figured in the London Flor. and Bot. Magazines. 57 

 Z/O 6eiiaceae. 



SIPHOCA'.MPYLOS (From sfpfton, a tube, and inm/»//(/s, curved, in referonce to the curv- 

 ed tul)e of tlie corolla.) 

 bicolor Twa-f.nlnred Siphocamp.vlos. A liardy pi-reiinial plant; Erowing three feet hich; 

 with scarlet and yellow 11 .>ver5; appcarins in A(!ril; a native of Georgia; propagated by 

 seeds and division of the roots, lav. ilafr. Bot., vol. IV., p. 1!)5. 



Found by our correspondent, Mr. Alexander Gordon, in 

 Georgia, from whence the seeds were sent to Messrs. Lowe & 

 Co. of Clapton, who raised the plants, and in whose collec- 

 tion they flowered in April last. This is the only species of the 

 genus. The stem is erect and branched; haves distant, alter- 

 nate, with short footstalks, lanceolate, acuminate, and unequally 

 serrated; flowers axillary, on gracefully pendant peduncles; calyx 

 green, pubescent, with five short acute teeth; corolla more than 

 an inch long, somewhat curved, cylindrical, divided at the edge 

 into five segments; stamens five; /i/aoienis cohering; «n//iers pale 

 yellow, collected into a tube. This is a very interesting plant, 

 and would probably require the same protection that the lobelias 

 from the same section of that country do. The profusion of yel- 

 low and scarlet blossoms, hanging gracefully on slender peduncles 

 at the axil of each leaf, renders it desirable in collections. It will 

 probably produce seed, and soon become generally cultivated. 

 {Pax. Mag. Bot., Oct.) 



Plunibaginidcece. 



STA'TICE 

 arborea Trca-like Statice. A green-hoiisf! or conservatory shrub; cr'iwing to tht^ heizlit of 

 SIX feet; with vvli tt^ llower>-, appearing all the year; a native of Ten ritie; cultivated in 

 sandy heath mould, U>:ini, and rolten leaves. Tax. ^iag. Hot., vcl. r\'., p. 217. 



" Statice arborea is one of those plants of which no drawing 

 can convey an adequate idea; in truth, it is almost im|)ossible for 

 any artist to give the light and airy elegance of its widely spread- 

 ing panicles of flowers," which are produced in such great pro- 

 fusion. " One of the most interesting permanent conservatory 

 plants ever brought to this country," [England.] It was dis- 

 covered in the Isle of TenerifFe, although Humboldt and Bon- 

 pland, who botanized this island, and published the result of their 

 labors, do not mention a single specimen of *Statice growing 

 there. It is luxuriant in its growth; leaves varied at the margin, 

 oblong, obtuse, smooth, ten inches in length, upper surface of a 

 glaucous green, and pale beneath. The calyx is lavender color- 

 ed, the flowers white. It branches freely in all directions, and 

 it appears one mass of snowy blossoms, so numerous are the 

 j)anicles, the stems of which are two or three feet long. "As a 

 specimen plant in a pot, as a conservatory plant planted out in a 

 bed, or as a summer border jilant to decorate the flower garden in 

 the open air, there is scarcely any thing to be compared^' with 

 its striking beauty. Flourishes in a temperature of from 45° to 

 55°; requires plenty of moisture when in a growing state, with 

 frequent syringings of water. The figure was taken from a spe- 



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