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SALPIGLOSSIS SINUATA, VAR. FLAVA. 
SALPIGLOSSIS SINUATA, yak. flava. 
Nat. Order, Scrophvlajuacke, 5 SiLPiGLOssiDEiE. — (Atropaceje, Miers.) 
Generic Character. — Salpiglossis, R. and P. — Calyx tubu- 
lar, ten-nerved, five-toothed, teeth almost equal, attenuated, 
rather obtuse. Corolla funnel-shaped, with tube cylindraceous 
at the bottom, campanulate above, compressed ; limb five-lobed, 
oblique, almost two-lipped, lobes deeply emarginate, the upper 
larger, more erect ; testivation reciprocative. Stamens ilve, in- 
cluded, four didynamous, the fifth shorter, sterile ; jilaments 
subulate, arising from the constricted portion of the tube ; an- 
thers ovate, two-lobed, cordate at the base, sub-versatile, lobes 
adnate, bursting by marginal slits ; pollen, compound, composed 
of four granules arranged tetrahedrally. Ovary conical, seated 
on a fleshy, almost two-lobed disc, two-celled; placentwi cen- 
tral, adnate to the dissepiment on both sides, many ovuled. 
Style exserted, compressed, thickened, and sub-incurved at the 
apes. Stigma rather large, transversely dilated, semi-lunar, 
two-lipped, eraarginate. Capsule oblong, covered by the persis- 
tent calyx, two-celled, bursting septicidally with two valves ; 
valves of a parchment-like consistence, bifid, at length separat- 
ing from the central placenta. Seeds many, minute, sub-angu- 
late, hilum lateral ; testa striate-nigose. Embryo spirally curved 
within the fleshy albumen, round, radicle arcuate, directed to- 
ward the basal angle, four times as long as the cotyledons. 
(Miers, in. Ann. Nat. Hist. 2nd ser. v. 30.) 
S. SINUATA, Ruiz and Pavmi.— Scalloped Salpiglossis.— Viscous- 
pubescent in all parts, inferior leaves lax, lanceolate, acutely 
pinnatifid-incised, superior shortly stalked inciso-dentate, teeth 
acute, floral sessile, linear, entire, bract-like ; corolla marked 
with purplish Imes, tube j'ellomsh, limb straw-coloured. (Miers, 
in Ami. Nat. Hist., 2nd ser., v., 31.) 
Synontmy.— S. sinuata, R. and P. Si/st. Veg., 163; Prod, 
tab. 19. S. glutinosa, Miers, Trav. ii. 531. S. straininea. Hook, 
Exot., Fl. t. 329. S. picta, Smet, Br. Fl. Gard. tab. 258; Hoolc. 
Bot. Mag. t. 3365. 
Var.fiava. — Corolla yellow, the tube darker, and purplish 
at the base externally, veins very pale, chiefly marked on the 
mid- veins and commissures externally. 
BESCRIPTION. — Having only the drawing before me, no satisfactory detailed description 
can be given. 
HisTOBY, &c. — The drawing is from a plant raised by Messrs. Veitcb & Son, of Exeter, from 
seeds sent bome in 1842, by Mr. W. Lobb, wbo collected tbem in CbiU, near Valparaiso, not far 
from Valdivia. It is an annual witb us. I bave referred it to the <S'. simtata, since the only 
distinction I can find is in the colom, and this is admitted to be exceedingly variable. It is 
very close to the variety named formerly S. straminea. — A. H. 
Many botanists regard all the diiferent forms of Salpiglossis, long cultivated in gardens, as 
mere variations of one species ; and, it is certainly true, that the seedlings are not very constant 
as to individual peculiarities ; differing in this res]3ect from Messrs. Veitch's variety, which ap- 
pears more constant. Mr. Miers, however, who has paid much attention to these plants, and 
has had the advantage of studying them in their native localities, does not agree in the oijinion 
that all the forms are of one species. He wi'ites, " I found in ChOi, plants, which I always con- 
sidered to be two very distinct species, viz., S. sinuata, fzaj S. glutinosa, J and my S. purpurea; 
but, I have little doubt, that S. picta, Ba.rclayan.a, fulva, intermedia, &c., are all hybrid produc- 
tions from these two species. I always met mth S. sinuata growing near the coast, its corolla 
being constantly of a yellowish white, with brovsmish stripes ; on the contrary, I invariably found 
S. purpurea at a much greater elevation, near the foot of the main Cordillera, or within its 
gorges, its flowers being always of a dark lilac, with deep piu'ple lines, and never of the yellow- 
ish hue so conspicuous in S. sinuata." Of this latter, Mr. Miers says, " its leaves are of more 
delicate textiu-e, always longer, narrower, and more deeply incised into acute segments," than 
those of S. purpurea, of which latter Dr. Graham's S. atropurpurea is placed as a variety. 
The generic name Salpiglossis is derived fi'om the Greek salpinx, a tube, and glossa, a 
tongue ; in reference to the tongue-shaped style in the tube of the corolla. 
CuLTUEE. — This species requfres a similar mode of culture to that bestowed on half-hardy 
annuals in general. Messrs. Veitch & Son state that their practice is to raise the plants in a 
frame, or on a hot-bed, and transplant them into the borders in May. Grown as a pot-plant for the 
decoration of the conservatory or the greenhouse, the varieties of Salpiglossis are very worthy 
of notice. For this purpose the seed should be sown, as before directed, in March, and for 
succession and Autumu blooming in May. ^Vben large enough, plant the seedlings tlu-ee in a 
four-inch pot, in rich, bght, porous soil ; stop the plants to make them branch when they are 
strong, and three or four inches in height, and shift them into larger pots as it become neces- 
sary, using weak liquid maniu'e when- the plants are thoroiighly established. In this way, by 
judicious stopping, plants two or three feet in diameter, and as much in height, producing 
hundreds of flowers at a time, and that for weeks in succession, may be produced, and that, 
too, with comparatively little trouble. — M. 
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