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being without hairs excepting at the summit surrounding the stigma, and in some other particulars. 
orders the plants abound in milky juice. 
THE LADIES' FLOWER-GARDEN 
In both 
Most of the Lobeliaceze are poisonous. 
GENUS I. 
SIPHOCAMPYLOS Pohl. 
THE SIPHOCAMPYLOS. 

Lin. Syst. TETRANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Generic CHaracter.—Limb of the calyx five-parted. 
five-parted bilabiate limb. Stamens and anthers combined ; anthers bearded. 
Corolla with a curved undivided tube, which is ventricose in the middle, and a 
Capsule two-celled, two-valved, dehiscent. (G. Don.) 
Description, &c.—This is a genus of very ornamental plants, which were first separated from Lobelia by 
Dr. Pohl of Vienna. 
1.—SIPHOCAMPYLOS CAVANILLESII Hort. 
Synonymes.—Lobelia Cavanillesii Mart. ; L. persicitolia Humb. et 
Kunth ; L. laxiflora var. angustifolia Dec,; Rapunticum Kunthianum 
Presl. 
Encravines.—Bot. Mag., t. 3600; The Botanist, t. 236 ; and our 
Jig. 1, in Pl. 37. 
Sprciric Cuaracter.—Stem woody, erect, but slender and lax, and 
The name signifies a curved tube, in allusion to the curved tube of the corolla. 
CAVANILLES’ SIPHOCAMPYLOS. 
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 
marked by prominent scars where the leaves have fallen. Leaves | between them. Pistil rather shorter than the stamens, 
narrow, lanceolate, acutely serrulate, spreading. Peduncles filiform, 
Description, &c.—The flowers of this plant are very pretty, though they are inferior in beauty to those of 
S. bicolor. 
or a hotbed during the winter months. 
As they are produced early in spring, it is generally reckoned best to keep the plant either in a stove 
The species is a native of Mexico, whence it was introduced in 1837. 

OTHER SPECIES OF SIPHOCAMPYLOS. 
Ss. BICOLOR D. Don. 
This species, like 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. BETULAFOLIA 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 those 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 purplish hue beneath. The species is a 
native of the Organ Mountains in Brazil, whence it was introduced in 1842. 
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