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C. COCCINEA MACRANTHA. North America, 1819. This bears some resemblance to the Cockspur Thorn, but has very long, curved spines longer, perhaps, than those of any other species. C. CORDATA is one of the latest flowering species, in which respect it is even more hardy than the well-known C. tanace-tifolia.
Let me only recall one other case, that of the orchid, called Coryanthes macrantha. In this flower there are two little horns, which secrete a pure water, or rather water mixed with honey. The lower part of the flower consists of a long lip, the end of which is bent into the form of a bucket hanging below the horns.
There are several very distinct and good varieties, such as E. macrantha sanguinea, with flowers deeper in colour than those of the parent plant; and E. macrantha Ingrami, a profuse-blooming and very desirable form. E. PHILLIPIANA. Valdivia, 1873. When seen as a standard bush, and loaded with its myriads of tiny white flowers, this must rank amongst the handsomest members of the family.
It is a very desirable shrub for wall or lattice-work covering, against which it grows rapidly, and soon forms an object of great beauty by reason of its neat foliage and graceful habit, as also wealth of pretty flowers. E. ILLINATA. Chili, 1830. This should also be included, it being a handsome and pretty-flowered plant. E. MACRANTHA. Chiloe, 1848.
The varieties of Monardella macrantha, described by Hall, from the San Jacinto Mountain, Cal., are suggestive of such an intimate analogy with the cases studied by Bonnier, that it seems probable that they might yield similar results, if tested by the same method.
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