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.