SOLAN A.CEJE. XX. NIEREMBERGIA. XXI. SALPIGLOSSIS. XXII. SCHIZANTHCS. 



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5 N. PUBE'SCENS (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 615.) leaves oblong- 

 linear, clothed with glandular hairs ; capsule 2-valved, many- 

 seeded ; stem woody, diffuse, fj . F. Native of Monte Video. 



Donny Nierembergia. Shrub diffuse. 



6 N. GRA'CILIS (Hook. bot. mag. t. 3108.) downy; stems 

 erectish ; leaves linear, subspatulate, obtuse ; calycine segments 

 linear, bluntish, much shorter than the tube of the corolla; 

 flowers terminating the young branches; lobes of corolla rounded, 

 obtuse. !{.. F. Native of Buenos Ayres, about the Uruquay. 

 D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 172. Corolla with a very 

 long slender tube ; the limb white, streaked with purple, with a 

 yellow centre. 



Slender Nierembergia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1831. PI. \ 

 foot. 



7 N. PILICAU'LIS (Lindl. bot. reg. 1649. Hook. bot. mag. t. 

 3370.) glabrous, erect, filiform ; leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, 

 or obtuse ; peduncles opposite the leaves, 1-flowered ; tube of 

 corolla glandular, as well as the filaments, "if.. F. Native of 

 Buenos Ayres. D. Don, Sweet, fl. gard. no. 243. N. lina- 

 riaefolia, Graham. Stems ascending. Corolla with a slender 

 tube. Calycine segments acuminated, equal in length to the 

 tube of the corolla. Limb of corolla lilac, with a yellow centre. 

 Stamens as if they were monadelphous, as in the rest. Corolla 

 variable in colour from almost white to purplish. 



Thread- stemmed Nierembergia. Fl. Clt. PI. | to 1 foot. 



8 N. ARISTA'TA (D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 255.) 

 smoothish ; leaves linear, acuminated ; calycine segments acu- 

 minated, much shorter than the tube of the corolla ; stigma 

 peltate ; peduncles opposite the leaves ; limb of corolla spread- 

 ing : lobes rounded, slightly crenulated. ^ . F. Native of 

 Buenos Ayres, on the banks of the Parana. Corolla white, 

 suffused with purple, with the mouth of a deeper colour, glan- 

 dular outside. 



-<4>i7if-calyxed Nierembergia. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1832. 

 PI. i to | foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Petunia, p. 468. 



XXI. SALPIGLO'SSIS (from <TaXjry, salplnx, a tube; 

 and y\d>aaa, glossa, a tongue ; in reference to the tongue- 

 shaped style in the tube of the corolla.) Ruiz, et Pav. syst. 1. 

 p. 163. 'Pers. ench. 2. p. 169. Hook. exot. fl. t. 229. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx 5-angled, 5- 

 cleft, funnel-shaped, gradually widening to the top ; limb 5- 

 cleft, plicate ; segments 2-lobed. Stamens 4, 2 long, and 2 

 short, with the rudiment of a fifth between the two longer ones. 

 Style tongue-shaped at apex ; stigma truncate, transverse. 

 Capsule ovate, 2-celled, 2-valved ; valves bipartible ; dissepi- 

 ment contrary, placentiferous on 

 both sides. Seeds erect, angu- 

 lar, a little compressed, truncate, 

 scabrous from elevated dots. 

 Embryo arched, with short oval 

 cotyledons. Annual or bien- 

 nial plants clothed with glandu- 

 lar, clammy hairs, natives of 

 Peru and Chili. Stem panicu- 

 lately branched at top ; branches 

 dichotomous, forked. Corolla 

 large, purple, or straw-coloured, 

 or variegated. Leaves alter- 

 nate : lower ones petiolate, si- 

 nuated : upper ones narrower, 

 entire. 



1 S. SINCA'TA (Ruiz, et Pav. 

 syst. p. 163.) plant clothed with 

 glandular hairs ; lower leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong, sinu- 



FIG. 40. 



ated : upper ones sessile, lanceolate-linear, quite entire ; stem 

 paniculately branched at top ; branches racemose, dichotomous ; 

 filaments glandularly pilose. $ . H. Native of Chili. S. atro- 

 purpurea, Graham in bot. mag. 2811. Sweet, fl. gard. 271. 

