SOLANACEZ. XX. NIEREMBERGIA. 
5 N. PunE'sceNs (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 615.) leaves oblong- 
linear, clothed with glandular hairs; capsule 2-valved, many- 
seeded ; stem woody, diffuse. b. F. Native of Monte Video. 
Downy Nierembergia. Shrub diffuse. 
6 N. era‘citis (Hook. bot. mag. t. 3108.) downy; stems 
erectish ; leaves linear, subspatulate, obtuse; calycine segments 
linear, bluntish, much shorter than the tube of the corolla; 
flowers terminating the young branches; lobes of corolla rounded, 
obtuse. %. F. Native of Buenos Ayres, ahout the Uruquay. 
D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 172. Corolla with a very 
long slender tube; the limb white, streaked with purple, with a 
yellow centre. 
Stender Nierembergia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1831. 
foot. 
7 N. riricAv'Lrs (Lindl. bot. reg. 1649. Hook. bot. mag. t. 
3370.) glabrous, erect, filiform ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 
or obtuse ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 1-flowered; tube of 
corolla glandular, as well as the filaments. t. F. Native of 
Buenos Ayres. D. Don, Sweet, fl. gard. no. 243. N. lina- 
rizefolia, Graham. Stems ascending. Corolla with a slender 
tube. Calycine segments acuminated, equal in length to the 
tube of the corolla. Limb of corolla lilac, with a yellow centre. 
Stamens as if they were monadelphous, as in the rest. Corolla 
variable in colour from almost white to purplish. 
Thread-stemmed Nierembergia. Fl. Clt. Pl. $to 1 foot. 
8 N. arista‘ta (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 255.) 
smoothish ; leaves linear, acuminated ; calycine segments acu- 
minated, much shorter than the tube of the corolla; stigma 
peltate; peduncles opposite the leaves ; limb of corolla spread- 
ing: lobes rounded, slightly crenulated. kh. F. Native of 
Buenos Ayres, on the banks of the Parana. Corolla white, 
suffused with purple, with the mouth of a deeper colour, glan- 
dular outside. 
Awned-calyxed Nierembergia. 
Pl. 4 to 3 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Petunia, p. 468. 
Pl. 3 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1832. 
XXI. SALPIGLO'SSIS (from cadzmyi, salpinz, a tube; 
and yAwoca, glossa, a tongue; in reference to the tongue- 
shaped style in the tube of the corolla.) Ruiz. et Pav. syst. 1. 
p. 163. Pers. ench. 2. p. 169. Hook. exot. fl. t. 229. 
Lin. syst. Didynamia, Angiospérmia. Calyx 5-angled, 5- 
cleft, funnel.shaped, gradually widening to the top; limb 5- 
cleft, plicate; segments 2-lobed. Stamens 4, 2 long, and 2 
short, with the rudiment of a fifth between the two longer ones. 
Style tongue-shaped at apex; stigma truncate, transverse. 
Capsule ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bipartible; dissepi- 
ment contrary, placentiferous on 
both sides. Seeds erect, angu- 
lar, a little compressed, truncate, 
scabrous from elevated dots. 
Émbryo arched, with short oval 
cotyledons.—Annual or bien- 
nial plants clothed with glandu- 
lar, clammy hairs, natives of 
Peru and Chili. Stem panicu- 
lately branched at top ; branches 
dichotomous, forked. Corolla 
large, purple, or straw-coloured, 
or variegated. Leaves alter- 
nate: lower ones petiolate, si- 
nuated : upper ones narrower, 
entire. 
1 S. sinva‘ra (Ruiz. et Pav. 
syst. p. 163.) plant clothed with — 
glandular hairs; lower leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong, sinu- 
FIG, 40. 
XXI. Sarricrossis. 
XXII. Scuizantuvs. 469 
ated: upper ones sessile, lanceolate-linear, quite entire ; stem 
paniculately branched at top ; branches racemose, dichotomous ; 
filaments glandularly pilose.. 4. H. Native of Chili. S. atro- 
purpürea, Graham in bot. mag. 2811. Sweet. fl. gard. 271. 
