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SALPIGLOSSIS LINEARIS. LINEAR-LEAVED 
SALPIGLOSSIS. 
Class and Order. 
DipynamiA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
( Nat. Ord.—Sotanez. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-fidus seu 5-partitus, subinequalis. Cor. infundi- 
buliformis, 5-loba. Filamentum quintum sterile (nune an- 
theriferum). Stylus apice dilatatus. Stigma truncatum, 
transversum. Capsula bilocularis, dissepimento valvis pa- 
rallelo. Semzna punctato-scabra. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Saupictossis linearis; erecta glandulosa, ramis patulis, foliis 
lineari-oblongis sessilibus, corolla subregulari infundi- 
buliformi fauce dilatata calyce duplo longiore. Grah. 
Satriaxossis linearis. Hook. Bot. Mag. sub t. 3113. 
NierempBercia intermedia, Graham in Edin. N. Phil. 
Journ. 1832. 
Descr. Plant herbaceous, perennial, the whole, except- 
ing the inside of the corolla, minutely but densely glandu- | 
loso-pubescent. Stem (in a young plant about a foot high) 
erect, much branched, branches spreading, ascending. 
Leaves (an inch and a half long, four lines bread) scatter- 
ed, numerous, spreading or reflected, oblongo -spathulate, 
almost veinless, with a distinct midrib behind, somewhat 
keeled near the base, slightly folded along the middle rib 
above. Peduncles (one inch long) solitary, filiform, from 
the side of the clefts in the branches. Calyx persisting, five- 
parted, angular; segments spreading, foliaceous, linear, 
blunt. Corolla (nine lines long and nine lines across) fun- 
-nel-shaped, twice the leugth of the calyx ; limb rich purple, 
especially when first expanded, darker inwards, and still 
further towards the throat dotted with purple on a yellow 
ee ground, 
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