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SCHIZANTHUS PORRIGENS. 



Spreading Schizanthus. 



DiANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 



Class 2. Order 1. 



Schizanthus : from rTy(jX,<jii, to cut ox cleave, and avh^, ajiower; from 

 the laciniated form of the corolla. 



Hooker s Ex. Flora 86. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth inferior, in five deep, linear, nearly equal, permanent 

 segments. Cor. of one petal, ringent, reversed : tube compressed, 

 the length of the calyx ; upper lip in five deep segments, lower in 

 three. Slam. Filaments four ; two of them abortive, villous, under 

 the upper lip (which by the reversed position of the flower stands 

 lowermost) ; the other two perfect, inserted into the lower lip. 

 Anthers roundish, of two lobes. Pist. Germen superior, roundish. 

 Style thread-shaped, longer than the tube of the corolla. Stigma 

 club-shaped. Per. Capsule ovate, the length of the calyx, of two 

 concave cloven valves, and two cells. Seeds several, kidney-shaped, 

 rough. Receptacle orbicular, compressed, parallel to the valves. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Calyx five-parted. Corolla divided in the upper part into five seg- 

 ments, in the lower into three. 



Root annual. Stem very much branched, hairy. Leaves 

 pinnate, deeply divided into segments, slightly hairy ; smaller 



