showing through, but not so bright as on the inside. S ta mens
5, inserted in the tube, where it becomes inflated, and
decurrent down it, four fertile and one barren ; the four fertile
ones didynamous, or two shorter than the others; the
barren one inserted between the two longest, and bearing
the rudiment of an anther: Jilaments dark purple, clothed
their whole length with short hairs, that are all tipped with
small black glands: anthers two-lobed, those on the short
filaments double the size of the others. Ovarium smooth,
conical, terminated by a smooth dark purple Style, that is
cylindrical below, and widening upwards, where it becomes
flattened and tongue-shaped, but slightly keeled on both
sides. Stigma truncate, transverse, and channelled through
the centre.
Our drawing of this magnificent plant, was made in May
last, from fine specimens that flowered in the collection of
A. B. Lambert, Esq. at Boyton; and we are informed by
% . Lambert that it still continues to flower, and is ripening
its seeds; the plants were brought from Scotland last
year by Mr. D. Don, who received them from P. Neill, Esq.
of Edinburgh, in whose garden they were raised from seeds
that had been sent from Chile; 'several other species were
raised by him at the same time, one of which flowered last
year, and is figured by Dr. Hooker in the Botanical Magazine,
by the name of S. atropurpúrea; and S. straminea
flowered at Mr. Lambert’s at the same time as the present.
We believe they will prove perennial, and may be cultivated
in the open border with a little protection in Winter, where
they thrive well in the common garden soil. A plant sent
to us by Mr. Tate, of the Sloane Street Nursery, last Autumn,
marked purple Salpiglossis, we planted in a border
of our garden; this we covered through the Winter when
frosty, by placing a garden pot over it, and left it exposed
when there was no frost; it succeeded very well, and is now
growing very strong, and covered with flower buds. It is
readily increased by young cuttings, planted under a handglass,
or even in a shady border without glass.
S a lp ig lo s s is is derived from < ra \T riy yo o , a trumpet, and
yXm c ra ig , a tongue, the flowers being trumpet-shaped, with
a tongue-shaped style.
1. Calyx, clothed with glandular hairs. 2. Tube o f the Corolla, showing the
insertion ot the Stamens, the barren Stamen between the two longest o f the
tcwtile ones, and those two are considerably less than the shorter ones. 8. O vanum,
terminated by the Style and transverse Stigma.
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