equal, erect, upper one entire, acute, lower one bifid 
Corolla three or four times the length of the calyx, rather 
bright red, clothed with fulvous hairs. Upper lip the 
longest, arched, somewhat acute, entire; lower one of three 
concave, rounded lobes, of which the middle one is the 
largest. Filament very short. Connectivum exceedingly 
long, white, lower extremity somewhat spathulate, acute, 
reddish, upper extremity exserted and incrassated, red, and 
bearing a transverse, solitary cell of an anther, filled with 
orange-coloured pollen. Style red, much exserted: Stigma 
bifid, with one long, recurved segment. 
In general aspect, it must be confessed that the present 
SatviA is closely allied to S. biflora of Ruiz and Pavon, 
Fl, Per. t. 38. f.a.; but the latter is described and figured 
as “ planta villosissima ;” whereas our plant is quite desti- 
tute of hairs in every part except the corolla. Smrrn’s 8. 
tubiflora (Icones, t. 26,) has the stem and leaves hairy, and 
is, probably, the same with the S. biflora, as Ruiz and Pavox 
suggested. 
S. strictiflora was found by Mr. Crucxsuanxs between 
Yazo and Obrajillo in the valley of Canta, Peru, and 
seeds were thence forwarded to our garden, where the 
eal flowered in the stove in December, 1831. Mr. 
_ Marruews has since gathered the same plant at Cuesta of 
Huamaritanga and Purcochuco in Peru, and sent it to his 
correspondents marked “ No. 467, Sanvia biflora.”” The 
vernacular name he states to be “ Socoencha.” The whole 
ork on being touched yields a strong, but not agreeable 
scent. : 
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Fig. 1. Stamen. 2. Calyx: magnified. 
