Tab. 4158 



SALPIXANTHA coccinea. 

 Scarlet Trumpet-flower. 



Nat. Ord. Acantha.ce.e. — Didynamia Angiospermia. 



Gen. Char. SALPIXANTHA. Hook.— Calyx parvus, ovatus, 5-den- 

 tatus, basi bibracteatus. Corolla infundibuliformi-hypocrateriformis : tubo 

 basi angustato cylindraceo, sursum sensim dilatato ; limbo regulari patente 

 qmnquelobo, lobis retusis. Stamina 4, tubi parte contracta inserta : Fila- 

 menta subsequalia, gracilia, glabra, longitudine tubi totius : Antheree ob- 

 longse, dorso affixse, uniloculars. Ovarium ovatum, disco carnoso impo- 

 situm, biloculare; loculis biovulatis; ovulis adscendentibus : Stylus gracilis, 



hliformis, stamina paulo superans : Stigma obtusum. Fructus ? — 



rrutex humilis Indue Occidentalism ramosus ; ramis teretibus glabris (utet 

 totaplantaj. Folia opposita, ovata, subcoriacea, integerrima. Pedunculi 

 axillares, solitarii, penduli, vel terminates, terni. Flores sessiles decussati 

 oppostli in spicam laxam dispositi, distantes. Corolla pulchra, nitida, 

 coccinea. 



Salpixantha coccinea. 



This curious plant, which has at first sight, indeed, little 

 apparent affinity with the Acanthacecs (Sect. MueUiacece), 

 was discovered by Mr. Purdie, Botanical Collector for the 

 Hoyal Gardens, in the island of Jamaica, whence it was sent 

 to the Royal Gardens. It blossomed freely in the stove dur- 

 mg the autumn of the same year, and in the early winter of 

 1844-5, and made a very pretty appearance, with its grace- 

 fully pendent, scarlet blossoms, and its well-formed dark- 

 green foliage. It appears to me to be new as a Genus ; nor 

 ca n I find the plant is anywhere, or under any name, 

 described. 



Descr. It is a low shrub, branched, and glabrous in every 

 part, the young shoots green, rounded. The leaves opposite, 

 on short petioles, ovate, subcoriaceous, somewhat waved, 

 entire, penninerved, dark-green, rather paler beneath. Pedun- 

 cles axillary and solitary, or terminal, and then ternate, 

 drooping, the lateral ones, however, terminate a two-leaved 

 branch, or innovation, while the central peduncle springs 