Corollas large, dark purple, sometimes almost black, orange- 
coloured in the centre, and striped with deeper coloured veins. 
Var. (3, picta; corolla elegantly variegated with yellow and 
bluish purple. 4. H. Native of Chili. S. pícta, Sweet, fl. 
gard. t. 258. S. stramínea, f, pícta, Hook. bot. mag. t. 3365. 
Var. y, straminea; corolla cream-coloured, veined with blue. 
&. H. Native of Valparaiso. S. stramínea, Hook. exot. fl. t. 
229. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 231. 
Far. ò Barclayàna ; corolla striped with brown and yellow. 
&. H. A hybrid. S. intermèdia, Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 112. 
S. Barclayàna, Penny, mss. 
Sinuated-leaved Salpiglossis. Fl. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Schizánthus, below. 
Showy plants, worth the cultivator's care. 
Aug. Sept. Clt. 1824. 
XXII. SCHIZA'NTHUS (from cxf, schizo, to cut; and 
avÜoc, anthos, a flower ; in reference to irregularly cut or divided 
corolla.) Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 13. t. 17. Hook. exot. 
bot. 3044. D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. no. 201. 
Lin. syst. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, nearly 
equal. Corolla with a narrow, short tube, and a 4-parted, 
irregular, shapeless limb, which is plicate in estivation. Sta- 
mens 4, the 2 upper ones sterile; filaments altogether adnate ; 
anthers inserted by the base, 2-celled ; cells confluent at apex. 
Ovarium 2-celled, seated on a fleshy disk ; stigma compressed, 
obtuse: lobes connate. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded ; valves 
bifid. ^ Dissepiment parallel.  Placentas 2, spongy. Seeds 
cochleate, tubercled. Albumen fleshy. Embryo arched, with 
a cylindrical, obtuse radicle, which is twice as long as the coty- 
ledons.—Annual glandular herbs, natives of Chili. Leaves bi- 
pinnatifid. Flowers somewhat racemose, variegated. A pecu- 
liar acid secretion is given out by the glandular hairs, first 
pointed out by Miss Murray, a young lady of eminent botanical 
taste and knowledge. 
1 S. rixxA'rus (Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 13. t. 17.) fructi- 
ferous peduncles inflexed at top, secund ; lateral segments of 
the lower lip of the corolla longer than the intermediate one, 
which is obcordate: upper segment of the corolla cuneate, 
emarginate, ©. H. Native of Chili. Hook. exot. fl. 73. 
Ker. bot. reg. 725. Hook. bot. mag. t. 2404. Corolla rose- 
coloured, almost approaching to white towards the centre ; the 
2 lateral segments cut into blunt, spatulate, sometimes emargin- 
ate lobes; the lower lip deep, reddish-purple; the lower part 
of the upper segment yellow and spotted. 
Var. D, hümilis (Lindl. bot. reg. 1562. D. Don, in Sweet, fl. 
gard. t. 197.) stature more humble; leaves lyrate : segments 
roundish, crenated, or entire; racemes crowded. ©. H. Co- 
rollas as in the species. 
Pinnate-leaved Schizanthus. 
2 feet. 
2 S. porricens (Graham, in Hook. exot. fl. t. 86.) fructifer- 
ous pedicels spreading, straightish ; tube of corolla shorter 
than the calyx; lateral segments of the lower lip longer than 
the middle one: upper segment oblong, obtuse. ©. H. 
Native of Chili. Hook. bot. mag. 2521. Lateral segments 
of corolla doubly lobed; lobes bifid, obtuse, but not deep. 
Lower lip of flower violet or purple; the rest of the corolla 
pale red, except the centre of the upper segment, which is 
yellow. 
Spreading-peduncled Schizanthus. Fl. June, Oct. Clt, 1822. 
PI. 2 feet. 
Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1822. PI. 
