Mr. J. Miers on the genus Salpiglossis. 31 



ovulatse. Stylus exsertus, apice compressus, incrassatus, sub- 

 incurvas. 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 centrali demum solutis. Semina plu- 

 rima, minuta, subangulata^ hilo lateral! ; testa striato-rugosa. 

 Embryo intra albumen carnosum spiraliter curvatus, teres, ra- 

 dicula arcuata, ad angulum basalem spectante, cotyledonibus 

 4-plo longiore. — Herbse Chilenses glanduloso-pubescentes -, folia 

 alterna, lanceolata, inferiorihus sinuato-laciniatis, petiolatis, su- 

 perioribus linearibus, sessilibus, sinuatis, floriferis linearibus, 

 subbracteiformibus. Inflorescentia paniculata, floribus pedicel- 

 latiSf pedicellis extra-axillaribv^ ; corolla straminea vel pur- 

 purea, lineis anastomosantibus picta. 



1. Salpiglossis sinuata, R. & P. Syst. Veg. 163; Prodr. tab. 19. 

 S. glutinosa, Miers, Trav. ii. 531. S. straminea, Hook. Exot, 

 Fl. p. 229. S. picta, Sweet, Br. Fl. Gard. tab. 258 -, Hook. 

 Bot. Mag. tab. 3365 ; — omnino viscoso-pubescens, foliis infe- 

 rioribus laxis, lanceolatis, acute pinnatitido-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 1^ 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 1 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. ii. 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. fi. atropurpurea, Graham. Corolla reticulatim nigro-picta, 

 limbo profunda purpureo. Cuming. 



