( 4105 ) 



SlPHOCAMPYLUS LANTANIFOLIUS. LANTANA- 

 LEAVED SlPHOCAMPYLUS. 



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Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



( Nat. Ord. — Lobeliace^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Calyx 5-lobus, tubo turbinate) aut hemisphaerico. Corolla 

 tubo superne seepius ventricoso, plerumque recurvo, inte- 

 gro v. (rarissime) basi fisso et superne solum integro ; lobis 

 5 tubo brevioribus bilabiatis falcatis, duobus superioribus 

 saspe majoribus supra faucem reflexis, inferioribus subbre- 

 vioribus. Stamina connata, antheris 2 inferioribus apice 

 barbatis aut (rarius) omnibus hirsutis. — Frutices, suffru- 

 tices, v. herba, ex America prmsertim meridionali, nonnun- 

 quam scandentes, caulibus ramisque scepius erectis, foliis 

 alternis aut verticillatis, pedicellis axillaribus, floribus rubris 

 v. sordide albidis, corollis plerumque pubescentibus, latere 

 superiore (in Lobeliis abbreviata) paulo majore. Convex- 

 it as corollce sursurn spectans. De Cand. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Siphocampylus lantauifolius ; ramis inferne glabris apice 

 pedicellisque velutinis, foliis ovatis acutis basi obtusis 

 breviter petiolatis margine denticulatis recurvis superne 

 glabris rugosis subtus fusco-tomentosis nervis eminen- 

 tibus, pedicellis apice corymbosis foliis dimidio brevi- 

 oribus bracteis lanceolatis hispidis longioribus, calyce 

 velutino^ lobis lineari-acuminatis tubo turbinate longi- 

 oribus, corolla angusta incurva subvelutina lobis acu- 

 minatis, antheris glabris, 2 inferioribus apice barbatis, 

 capsula decemangulari. D C. 



Siphocampylus lantanifolius, De Candolle Prodr. 7. p 

 399. 



(/*•) glabriusculus ; foliis pedicellis calycibusque vix pubes- 

 centibus, (Tab. nostr. 4105.) 



S. lantanifolius 



