Salpiglossis, Miers 1007 (BM).— J Miers, Ill. South Am. Pl. 2: 
60, pl. 51. 1849-1857. There is a mistake on this plate: the pair 
of long stamens shows larger anthers than the shorter ones, 
whereas the contrary is the true condition. 
Salpiglossis purpurea var. B atropurpurea (Graham) Miers, in 
Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. Ser. 2, 5 (25): 31. January 1850. 
Salpiglossis coccinea Lindley et Paxton, Flower Garden 3 (7) 
pl. 100. September 1852. “. . . It seems to differ from other 
Salpiglots in nothing except colour, which is here of a clear 
vivid tender scarlet, charmingly relieved by short veins of a 
” 
deeper colour... .”. 
Vernacular name in Chile: “panza de burro” (Hartweg in sched. 
1859; Grandjot, in sched. 1931); “palito amargo” (Munoz Pi- 
zarro, 1966: 143); “flor del jote” (Bridges, in sched. 1832). 
Although the leaves are sometimes entire (for example: Mon- 
tero 312), usually they show at least three lobes on each side of the 
central vein. 
Gametic chromosome number: n = 22 (Vilmorin et Simonet, 
1928; Dale 1937: 654; Dale & Rees-Leonard, 1939: 362). 
Its area is restricted to the Andes of Chile and Argentina, 
approximately between parallels 30° and 40° S; sometimes it 
grows near the sea-coast, but it may reach an altitude of 2000 m in 
the mountains. Rather common in Chilean territory (from 
Coquimbo in the north, to Valdivia in the south), it has been 
collected only four times in Argentina. 
Obs. I.— Already in 1714 (2: 729, pl. XXI), Feuillée published 
an excellent drawing of this plant, accompanied by a detailed 
description, under the heading “Rapunti facie, foliis sinuatis, 
flore amplissimo, sanguineo & striato; at the end, he stated: “Elle 
croit dans les lieux humides. Je la trouvait prés d’un ruisseau dans 
le Royaume de Chily, a 37 degrez de hauteur du Pole Austral.” 
Obs. II.—Since the early years of the last century, S. sinuata 
has been cultivated as an ornamental plant in Europe; from there 
it has spread and has become a well known garden plant, through- 
out the temperate regions of the world, on account of its showy 
