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Class and Order. 
| Dianpria (Dipynamia Hooker) Monoeynta. 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. bilabiata, resupinata: labio su- 
-periore 5-partito ; inferiore tripartito. Stam. 4: duo ste- 
Tilia. Caps. bivalvis, bilocularis. 
, Specific Character and Synonym. 
‘Scuizanruus porrigens ; caule diffuso racemis paniculatis : 
| pedicellis divaricatissimis. ; 
Scuizantuus porrigens; pedicellis fructus patentibus dis- 
tichis rectiusculis (corolla labio inferiore pallide pur- 
pureo). Graham in Hooker Exotic Flora, 86. 
; 
Descr. This species is a larger, more branched, and 
diffuse plant than the Scnizanruus pinnatus figured at 
No. 2404 of this work. The leaves and colour of the 
flowers seem to be too subject to vary to be depended 
upon for distinguishing the one from the other. Professor 
Granam seems to have had some confidence in the paler 
colour of the lower lip of the flower in ScuizanTHus porrt- 
gens ; but in our specimens the lower lip was a full violet 
colour, even deeper than in S. pinnatus. The present 
Species is much the most showy, and is a valuable acquisi- 
tion to the flower-garden, being a perfectly hardy annual, 
as we are informed by Mr. Minne of the Fulham nursery, 
to whom we are obliged for the communication of the 
Specimens from which our drawing was taken. 
This species is still more unlike the Scurzanruus figured 
in the Flora Peruviana than pinnata, and in the a 
