266 CHiETOGASTRA STRIGOSA. 
the half-ripened wood, planted in either pots of soil or sand, and placed in a gentle 
bottom-heat under a glass. The young plants will flower when very small. 
Our drawing was prepared in the nursery of Messrs. Veitch and Son, of Exeter, 
in August, 1848. 
The generic name is derived from chaite, a bristle, and gaster, a belly ; alluding 
to the tube of the calyx being beset with bristles or stiff hairs. 
