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SIPHOCAMPYLUS BICOLOR. 
(two-colouhkd siphocampylus.) 
CLASS. ORDER. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 
NATURAL ORDER. 
LOBELIACE^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx tubular, divided into five acute teeth. Corolla a lengtliened tube divided 
and curved at the top. Limb five-parted. Filaments cohering in a tube (Monadelphous). An- 
thers adhering. Ovarium entire. Capsule globose, two-celled, dehiscent. 
Specific Character. — Plant a hardy suff^ruticose perennial, three feet high. Stem erect, branched. 
Branches scarcely angular, minutely pubescent. Leaves distant, alternate, with very short chan- 
nelled footstalks ; lanceolate, acuminate, acutely and unequally serrated, green above, pale and 
smooth beneath, when young slightly hairy^ most on the upper surface. Flowers axillary, grace- 
fully suspended on slender peduncles, about the middle of which are two ciliated bracts. Calyx 
green, pubescent, with five short, equal, ciliated, acute teeth. Corolla more than an inch long, 
somewhat curved, cylindrical; scarlet, dividing into five acute segments. Limb ^ a bright yellow. 
Stamens five. Filaments cohering, yellow, more so at the margins. Anthers pale yellow, collected 
into a tube. 
This highly ornamental and only species of Siphocampylus was raised from 
seed in the nursery of Messrs. Lowe & Co., of Clapton, where it flowered for the 
first time in this country in April last, when our drawing was taken. 
The seeds were collected in Georgia (United States), and sent to the Clapton 
Nursery, by Mr. Alexander Gordon, a zealous botanical collector. 
We are informed that the plant is quite hardy, and in consequence is very de- 
sirable, and no doubt will prove a valuable addition to our present list of perennials. 
It is described as a free bloomer, producing its brilliant scarlet and yellow flowers in 
great abundance ; these, by the curving of the divisions of the corolla and the 
graceful manner they hang from the axilla of the leaf, produce a striking and in- 
teresting appearance, which cannot fail to please every admirer of nature. We 
have not learnt that any seed ripened, but there is no doubt of its being easily in- 
creased from cuttings, planted either in sand or sandy soil. Young plants may be 
obtained of the above nurseryman at a moderate cost. 
The generic name refers to the curved tube of the corolla, and is derived from 
cri(^«oj/, a tube, and Ka[xTTv\os, curved. 
