268 SIPHOCAMPYLOS MANETTIiEFLORUS. 
It thrives in a mixture of peat, loam, and sand, and requires to be kept 
moderately moist. Cuttings treated in the usual way for tender, soft-wooded plants, 
strike root with the greatest facility. 
The generic name is derived from siphon, a tube, and campylos, a curve ; in 
allusion to the curved tube of the corolla. 
