Streptosolen
(from streptos, twisted, and solen, a tube; referring to the form of the corolla-tube). ORD. Solanaceae. A monotypic genus. The species is a very handsome, greenhouse, evergreen, scabrous-pubescent shrub. It thrives in common soil, but prefers a sandy compost. Propagation may be effected by cuttings, inserted in sand, under a glass.
S. Jamesonii (Jameson's).* fl. orange-coloured, pedicellate, disposed in terminal, corymbose panicles; calyx tubular-campanulate, shortly five-cleft; corolla tube elongated, spirally twisted below, enlarged above; limb of five broad, bilabiate lobes; perfect stamens four. June. l. entire, not very large, ovate, acute at both ends, bullate-rugose, on long petioles. h. 4ft. Columbia, 1847. (G. C. n. s., xxi., p. 797; R. H. 1883, p. 36; B. M. 4605, F. d. S. 436 and P. M. B. xvi., p. 6, under name of Browallia Jamesonii.)