Salpiglossis
(from salpinx, a tube, and glossis, a tongue; in allusion to the tongue-like style in the mouth of the corolla). ORD. Solanaceoe. A small genus (two or three closely-related species) of greenhouse or hardy, annual, biennial, or perennial, viscous-pubescent herbs, natives of Chili. Flowers few, rather long-pedicellate, often rather large; calyx tubular, five-fid; corolla obliquely funnel-shaped, the throat ample, campanulate; lobes five, plicate, emarginate, erecto-patent; perfect stamens four, included. Leaves entire, sinuate-toothed, or pinnatifid. S. sinuata, the species known in gardens, is a very ornamental and useful border plant; it requires culture similar to Schizanthus (which see).
S. integrifolia (entire-leaved). A synonym of Petunia violacea.
S. linearis (lined). A synonym of Petunia intermedia.
S. sinuata (wavy).* Scalloped Tube-tongue. fl. dark purple, straw-coloured, or variously painted, often striped, showy; corolla usually 1 1/2in. long. Summer. l., lower ones petiolate, elliptic-oblong, sinuate-toothed or pinnatifid; upper ones more entire; bracts sessile, quite entire. h. 2ft. 1820. A sub-erect, branched, viscous-pubescent, greenhouse or hardy annual. It is known in gardens by the following names: S. atropurpurea (B. M. 2811; B. R. 1518; S. B. F. G. 271), S. Barclayana (S. B. F. G. ser. ii. 112), S. picta (B. M. 3365; L. B. C. 1652; S. B. F. G. 258), and S. straminea (H. E. F. 229; S. B. F. G. 231). There are several garden varieties, including coccinea (L. & P. F. G. iii. 100) and flava (G. M. B. i. p. 57).