1544 



SCHIZANTHUS* retusus. 

 Blunt-petalled Schizanthus. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Scrophularine^e Juss. {Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 228.) 



SCHIZANTHUS.— Supr6, vol. 9.fol. 725. 



S. retusus ; corollse tubo brevi, labii inferioris laciniis lateralibus intermedia 

 biloba brevioribus, labii superioris lobo medio subrhomboideo acuminato 

 obtuso, sepalis truncatis. 



S. retusus. Hooker in bot. mag. 3045. 



We remember, when the now common Schizanthus 

 pinnatus was first introduced, some nine or ten years ago, 

 its singular blossoms excited so much interest, that it 

 was thought nothing more remarkable remained to be 

 obtained among the genera of the Chilian Flora ; and, in 

 truth, we still think it impossible to name an object more 

 remarkable in structure, pleasing in colour, or elegant in 

 form. 



It must, however, be confessed, that the species now 

 represented is a far more striking plant, on account of its 

 richer and more brilliant colours. We are ignorant whether 

 it is capable of bearing our summers so well as Schizanthus 

 pinnatus ; for we have hitherto only seen it cultivated in 

 the greenhouse, where it flowers for four months uninter- 

 ruptedly, ceasing only with the arrival of short days and 

 cold weather. It is an annual, easily increased by seeds. 

 A native of the Andes of Mendoza, whence we have speci- 

 mens from Dr. Gillies. 



* From «•£«£«, to cut, and avSos, a flower ; in allusion to the numerous 

 lacerations of its corolla. 



