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RAINERI.— A rare species with small woolly foliage and huge 

 erect flowers, and of a fine blue, quite distinct from turbinata, but often 

 confused with it. Seedlings from it seem to grow much stronger than 

 collected plants ; hence the confusion. Height three inches. (Fig. 44.) 



TOMMASINIANA . — Very distinct indeed ; very small linear foliage, 

 very shiny ; stems clothed with tubular lilac bells. A very small grower, 

 but easy to manage in ordinary soil. Often erroneously sent out as 

 Tenor i i and as Waldstciniana. 



TUBBINATA— The true form has grey foliage scarcely rising above 



