Siphocampylus betulaefolius. Don, Diet. 3. p. 704. De 

 Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 399. Gardn. Herb. Brasil. n. 

 463. 



This elegant and very graceful plant, its flowers richly 

 varied with bright red and yellow, is another of the rarities 

 with which Mr. Gardner has enriched our collections from 

 Brazil. He detected the species in the Organ Mountains, 

 where Sello, its original discoverer, had, probably, previ- 

 ously procured it. It flowered, for the first time in Europe, 

 in the Royal Botanic Garden of Kew, in July, 1842, and 

 continued for a long time in great beauty. It is easily pro- 

 pagated by cuttings, and will no doubt become a general 

 favourite in our stoves, and may probably, like the S.bicolor, 

 be found hardy enough to bear the greenhouse, or even, in 

 the summer months, the open border. 



Descr. Perennial. Stem woody at the base, branched, 

 two to three feet high ; branches rounded. Leaves alter- 

 nate, petiolate, three to four inches long, cordate, acumi- 

 nated, doubly serrated, nearly glabrous. Peduncles soli- 

 tary, single-flowered, axillary, about as long as the leaves, 

 thickened upwards into the furrowed, inferior germen. 

 Calycine segments subulate, serrulate, with few and distant 

 serratures. Corolla two and a half to three inches long, 

 slightly curved, bright vermillion red, the limb deep yellow, 

 cut into five nearly equal segments. Stamens and style 

 a little exserted. 



Fig. 1. Anther and Stigma '.^-magnified. 



