SIPIIOCAMTYLUS REVOLU'TUS. 
REVOLUTE SIPHOCAMPYLUS. 
EXOGEN^. 
OR 
EICOTYLEDONEi®. 
! 
Natural division 
to which 
this plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, LOBELIACE^E. 
CALYCIELOR^, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
! 
No. 227. 
PENTANDRIA, 
MONOGYNIA, 
OF LINNEUS. 
GENUS. SiPHOCAMPYLUS. PoHL. Calyx tubo obconico turbinato vel 
hemisphcericOjCum ovario connato, limbo libero quinquefido. Corolla summo 
calycis tubo inserta,tubulosa,tubo integro, incurYO vel rarius recto, limbi quin- 
quefidi, bilabiati, laciniis subeequalibus vel duabus superioribus paulo longiori- 
bus. Staaiina quinque, cum corolla inserta, filamenta et antherae, quarum duse 
inferioreSj vel omnes, apice barbatse vel mucronatce, connata. Ovarilai inferum, 
vertice breviter exsertum, biloculare. Ovula in placentis carnosulis dissepimento 
utrinque longitudinaliter adnatis plurima, anatropa. Stylus inclusus, stigma 
exsertum bilobum, lobis divaricatis orbiculatis. Capsula bilocularis, vertice 
exserto loculicido bivalvis. Seaiina plurima, minima, scrobiculata. Eaibryo in 
axi albuminis carnosi orthotropus, radicula umbelico proxima, centripeta. Suf- 
FRUTicEs Ameiicani tropici; foliis alternis vel oppositis, petiolatis, serratis; 
FLORiBus axillaribus solitariis, pedicellatis, rarius in racemum vel corymbum 
approximatis, rubris. Endlicher. Genera Plantarum, p. 511, No. 3859. 
SPECIES. SiPHocAAiPYLUs REVOLUTUS {Graham) caulc terete erecto, 
parce ramoso, ramis villosis, tiexuosis; foliis alternis, breviter petiolatis,rugosis, 
rigidis, cordato-oratis, acuminatis, superioribus apice revolutis, supra scabrosis, 
subtus pubescentibus, marginibus reflexis, simpliciter dentatis; pedicellis folio 
brevioribus, tubo calycis turbinato-hemisphoerico, lobis subulatis divergentibus 
dimidio breviore • corolla calycibus 5o longiore, externe villosiusculo, tubo basi 
apiceque constricto, limbo subaequaliter 5-fido, lobis lanceolatis superioribus 
rectis, aliis reflexis, interne pilosiusiculis. 
Character oe the Genus, Siphocampylus. Calyx with an 
obconical top-shaped or hemispherical tube, adhering to the ovarium, 
the limb being free and cjuinc^uefid. Corolla inserted into the top of 
the calyx tube, tubular, with an entire incurved or rarely straight tube, 
the segments of the five-cleft bilabiate limb subequal, or the two 
upper slightly longer. Stamens five, inserted along with the 
corolla; filaments and anthers, of which the two lower, or the whole, 
are bearded or mucronate at the apex, connate. Ovary inferior, 
slightly superior at the apex, bilocular. Ovula numerous, upon 
somewhat fleshy placentae attached to each side of the dissepiment, 
anatropous. Style included; stigma exserted, two-lobed, lobes 
divaricated, round. Capsule bilocular, free at the apex, loculicidal, 
bivalvular. Seeds very numerous, minute, scrobiculate. Embryo 
in the axis of fleshy albumen, orthotropous, radicle towards the 
umbilicus. 
