SIPHOCAMPYLUS COCCINEUS. 
(Scarlet Siphon-flower.) 
Class. 
Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGY'NIA. 
Natural Order. 
LOBELIACE^. 
Generic Character. — Calyx adnate to the ovarium ; 
nb five-parted, having the segments shorter than the 
be of the corolla. Corolla irregular, tubular ; tube 
tire, declinate, rather ventricose in the middle, and 
ther contracted at the base ; limb five-parted, bila- 
ite ; upper lip of two straight or spreading segments ; 
etwo lateral segments of the lower lip diverging, 
d the middle one more profound. Stamens and 
thers combined, the latter bearded. Capsule ovate, 
o-celled, two-valved, dehiscing at the apex.— jDonV 
\rd. and Botany. 
Specific Character — Plant suflfruticose, glabrous. 
Stem erect, branching, filled with pith. Leaves with 
a short petiole, ovate, acute, sometimes slightly lobed, 
doubly serrated. Peduncles axillary, solitary, single- 
flowered, longer than the leaves. Flovjers nodding. 
Ovary oblong turbinate, furrowed. Calyx segments 
lanceolate, spreading, serrated, longer than the ovary. 
Corolla bright crimson-scarlet, curved ; tube con- 
stricted at the base below the insertion of the stamens, 
then gradually dilated upwards, and again contracted 
at the mouth ; limb scarcely two-lipped ; segments 
oblong, ovate, acute, nearly equal, incurved. Stamens 
and style included. 
Botanical works contain descriptions, some of which are accompanied with 
jures, of a great many species of Siphocdmpylus^ a large proportion of which are 
id to be the productions of Brazil or New Grenada. A few handsome species 
e already under cultivation ; none of them, however, are nearly equal to the 
esent in an ornamental light. 
This beautiful species adds another to the many cliarming plants for the 
ssession of which cultivators are indebted to the noble enterprise of Messrs, 
eitch and Son, of Exeter. In the “ Botanical Magazine ’’ it is stated to have 
en “ sent from the Organ Mountains, Brazil, by Mr. William Lobb ; but the 
Bmoranda since kindly supplied to us by Messrs. Yeitch and Son, represent it 
having been discovered by that industrious and discriminating collector, in 
ady places on the banks of the Biver Chagres, in New Grenada. 
It has been in flower since last May, and has obtained prizes as a new plant at 
3 Chiswick and Regent’s Park exhibitions. The habit of the species appears to 
I considerably more dwarf and compact than that of any of its cultivated 
Qgeners ; and the specimen exhibited in July at Chiswick was amply adorned 
th crimson-scarlet blossoms, which rise above the foliage and appear very 
ispicuously. They are upwards of two inches long, with the usual curved 
bular form, and somewhat swollen in the middle. The specimens exhibited at an 
flier period were evidently not sufficiently grown to admit of a correct opinion 
