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ScHIZANTHUS HoOKERI. AcUTE-PETALED 

 SCHIZANTHUS. 



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Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Scrophularin^e. ) 



Generic Character. 



Corolla irregularis, labio superiore quinquefido, inferiore 

 tripartita. Stamina 2 antheriiera, 2 sterilia, filamentis vil- 

 losis. Capsula bilocularis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Schizanthus Hookeri ; corolla tubo limbum aequante, labio 

 inferiore longe bicornuto, labii superioris lobo medio 

 longe acuminato. 



Schizanthus Hookeri. Gillies MSS. Graham in Edin. 

 Phil. Journ. 1830. 



Descr. Biennial ? Stem herbaceous, stout, branched. 

 Branches diffuse, whole surface covered with glandular 

 pubescence. Leaves variable, once or twice pinnatifid, 

 lacinice incised. Pedicels ( three -fourths of an inch long) 

 secund, both in flower and fruit, erect. Flowers in large 

 branching, terminal, bracteated panicles. Calyx persistent, 

 five-parted, four of the segments suberect, the upper rather 

 shorter than the next, while the longest, which is closely 

 applied to the underside of the tube of the corolla, is con- 

 siderably longer than any of the others, at least m the culti- 

 vated specimens. Corolla an inch across in both directions, 

 slightly pubescent externally, two-lipped ; upper lip, as in 

 the other species, three-lobed, the central lobe much nar- 

 rower than in S. porrigens, or S. pinnatus (the latter cer- 

 tainly distinct from S. pinnatus of Ruiz and Pavon) entire, 

 >v ith prominent edges forming the throat, with its sides 

 r evolute towards the apex, and drawn out to a long, erect 



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