 Corollas large, dark purple, sometimes almost black, orange- 

 coloured in the centre, and striped with deeper coloured veins. 



Var. /3, picta ; corolla elegantly variegated with yellow and 

 bluish purple. $ . H. Native of Chili. S. picta, Sweet, fl. 

 gard. t. 258. S. straminea, /3, picta, Hook. bot. mag. t. 3365. 



Var, y, straminea; corolla cream-coloured, veined with blue. 

 $ . H. Native of Valparaiso. S. straminea, Hook. exot. fl. t. 

 229. Sweet, fl. gard. t. 231. 



Var. S, Barclayana ; corolla striped with brown and yellow. 

 $ . H. A hybrid. S. intermedia, Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. t. 112. 

 S. Barclayana, Penny, mss. 



Sinuated-lea.\e& Salpiglossis. Fl. Aug. Sept. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Schizanthus, below. 

 Showy plants, worth the cultivator's care. 



XXII. SCHIZA'NTHUS (from ow'fa, schizo, to cut ; and 

 avOoc, aitthos, a flower ; in reference to irregularly cut or divided 

 corolla.) Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 13. t. 17. Hook. exot. 

 bot. 3044. D. Don, in Sweet, fl. gard. n. s. no. 201. 



LIN. SYST. Didndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted, nearly 

 equal. Corolla with a narrow, short tube, and a 4-parted, 

 irregular, shapeless limb, which is plicate in aestivation. Sta- 

 mens 4, the 2 upper ones sterile ; filaments altogether adnate ; 

 anthers inserted by the base, 2-celled ; cells confluent at apex. 

 Ovarium 2-celled, seated on a fleshy disk ; stigma compressed, 

 obtuse : lobes connate. Capsule 2-celled, many-seeded ; valves 

 bifid. Dissepiment parallel. Placentas 2, spongy. Seeds 

 cochleate, tubercled. Albumen fleshy. Embryo arched, with 

 a cylindrical, obtuse radicle, which is twice as long as the coty- 

 ledons. Annual glandular herbs, natives of Chili. Leaves bi- 

 pinnatifid. Flowers somewhat racemose, variegated. A pecu- 

 liar acid secretion is given out by the glandular hairs, first 

 pointed out by Miss Murray, a young lady of eminent botanical 

 taste and knowledge. 



1 S. PINNA'TUS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 1. p. 13. t. 17.) fructi- 

 ferous peduncles indexed at top, secund ; lateral segments of 

 the lower lip of the corolla longer than the intermediate one, 

 which is obcordate : upper segment of the corolla cuneate, 

 emarginate. 0. H. Native of Chili. Hook. exot. fl. 73. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 725. Hook. bot. mag. t. 2404. Corolla rose- 

 coloured, almost approaching; to white towards the centre ; the 

 2 lateral segments cut into blunt, spatulate, sometimes emargin- 

 ate lobes ; the lower lip deep, reddish-purple ; the lower part 

 of the upper segment yellow and spotted. 



Var. /j, humilis (Lindl. bot. reg. 1562. D. Don, in Sweet, fl. 

 gard. t. 197.) stature more humble; leaves lyrate : segments 

 roundish, crenated, or entire ; racemes crowded. 0. H. Co- 

 rollas as in the species. 



Pinnate-leaved Schizanthus. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1822. PI. 

 2 feet. 



2 S. POBRIGENS (Graham, in Hook. exot. fl. t. 86.) fructifer- 

 ous pedicels spreading, straightish ; tube of corolla shorter 

 than the calyx ; lateral segments of the lower lip longer than 

 the middle one : upper segment oblong, obtuse. 0. H. 

 Native of Chili. Hook. bot. mag. 2521. Lateral segments 

 of corolla doubly lobed ; lobes bifid, obtuse, but not deep. 

 Lower lip of flower violet or purple ; the rest of the corolla 

 pale red, except the centre of the upper segment, which is 

 yellow. 



Spreading-peduncled Schizanthus. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1822. 

 PI. 2 feet. 



