Stenochilus
(from stenos, narrow, and cheilos, a lip; alluding to the narrow lip of the flower). ORD. Myoporineae. A genus comprising eight species of pretty, little, greenhouse, evergreen, Australian shrubs, now included, by the authors of the "Genera Plantarum," under Eremophila. Calyx segments five, imbricated at base, usually enlarged after flowering; four upper lobes of corolla short and acute, the fifth lowest more deeply separated and sometimes narrow; stamens four (with one exception), exserted. Leaves alternate or scattered. The two best-known species are here described. They thrive in sandy peat, and may be increased by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass. S. glaber (glabrous). fl. yellow, red, or with these colours variously mixed; corolla glabrous, or slightly pubescent outside, nearly or quite 1in. long, the tube constricted above the ovary; pedicels solitary. April. l. lanceolate, or rarely elliptic-oblong or cuneate, acute or obtuse, entire or slightly serrulated, usually 3/4in. to 1in. long. h. 3ft. 1803. (B. M. 1942; B. R. 572.) SYNS. S. incanus, S. viscosus (B. M. 2930). The correct name of this plant is Eremophila Brownii.
S. incanus (hoary). A synonym of S. glaber.
S. maculatus (spotted). fl. red, more or less variegated with yellow, or quite yellow, solitary; corolla 1in. or more long, the lowest lobe separated to below the middle. April. l. mostly lanceolate, occasionally varying from elliptic-oblong to linear, acute or obtuse, entire, above 1in. long. h. 3ft. 1820. (B. R. 647.) The correct name of this plant is Eremophila maculata. S. viscosus (clammy). A synonym of S. glaber.