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coarsely crenate ; peduncles 1-3 in the axils of the leaves, 

 furnished with bracts at the base, 1 flowered ; flowers large, 

 rose, spotted darker. Fine species. 



digitaliflorum (fig. " 111. Hort." xvii. p. 95, t. xvii.).— Colombia, 

 at Antioquia. (Sciadocalyx digitaliflora of Continental cata- 

 logues.) Stems very pilose ; panicles short, terminal ; flowers 

 very large, deflexed, tube white and purple, the lobes green, 

 purple-dotted. Curious on account of its green flowers ; common 

 in many collections. There are many hybrids off this species. 



Lindenianum (fig. " Gartenfl." t. 589). — Tropical America. A 

 pretty little pot-plant ; leaves prettily clouded ; peduncles long, 

 axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered; flowers rather large, pale lilac. 

 Easily raised from seed ; common in cultivation. 



Luciani (fig. " 111. Hort." 1874, vol. xxi. 182) (hybrid).— Stems, 

 peduncles and flowers villous, with crimson hairs ; peduncles 

 erect, solitary, axillary, bracteolate, about 2-3-flowered at apex ; 

 flowers large, crimson, copiously spotted ; calyx spreading, umbra - 

 culiform. {Sciadocalyx of some catalogues.) A magnificent 

 plant. It is a hybrid between digitaliflorum and pardinum, 

 a very rapid and strong grower ; it flowered well in my stoves 

 last year. 



magnifiea (fig. "Fl. des Serres," 1013). — Colombia. Peduncles 

 long axillary, 1 -flowered; flowers crimson-black streaked (syn. 

 Locheria magnifica). 



oeellatum (fig. " Bot. Mag." 4359). — Panama. A small free- 

 flowering pretty little stove pot-plant ; peduncle axillary, 

 solitary, bracteate, much shorter than the leaves, 1 -flowered ; 

 flowers small, tube crimson, short, m^uth yellow-spotted. Very 

 common in cultivation. 



pardinum (fig. "111. Hort." xx. 152). — Mexico. Peduncles 

 axillary, inch long, bracteate afc the apex, with 3-4 sub- 

 umbellate flowers, corolla scarlet with dark spots over the lobes. 

 Must not be confounded with Houttea pardina, which has 

 Isoloma-shaped flowers. 



pyramidale (fig. " Trans. Buss. Hort. Soc." 1861, t. 54) (hybrid).— 

 A strong tall species ; stems densely covered with red hairs ; 

 peduncles axillary, 8-9 flowered ; nearly allied to Luciani, 

 differs chiefly in having more flowers in the umbel ; is in 

 cultivation at Kew. 



venosum (fig. "L'Hortic. Franc." ser. iii., ii. 1861, 248, t. 20).— 

 Colombia. Leaves purplish underneath ; peduncles about 3 inches 

 long, axillary, solitary, 1 -flowered ; calyx rather large ; flowers 

 pink, yellow in the mouth. A well-known and very pretty 

 species. 



Warszeviezii (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4843).— Colombia. Plant villoso- 

 hirsute ; leaves long-petioled ; peduncles axillary, bracteolate, 

 3-8-flowered at the apex ; pedicels longer than the peduncles ; 

 flower-tube swollen, scarlet, mouth yellow, crimson- spotted. 

 Sciadocalyx of some catalogues. See also "Fl. des Serres," 

 9, 941. 



