Tab. 4178. 

 SIPHOCAMPYLOS coccineus. 



Showy scarlet-flowered Siphocampylos. 



Nat. Ord. Lobeliace*. — Pentandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 4105.) 



Siphocampylos coccineus; suffruticosus glaber elatus, foliis ovatis acutis brevi- 

 petiolatis (nunc sublobatis) duplicato-serratis, pedunculis folio longioribus 

 axillaribus sobtariis unifloris, flore nutante, ovario oblongo-turbinato sulcato 

 laciniis calycinis lanceolatis patentibus serratis breviore, corolla? tubo basi 

 (infra filamentorum insertionem) angustato demum sensim dilatato curvato 

 ore contracto, bmbi vix bilabiati laciniis oblongo-ovatis acutiusculis sub- 

 aequabbus incurvis. 



Perhaps the most beautiful of this Genus which has yet been 

 introduced to our stoves, and sent from the Organ Mountains, 

 Brazil, by Mr. William Lobb, one of the botanical collectors of 

 Mr. Veitch, in whose Nursery at Exeter it first showed its large 

 and scarlet flowers, in June 1845. Plants were exhibited at the 

 Chiswick Exhibition in July, which gained the same prize there, 

 as well as in the Regent's Park Garden, as had been awarded 

 to the Fuchsia before described (Tab. 4174). It is treated as 

 a stove plant, and, cultivated by Mr. Veitch, is not sparing of 

 blossoms. 



Descr. Suffruticose in the lower part of the plant only, erect, 

 branched, glabrous. Leaves petiolate, alternate, broadly ovate, 

 acute, scarcely acuminate, occasionally slightly lobed, doubly den- 

 tato-serrate, rather strongly nerved, glabrous ; petiole rather short, 

 grooved above. Peduncles axillary, solitary, one-flowered, longer 

 than the leaves, erect, but curved at the top, so that the flower 

 is gracefully pendent. Ovary turbinate, deeply sulcate. Segments 

 of the calyx lanceolate, serrated, moderately patent, longer than 

 the tube or ovary. Corolla bright scarlet, two inches and more 



august 1st, 1845. K 



