LOPHOSPEE'MUM ERUBESCENTE-SCAN'DENS 
HYBRID CLIMBING LOPHOSPERMU3I. 
EXOGEX^. 
OR 
DICOTYLEDONEfi. 
Natural division 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
NATURAL ORDER, SCROPHULARIACE^. 
{ Artificial divisions 
to which 
this Plant belongs. 
No. 242. 
GENUS. Lophospermcm. Don. Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla campanu- 
lataj limbo 5-lobo, subasqiiali. Capsula bilocularis, irregulariter debiscens. 
Semina imbricata, membranaceo-alata. Don. Trans, of Linnean Soc.,\ol. 
XV, p. 35]. 
HYBRIDA. Lophospermum erubescente scandens. foliis cordatis sub- 
acuminatis, late et inequaliter inciso-serratis, corollas limbo patente. 
Character of the Genus, Lophospermum. Calyx five-parted. 
Corolla campanulate; limb five-lobed, nearly equal. Capsule two- 
celled, dehiscing irregularly. Seeds imbricated with a membranous 
wing. 
Description of the Hybrid, Lophospermum erubescente- 
SCANDENS. Stems or branches herbaceous, long, terete, slender, pale- 
green, more or less tinged with red; and covered with fine, short, 
patent, glandular, pubescence. Leaves alternate, petiolated, from 
cordate and sub-acute, to cordato-hastate and acuminated; broadly 
and unequally toothed, with the teeth shortly mucronate. The largest 
are about three inches long by three broad, of a dull yellowish-green, 
and covered with the same pubescence as the stems. The petioles are 
about two inches, grooved above, and serve the purpose of tendrils, by 
twisting round objects. About seven primary sub-digitate nerves, 
prominent below, with corresponding depressions above; the secon¬ 
daries few and little conspicuous. Peduncles about an inch long, 
axillary, solitary, flexuose, one-flow^ered. Calyx five-partite, with the 
segments above an inch in length, sub-cordato-lanceolate, connivent, 
and a little pinched in the middle at the base, so that their margins 
(which are slightly undulated) form prominent angles; the upper¬ 
most segment rather larger than the other four. Corolla twice as 
long as the calyx, labiately-funnel-shaped, of a purplish rose-colour, 
with tlie base dilated and white, slightly pubescent outside, except 
along the sides, flattish above, with two depressed lines below, which, 
on the inside of the tube, form two elevated ridges, covered with bright 
COROLLIFLORA, 
OF 
DECANDOLLE. 
DIDYNAMIA, 
ANGIOSPEEMIA. 
OF LIXNEES. 
