and yellow. 



Claussiniana (Brong. ex Decne "Rev. Hort." ser. iii., i. 363). — 

 Brazil. Racemes terminal, simple ; flowers long-pedicelled, 

 orange-red. 



Sellovii (Mart., "Nov. Gen. et Sp." iii. 36).— Brazil. Flowers 

 scarlet, in terminal cymes ; leaves tomentose, whitish under- 

 neath. 



umbellata (Decne, "Fl. des Serres," ser. i., vii. 167). — Brazil. 

 Plant velvety ; flowers reddish dotted, in a terminal umbel. 

 Gloxinia maculata (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 1191). — South America at 

 Cartagena. An erect plant, with knobbed rootlets ; peduncles 

 axillary, solitary, 1-flowered ; flowers large, purplish-blue. 



var. pallidiflora (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4213). — Flowers very pale blue. 



var. insignis. — Flowers lilac and crimson. 



var. sceptrum. — Flowers clear lilac (hybrid). 



Very common in gardens in the plains of Southern India, where 

 it grows like a weed and flowers all the year round ; a beautiful 

 plant when well grown ; it requires a good deal of heat and 

 moisture, and is not often seen in really good condition in our 

 stoves. 



The species referred to Plectopoma, Hanst. in " Linnnea," xxvi. 

 206, xxvii. 700, and xxxiv. 434, are placed by Bentham in 

 " Gen. PI." under this genus on account of the leafy calyx 

 lobes ; in the last treatise on the order (by Fritsch) they are 

 placed rightly, I think, under Achimenes, and I have followed 

 this arrangement. 



Haberlea rhodopensis (fig. " Bot. Mag." 6651).— Mt. Rhodope. Radical 

 leaves ; flowers lilac, drooping, umbellate ; a well-known hardy 

 plant. 



Houttea. — These may be called shrubby Isolomas. 



Gardneri (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4121).— Organ Mts., Brazil. Herba- 

 ceous perennial ; peduncles long, axillary, solitary, 1-flowered ; 

 flowers red, tubular, downy ; leaves thick, fleshy, elm-like, 

 scarcely distinct from pardina. 



pardina (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4348). — Brazil. Peduncles axillary, 

 solitary, 1-flowered ; flowers orange-red, the tube curved, the 

 spreading limb spotted. See also "Rev. Hort." ser. iii., ii. 

 (1848), 462. 



HypocyPta glabra (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4346).— South America. Very 

 swollen scarlet flowers. 

 gracilis = Codonanthe gracilis. 



pulchra (fig. "Bot. Mag." 7468).— Colombia. Beautiful foliage ; 



calyx scarlet ; flowers yellow, much swollen ; a curious plant. 

 Strigillosa (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4047). — Brazil. Short, tubular, much 



swollen, scarlet and yellow flowers ; a very curious plant, common 



in cultivation. 



