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LOPHOSPERMUM* erubiicens. 

 Blushing Lophospermum. 



DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 



Nat. ord. Scrophularine^ Jussieu. (^Introduction to the natural 

 system of Botany, p. 228.) 



LOPHOSPERMUM.— Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla campanulata: limbo 

 5-lobo subaequali. Capsula bilocuiaris, irregulariter dehiscens. Semina 

 imbricata, membranaceo-alata. D. Don in Linn, trans, vol. 15. p. 350. 



L. erubescens ; foliis triangulari-cordatis gross^ insequaliterque serratis pu- 

 bescentibus, calycis segmentis oblongis mucronulatis, filamentis simpli- 

 cibus. D. Don in the British flower-garden, t. 75, in notd. 

 L. scandens. Bot. mag. tt. 3037, 3238. British flower-garden, t. 68. 



Caulis basifruticosus, teres, volubilis, glanduloso-pilosus, ramosus. Folia 

 opposita, villosa, triangulari-cordata, dentata, apice integra, tactu mollia, 

 petiolis scepiils cirrhi officio functis, spiraliter convolutis, Racemi ter- 

 minates, multiflori, bracteis foliis conformibus, alternis, valde glanduloso- 

 hirtis. Calyx pentaphyllus ; sepalis ovatis, acutis, integerrimis, pubescenti- 

 bus, apice rubescentibus. Corolla 3 uncias longa, infundibular is, subarcuata, 

 amcene rosea, glanduloso-pilosa, limbo subbilabiato recto : laciniis oblongis, 

 obtusis, subcequalibus, inferiore tantum minore, tubo intils villis luteis, antice 

 bicristato, roseo guttato demiim ad basin evanescente. Stamina didynama, 

 versus basin tubi inserta, rudimento minimo quinti, filamentis pubescentibus, 

 antherarum loculis glabris divaricatis. Ovarium villosum, biloculare. Stylus 

 basi pubescens. Stigma incequaliter bifidum, Capsula subrotunda, mucro- 

 nata, calyce persistente inclusa, bilocuiaris, polysperma. Semina mem- 

 branaceo-alata, tuberculosa, fere ut in Eccremocarpo scabro, sed longe minora, 

 et incequaliter lobata. 



This very handsome frutescent climber is a native of 

 Mexico, whence seeds were obtained by several individuals 

 about the same time. It grows most luxuriantly during 

 the summer, trained to a wall or treillage, and requires 

 exactly the same treatment as Eccremocarpus scaber ; 



* So named by Mr. Don, from Xotpeg, a crest, and r^i^f^ec, a seed ; because 

 the seeds have a winged or crested margin. 



