Sarmienta
(named after Mart. Sarmiento, a Spanish botanist). ORD. Gesneraceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a greenhouse, glabrous shrub, creeping or climbing over trees and rocks. This wiry-stemmed plant does not always grow well under cultivation. It should be planted in soft peat, mixed with sphagnum and charcoal, and either in a small pan or orchid-basket. Healthy plants have been grown on a piece of soft Tree-fern stem. S. repens likes abundance of water, shade from bright sunshine, and a position near the glass in a moist greenhouse. It would thrive in a house where Lapagerias are grown. S. repens (creeping).* fl. scarlet, solitary in the axils, pedunculate; calyx free, five-parted; corolla tube elongated, swollen; limb slightly oblique, of five rounded, spreading lobes. Summer. l. opposite, rather small, somewhat fleshy, entire or with a few teeth. Stems slender. Chili, 1862. (F. d. S. 1646.)