1562 



SCHIZANTHUS* pinnatus; humilis. 

 Pinnated Schizanthus ; Dwarf variety. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Scrophularinex Juss. {Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 228.) 



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



S. pinnatus. Suprk, vol. 9. fol. 725. 



/3 humilis; racemis multifloris congestis, caule humiliore. 



If S. pinnatus and porrigens are really distinct species, 

 which we cannot think, then the plant now represented 

 will be a third, distinguished by its very dwarf compact 

 habit, and broader leaves. But as we are unable to dis- 

 cover any permanent differences between the two, so are 

 we equally at a loss to point out any thing positive that 

 will discriminate this from S. pinnatus. 



It is nevertheless a well-marked variety of considerable 

 beauty. It was raised from seeds sold in London last 

 spring by Mr. Cuming, and flowered in the Garden of the 

 Comte de Vandes, at Bayswater, in June. In all its habits 

 it seems to agree with the species to which we refer it as a 

 variety. 



Among Mr. Cuming's dried plants this is numbered 

 712, from which it appears to be a native of Valparaiso. 

 In its wild state it is about 6 inches high ; when cultivated 

 it does not exceed a foot. 



J. L. 



* See fol. 1544. 



