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Scrophularinecz Salpiglossis. 



rous handsome flowers of various colours. They are white, 

 yellow, rose, crimson, lilac, violet or maroon, or some combi- 

 nation of some of these colours, and frequently strongly veined 

 or reticulated in a different colour from the ground. This is 

 a race of dwarf varieties about half the height of the ordinary 

 forms. A native of Chili. 



2. SCHIZANTHUS. 



Elegant annuals with pinnate, pinnatifid, lobed or toothed 

 often viscid leaves and bright-coloured Irregular flowers in 1- 

 sided racemes or cymes. . Calyx deeply 5-lobed. Corolla 

 bilabiate, with deeply unequally lobed lips. Fertile stamens 2. 

 Capsule membranaceous. There are about six species, natives 

 of South America. The name is de- 

 rived from <r^i&>, to cut, and civdos, a 

 flower, in allusion to the dissected 

 petals. 



1. S. Grdhami (fig. 184). Leaves 

 interruptedly pinnate ; leaflets li n e a r 

 or oblong, serrate. Lower lip of the 

 corolla 4-lobed, lobes acuminate ; 

 upper lip lanceolate, constricted near 

 the apex. Flowers pale lilac and 

 yellow. 



2. S. retusus. Leaves interrup- 

 tedly pinnate, lobes linear, obtusely 

 serrate. Lower lip of the corolla 3- 

 lobed ; lateral lobes shorter, middle 

 one bifid. Upper lip ovate-oblong, re- 

 tuse. Flowers rosy pink and orange- 

 yellow. 



3. S. pinnatus, syn. S. porrigens. 

 Leaves bipinnatifid. Upper lip of 

 corolla oblong, emarginate, and con- 

 stricted near the base, yellow dotted with red. Lower lip flesh- 

 coloured or pink. 



S. cdndidus has pure white flowers, upper lip rounded, 

 notched ; and S. Hookeri has pink and yellow flowers, upper 

 lip much attenuated towards both ends. 



Browdllia eldta and B. demissa are tender annuals from 

 tropical America, with viscid or hairy foliage and small blue 

 purple or white flowers. 



Fig. 184. Schizanthus Grahami. 

 (i uat. size.) 



