NAT. ORDER. 



SolonacecB. 



SALPIGLOSSIS STRAMINEA. PAINTED SALIIGLOSSIS. 



C2ass XIV. DiDYNAMiA. Order II. Angiospermia. 

 Gen. Char. Calyx, five angled, five cleft. Segments, two lobed. 

 Stamens, four. Style, tongue-shaped. 



Sjje. Char. Corolla, cream-colored, veined with blue. 



The stem rises from two to three feet high, paniculatcly branched 

 at the top ; the branches dichotomous, forked ; the corolla is large, 

 purple or straw-colored, and variegated ; the leaves are alternate ; 

 the lower ones petiolate sinuated ; upper ones narrower, entire; the 

 caly.T is angled, five cleft, funnel-shaped, and gradually widening to 

 the top ; the limb is ' five cleft and plicate ; the segments are two 

 lobed ; stamens four in number, two long and two short, with the 

 rudiment of a fifth between the two longer ones ; style truncate at 

 the apex ; stigma truncate, transverse ; capsule ovate, two-celled, 

 two-valved, valves bipartible ; seeds erect, angular, a little com- 

 pressed, truncate, scabrous from elevated dots ; embryo arched, with 

 short oval cotyledons. This family are all annual, or biennial plants, 

 and generally clothed with glandular hairs. Natives of Peru and 

 Chili. 



Propagation and Culture. A light fresh earth, not too rich, will 

 be found to suit this species of plants best. They are all sliowy 

 plants, and succeed best when the seed is sown in the open border 

 in the spring. They can, however, be reared in the autumn and 

 placed in the hot-house during winter, for spring use. 



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