_ Mr. J. Miers on the genus Salpiglossis. 31 
ovulate. Stylus exsertus, apice compressus, incrassatus, sub- 
incurvus. Stigma majusculum, transverse dilatatum, semi- 
lunare, bilabiato-emarginatum. Capsula oblonga, calyce per- 
sistente tecta, 2-locularis, septicido-2-valvis, valvis chartaceo- 
coriaceis, 2-fidis, placenta centralidemum solutis. Semina plu- 
rima, minuta, subangulata, hilo laterali; testa striato-rugosa. 
Embryo intra albumen carnosum spiraliter curvatus, teres, ra- 
dicula arcuata, ad angulum basalem spectante, cotyledonibus 
4-plo longiore.—Herbz Chilenses glanduloso-pubescentes ; folia 
alterna, lanceolata, inferioribus sinuato-laciniatis, petiolatis, su- 
perioribus linearibus, sessilibus, sinuatis, floriferis linearibus, 
subbracteiformibus. Inflorescentia paniculata, floribus pedicel- 
latis, pedicels extra-axillaribus ; corolla straminea vel pur- 
purea, lineis anastomosantibus picta. 
1. Salpiglossis sinuata, R. & P. Syst. Veg. 163; Prodr. tab. 19. 
S. glutinosa, Miers, Trav. 1.531. 8. straminea, Hook. Ezot. 
Fl. p. 229. 8S. picta, Sweet, Br. Fl. Gard. tab. 258; Hook. 
Bot. Mag. tab. 3365 ;—omnino viscoso-pubescens, foliis infe- 
rioribus laxis, lanceolatis, acute pinnatifido-incisis, superiori- 
bus breviter petiolatis, inciso-dentatis, laciniis acutis, floralibus 
sessilibus, linearibus, integris, bracteiformibus ; corolla lineis 
violaceis picta, tubo lutescente, limbo stramineo.—Chile, ora 
littorali, in herb. Hook. (Gillies, Mathews, Cuming, Bridges). 
This plant, well known in our gardens, grows to the height of 
2 or 3 feet. Its leaves are of more delicate texture, always longer, 
narrower, and more deeply incised into acute segments than in 
the following species: they are 5 inches long, including the 
petiole, on which they are decurrent, and 14 inch broad, or 7 
lines across at the base of the incisures. I observe a note upon 
my drawings, stating that in this species, the two lower stamens, 
between which the sterile one is situated, form the longest pair, 
while in S. purpurea the same stamens form the shorter pair, 
and I have found this in the dried specimens I have examined, 
but I cannot at this distance of time assert it to be a fact of 
constant occurrence. 
2. Salpiglossis purpurea, Miers, Trav. 11. p. 531 ;—viscoso-pubes- 
cens, foliis radicalibus confertis, elliptico-oblongis, apice obtu- 
siusculis, imo in petiolum elongatum cuneatis, margine grosse 
et obtuse dentatis, crassis, caulinis integrioribus, lanceolatis, 
obtusis, petiolo abbreviato, floralibus linearibus, sessilibus, brac- 
teiformibus ; corolla tubo purpureo, limbo violaceo, reticulatim 
picta.—In Andibus Chilensibus, v. s. in herb. Hook., Gillies 
(S. andicola, MSS.). 
Var. 8. atropurpurea, Graham. Corolla reticulatim nigro-picta, 
limbo profunde purpureo. Cuming. 
