THE VELTHEIMTAS. 



Bracts — equal in length to the limb of the flowers, or, in some forms, 

 much shorter than the limb. Flowers — scentless, shortly pedicellate, 

 tubular-campanulate, subnutant, if inch long by J- inch span, 

 flushed and mottled with pink (varying to rosy-red) externally and 

 internally. Segments equal, \ inch long. Tiihe — dilated half-way at 

 the place where the stamens become free, and twice as wide in the 

 upper half as in the lower half. Stamens — exserted, of unequal lengths, 

 connivent. Free ends bright purple. Anthers — erect. Pollen yellow. 

 Ovary — f inch long. Ovules — two pairs in a bunch at the middle of 

 the placenta. Style — equal to limb. Stigma — entire. Fritit — papyri- 

 ferous, containing a single, round, black, seed.* 



These plants are larger in all respects than those described in 

 Nicholson's " Dictionary of Gardening " and in the " Flora Capensis," 

 and have leaves double the width of the type specimens. I have 

 never seen the yellowish-flowered forms described. The length of the 

 bracts seems inconstant, although this character has been used as a 

 sectional distinction in the " Flora Capensis." 



* Seeds raised at Isleworth on three plants have germinated. 



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