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LEPTOSIPHON DENSirLORUS.-2. 
(thick-flowered LEPTOSIPHON.) 
In its g-eneral appearance, before flowering, this is very like L. androsacem, 
only it is somewhat gayer in consequence of its leaves being more glandular. When 
in flower it is very diff'erent ; its corolla is three times as large, with broader and 
blunter segments, and with a short, thickish tube, instead of a long and slender 
one. Its colours vary in the same manner from purple to blue and white, but they 
are less lively, and are not produced in the same abundance ; and it must be 
considered decidedly inferior in point of beauty '^. 
The treatment recommended for the preceding species will also suit this. 
The generic name alludes to the structure of the corolla, and literally signifies a 
slender tube. 
* Bot. Reg. 125. 
