LOPHOSPER/MUM ERUBES'CENS. 
BLUSHING LOPIIOSPERMUM. 
Class. Order. 
DIDYNAMIA. ANGIOSPERMIA . 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHULARINA5. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Jalapa. 
12 feet. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1830. 
No. 401. 
The name, Lophospermum, is deduced from the 
Greek lophos, a crest; and sperm A, a seed, in 
allusion to the little membranous crest, or margin, 
of the seed. Erubescens, blushing, from the Latin, 
indicative of the tint of the flower. 
On the introduction of this plant amongst us, it 
was thought to be the Lophospermum scandens of 
Mr. D. Don ; consequently, this name was first cir- 
culated with it, and thereby fixed on the mind, in 
association with the first impression of its beauty. 
When such first impression of a name is made on the 
memory, though it may have been held there but 
little time, it is not readily displaced by a new one ; 
unless such new name carry with it a clear idea of 
some distinctive mark which separates the plant 
from the one with which it has been confused. 
When this is the case, the name presents itself in 
combination with an object of sense ; and, of course, 
the visible object of perception will assist in reviving 
the object of memory. We are aware of the difficul- 
ties which present themselves in fixing a botanical 
nomenclature, but oftentimes much could be done 
where it is not attempted. 
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