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GENUS III. 
SALPIGLOSSIS, Ruiz et Pawn. THE SALPIGLOSSIS. 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx 5-angled, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel- j rudiment of a fifth between the two longer ones. Style tongue-shaped 
shaped, 5-lobed ; lobes 2-lobed. Stamens didynamous, with the I at the apex. Stigma truncate, transverse.—(G. Don.) 
SALPIGLOSSIS SINUATA, Ruiz et Pavon. THE CUT-LEAVED SALPIGLOSSIS. 
Synonyme.— S. atropurpurea, Graham. 
Engravings. —Bot. Mag. t. 2811 ; Bot. Reg. 1518; Swt. Brit. 
Flow. Gard. t. 271 ; and our fig. 8, in Plate 42. 
Varieties. —S. s. 2 picta, G. Don. ; S. picta, Slot. ; Brit. Flow. 
Gard. t. 258; S. straminea, var. picta, Hook., Bot. Mag. t. 3365 ; 
and our fig. 7, in Plate 42. The painted Salpiglossis. Corolla varie¬ 
gated with yellow, blue, and purple. Raised by Dr. Neill from seeds 
received from Chili, in 1825. 
S. s. 3 straminea, G. Don ; S. straminea;, Hook. ; Swt. Brit. 
Flow. Gard. t. 231; Bot. Gard. No. 333 ; and our fig. 9, in Plate 
42. The straw-coloured Salpiglossis. Corolla straw-coloured, veined 
with purple. Raised in the garden of Mrs. Marryat, at Wimbledon, 
from seeds received from Valparaiso, about 1824. 
S. s. 4 Barclayana, G. Don; S. Barclayana, Cameron; Swt. 
Brit. Flow. Gard. 2d Ser. t. 112; S. intermedia, Swt. A very 
beautiful plant, a hybrid between S. picta and S. atropurpurea ; raised 
at Bury Hill, the seat of Charles Barclay, Esq., about 1830. The 
flowers are of a brilliant yellow, veined and edged with purple. 
Specific Character. — Plant clothed with glandular hairs. Lower 
leaves petiolate, elliptic-oblong, sinuated. Upper ones sessile,'lanceolate- 
linear, quite entire. Stem paniculately blanched at top. Branches 
racemose, dichotomous. Filaments glandularly pilose.—(G. Don.) 
Description, &c. —The genus Salpiglossis seems to have puzzled botanists where to place it, as well as in 
the arrangement of its species. It was first supposed to belong to Bignoniacece, from its trumpet-shaped corolla ; 
it was then placed in Solanaceoe , from its apparent alliance to Petunia ; the resemblance between the genera being 
in fact so great, that several species, now considered as Petunias, were first supposed to belong to Salpiglossis. 
Dr. Lindley, however, thinks that “ its real affinity is with Digitalis ,” (the foxglove,) and he has accordingly 
placed it in Scrophularinece , considering it to form one of the connecting links between that order and Solanacece. 
Wherever it may be placed, there can be no doubt of its near alliance to Schizanthus , and accordingly it is always 
kept next to that genus, in botanical works. 
All the kinds of Salpiglossis differ only in the colour of their flowers ; and for this reason Mr. George Don, 
in his large work entitled A General History of the Dichlamydeous Plants , has made them all varieties of one 
species. The name of Salpiglossis , which signifies a tongue in a tube, is supposed to allude to the shape 
of the stigma, which is plainly seen in the centre of the tube-shaped corolla. The species is a native of Chili, 
and was introduced in 1824. All the kinds of Salpiglossis appear to agree in many respects with the 
Schizanthus; but the former are the most tender. Thus the seeds of Salpiglossis are generally sown on a 
hotbed in February, and the young plants kept in pots till May, when they may be planted in the open ground. 
The soil should be two thirds of loam, and one third of peat, without any manure. The Salpiglossis is apt to 
die suddenly, if the sun withers the collar of the stem, like the Schizanthus ; and it is also apt to damp off, if 
the collar be exposed to stagnant moisture. When grown in pots, it may be treated like the Rhodanthe; and 
will flower splendidly. It varies very much according to the soil and situation in which it is grown. The 
varieties require the same treatment as the species. All the kinds may be kept through the winter in pots in a 
greenhouse ; and they will all become partially woody like the mignionette. They will rarely, however, live 
longer than two or three years, and will seldom flower well more than once. Many gardeners sow the seeds in 
autumn, and keep the plants in frames during the winter, when they will flower early in spring. 
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