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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
6.— TUFA BLANDA. D. Bon. THE PINK-FLOWERED TUFA. 
Engraving. — Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard. 2d Series, t. 308. I doubly serrated, dccurrent at the base ; bracteous, bracts somewhat 
Specific Character. — Very smooth; leaves lanceolate, cuspidate, 1 convolute; teeth of the calyx subulate ; anthers glabrous. 
Description, &c. — This very handsome species bears considerable resemblance to Tupa Bridgesii, but the 
flowers are of a darker rose colour, and the segments of the lower limb of the corolla are divided at the apex 
when the flower is fully expanded. This species is also distinguished by the bracts, the edges of which are 
rolled inwards. It requires the same treatment as Tupa polyphylla, and is as hardy as that species. It is a 
native of Chili, whence it was introduced in 1830. 
7._TUPA DECURRENS, Dec. THE WINGED-STALKED TUPA. 
Synonyme. — Lobelia dccurrcns, Cav. 
Engraving. — Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard., 2d Series, t. 86, 
Specific Character — Leaves ovate-lanceolate, dccurrent, crowded. 
doubly serrated, glabrous ; flowers axillary, on very short peduncles ; 
caly.x hairy ; segments lanceolate, deeply cut ; segments of the corolla 
hairy towards the apex. 
Description, &c. — This is a very singular but weedy-looking plant, from the manner in which the leaves 
grow to the stem. The flowers are purple, and the stem grows about five feet high. It is a native of Chili, 
whence it was introduced in 1829. It is quite hardy in the open garden. The juice of this plant is remarkably 
acrid. 
TUPA PURPUREA, Lindl. 
This is a half-shrubby plant, requiring protection during winter. It is a native of Valparaiso, whence it 
was introduced in February, 1825 ; and though it is called the purple Tupa, it has bright crimson flowers. 
TUPA ARGUTA, Lindl., 
Has dingy yellow flowers, and is still more shrubby than the preceding species. It is a native of Chili, 
whence it was introduced in 1824. 
TUPA PERSISCIFOLIA, Dec., 
Has rose-coloured flowers. It is a native of South America, and was introduced in 1825. 
There are three other species, natives of the West Indies, but they all require a stove in British gardens. 
CHAPTER ' XXIX. 
ERICACE^. 
Character of the Order. — Calyx four or five-cleft, inferior. many-celled, many-seeded. Style one. Fruit capsular. Seeds in- 
Corolla liypogynous, four or five-cleft, imbricated. Stamens defi- definite, minute. Embryo in the axis of albumen. {Lindl.) 
nite, liypogynous. Anthers two-celled, dehiscing by a pore. Ovary 
Description, &c. — The Heath tribe is so generally known as consisting principally of showy-flowering 
shrubs, that it seems quite out of place in a work devoted exclusively to perennials. This order does, however, 
contain one genus, consisting entirely of herbaceous plants, called Pyrola, or the winter green ; and the curious 
parasites included in the genus Monotropa, or the yellow bird’s nest, may also be called perennials. 
