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being without hairs excepting at the summit surrounding the stigma, and in some other particulars. In both 
orders the plants abound in milky juice. Most of the Lobeliacese ai'e poisonous. 
GENUS I. 
SIPHOCAMPYLOS Pohl. THE SIPHOCAMPYLOS. 
Lin. Syst. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic Character. — Limb of the calyx five-parted. Corolla with a curved undivided tube, which is ventricose in the middle, and a 
five-parted bilabiate limb. Stamens and anthers combined ; anthers bearded. Capsule two-celled, two-valved, dehiscent. {G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — This is a genus of veiy ornamental plants, which were first separated from Lobelia by 
Dr. Pohl of Vienna. The name signifies a curved tube, in allusion to the curved tube of the corolla. 
1. -SIPHOCAMPYLOS CAVANILLESII Hort. CAVANILLES’ SIPHOCAMPYLOS. 
Synonymes. — Lobelia Cavanillesii Mart . ; L. persicitolia llumb. et 
Kunth ; L. laxiflora var. angustifolia Dec . ; Rapunticum Kunthianum 
Presl. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 3600 ; The Botanist, t. 236 ; and our 
fig. 1, in PL 37. 
. Specific Character. — Stem woody, erect, but slender and lax, and 
marked by prominent scars where the leaves have fallen. Leaves 
narrow. Lanceolate, acutely serrulate, spreading. Peduncles filiform. 
wiry, about as long as the leaves. Calyx undulate, glabrous, five- 
cleft ; segments ovate-linear. Corolla glabrous, bilabiate, inserted in 
the throat of the calyx, and cleft along the whole of its upper side. 
Stamens a little shorter than the corolla and inserted at its base into 
the calyx, monadelphous. Anthers coherent along their whole extent, 
densely covered with long white hairs, which arise from the lines 
between them. Pistil rather shorter than the stamens. 
Description, &c. — The flowers of this plant are very pretty, though they are inferior in beauty to those of 
S. hicolor. As they ai’e produced early in spring, it is generally reckoned best to keep the plant either in a stove 
or a hotbed during the winter months. The species is a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1837. 
OTHER SPECIES OF SIPHOCAMPYLOS. 
S. BICOLOR D. Don. 
This species, lilie the preceding one, is now placed by some botanists in the genus Lobelia. It closely 
resembles the last species, excepting that its flowers are of a more brilliant colour, and its leaves larger and 
broader. It is a native of Mexico, whence it was also introduced in 1837. 
S. REVOLUTUS Graham. 
This species is said to be a true Siphocampylos, but it is much less ornamental than those which have been 
already described. It is also a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1839. 
S. BETULyEFOLIA Gardn. 
This is perhaps the most splendid of all the genus. The flowers are very large, and extremely beautiful, the 
tube being of a remarkably brilliant scarlet, and the limb of a bright golden yellow. The leaves are also very 
handsome, but more like those of a Begonia than thoste of a Birch, the sides of each leaf being somewhat unequal, 
and the upper surface being of a delicate light green, with a beautiful pale pui'plish hue beneath. The species is a 
native of the Organ Mountains in Brazil, whence it was mtroduced in 1842 . 
