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entire, densely silky, peduncles 1-2-flowered ; corolla distinctly 

 campanulate, the tube longer than the lobes, smooth within. 

 Rhynchoglossa zeylanicum (fig. "Bot. Mag." 4198).— Ceylon. Of 



botanical interest only. 

 Rhytidophyllum aurieulatum (fig. " Bot. Mag." 3562), Brazil, 

 prasinatum and tomentosum (fig. "Bot. Mag." 1023), West 

 Indies, are only of botanical interest. 

 Rosanovia. See under Sinning-ia. 



Saintpaulia ionanthe (fig. " Bot. Mag." t. 7408).— Tropical East Africa 

 (hilly regions). A well-known lovely little stove plant, easily 

 grown from seed or from a leaf ; always in flower. There are 

 four varieties : flowers pale lilac (type) ; flowers very dark-blue 

 (violacea) ; flowers white, violet-tinted (albescens) ; flowers reddish ; 

 leaves much larger and on longer petioles (purpurea). 



Sarmienta repens (fig. " Fl. des Serres," 1646).—" Fl. Mag." ii. 1. 112. 

 A charming greenhouse, creeping, wiry-stemmed plant ; flowers 

 large crimson, tube swollen ; it should be grown in a cool, quite 

 shaded place in the greenhouse (near water if possible), orchid soil 

 with an ample allowance of small crocks ; it is useless to attempt 

 it under other conditions ; it is in any case a difficult plant to 

 grow well. 



Sciadocalyx. See Isoloma. 



Seemannia Benaryi (fig. " Gartenfl." t. 814). — Peru. Leaves verticelled ; 



peduncles axillary, several together ; flowers scarlet, bell -shaped, 



slightly lobed at the apex ; a pretty plant. 

 Sinningia. — All plants of this genus have tuberous roots (Gloxinia has 

 knobbed rootlets). 



barbata (fig. "Bot. Mag." 5623).— Brazil. Leaves pilose above, 

 crimson beneath ; peduncles up to H inch long, axillary, 

 solitary or twin ; calyx 1 inch deep ; corolla much swollen at 

 base, curved, white, red-blotched ; a pretty species. " Fl. Mag." 

 336 as carolinae ; " Fl. des Serres," 1847. 



COncinna (fig. " Bot. Mag." 5253).— Brazil. A delicate little plant 

 with small round tubers and pretty very small Gloxinia-like 

 flowers, charming for small pots ; flowers all the year round, some- 

 times called 1 Stenogastra concinna.' There is a variety called 

 1 multiflora,' " L'lll. Hort." (1864), 390. The pots should be filled 

 | up with crocks, over which a soil of 1 part leaf mould, 1 part 

 loam, 2 parts sand. 



diversiflora (fig. Nicholson, " Diet. Gard." ii. 75).— A pretty dwarf 

 hybrid off speciosa. See " Rev. Hort." (1883), 247, f. 45. 



gesnerioides (fig. Nicholson, "Diet. Gard." ii. 76).— A handsome 

 erect branched hybrid off speciosa, raised by Messrs. Carter ; 

 flowers fiery scarlet. ' Gloxinia gesnerioides,' its original name, 

 was unfortunate, as this was occupied. See under Dolichoderia. 



guttata (fig. "Bot. Reg." 1112).— Brazil. Stems, ascending, leafy 

 slender ; flowers pale green, purple-spotted ; calyx large, cam- 

 panulate, 5 -winged, inflated ; corolla a little longer than calyx. 

 See also Paxton, "Mag. Bot." ii. 4. 



