C 4015 ) 



SlPHOCAMPYLOS LONGEPEDUNCULATUS. LONG 

 FLOWER-STALKED SlPHOCAMPYLOS. 



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Class and Order. 



Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Old. LoBELlACEiE. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-lobus, tubo turbinato aut hemisphaerico. Co- 

 rolla tubo superne saepius ventricoso, plerumque recurvo, 

 integro vel (rarissime) basi fisso et superne solum integro; 

 lobis 5 tubo brevioribus bilabiatis falcatis, duobus superio- 

 ribus saepe majoribus supra faucem reflexis, inferioribus 

 subbrevioribus. Stamina connata, antheris 2 inferioribus 

 apice barbatis aut (rarius) omnibus hirsutis. — Frutices, 

 suflfrutices, vel herbae, ex America prcesertim meridionali, 

 nonnunquam scandentes; caulibus ramisque sapius erectis ; 

 foliis alternis aut verticillatis, pedicellis axillaribus ; Jloribus 

 rubris vel sordide albidis, corollis plerumque pubescentibus, 

 latere superiore paulo majore. Convexitas corollae sursum 

 spectans. D C. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Siphocampylos longepedunculatus ; subscandens, glabrius- 

 culus, foliis alternis ovato-acuminatis membranaceis 

 argute dentatis basi subcordatis, pedicellis folio longio- 

 ribus (v. brevioribus), corollae lobis acuminatis, anthe- 

 ris glabris 2. infer, apice barbatis, " capsula elongata 



obovoidea." „ 



Siphocampylos longepedunculatus. Pohl, FLliras. v. A. 



p. 109. t. 172. De Cand. Prodr. v. 7. p. 401. 

 Lobelia pedicellaris. Presl. Prodr. Lob. p. 34. 



This is another fine Siphocampylos, for which our stoves 

 are indebted to Mr. Gardner, who sent home seeds, as well 



as 



