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Summer (L petiolate ovate)

l. petiolate, ovate or lanceolate, acute at both ends, argutely denticulate, glabrescent above. Branches angular, densely pubescent. h. 3ft. Peru, 1867. Stove. (B. M. 5631.) SYN. S. fulgens (F. M. 313). S. lantanifolius (Lantana-leaved). fl. purplish, eight to ten together; calyx velvety; corolla narrow, incurved, with acuminate lobes; pedicels corymbose. July. l. ovate, acute, 1 1/2in. long, obtuse at base, sometimes slightly cordate, shortly petiolate, glabrous and wrinkled above, fuscous-tomentose beneath, the margins denticulate. Branches straight, simple, somewhat woody, terete. h. 3ft. Caraccas, 1841. Stove shrub.

S. l. glabriusculus (slightly glabrous). l., together with the pedicels and calyx, scarcely pubescent. (B. M. 4105, under name of S. lantanifolius.) S. longepedunculatus (long-pedunculate). fl. purplish, on axillary pedicels longer than the leaves; calyx segments acute, much shorter than the corolla; corolla nearly 2in. long, narrow, sub-arcuate. January. l. alternate, ovate, acuminate, 3in. to 4in. long, membranous, cordate, petiolate, argutely toothed. Stem terete, 3ft. high. Rio de Janeiro, 1841. Stove. (B. M. 4015.) SYN. S. fimbriatus (R. G. 600).

S. macropodus (large-footed). fl. bluish-red; calyx hairy; corolla four times as long as the calyx, the tube ventricose above, the inferior lobes reflexed; pedicels almost equalling the leaves, puberulous. June. l. ovate, acute, 3in. long, shortly petiolate, crenate, slightly hairy above, pubescent beneath. Stem slightly branched, hairy, 2ft. to 3ft. high. Minas Geraes. Stove. SYN. S. canus.

S. manettiaeflorus (Manettia-flowered).* fl. red and yellow, as long as the leaves; calyx segments subulate, serrated; corolla laterally compressed, the segments nearly equal, erecto-patent; peduncles solitary, axillary, one-flowered, bibracteate, three or four times longer than the leaves. April. l. very shortly petiolate, oblong-ovate, obscurely serrated, reticulated, shining above. h. 1ft. New Grenada, 1848. An erect, dwarf, stove sub-shrub. (B. M. 4403; P. M. B. xv. 267.) SYN. S. nitidus (of gardens). S. microstoma (small-mouthed). fl. scarlet, shortly pedunculate, in terminal umbels; calyx segments obtuse, spreading; corolla pubescent, swollen above, laterally compressed, the segments small, linear, obtuse, connivent, pilose. September. l. alternate, shortly petiolate, ovate, acute, 2in. long, glandular-serrate, glabrous. Stem 2ft. to 3ft. high, glabrous; branches terete. New Grenada, 1844. An erect, stove sub-shrub. (B. M. 4286; F. d. S. 444; L. & P. F. G. ii. 44.) S. nitidus (shining). A garden synonym of S. manettiaeflorus. S. Orbignianus (d'Orbigny's). fl. yellow and red, numerous in the upper axils; calyx lobes thrice as long as the tube; corolla much longer than the calyx, with linear lobes; pedicels half as long as the leaves. July. l. ternate, ovate, acuminate, shortly petiolate, unequally and acutely toothed, 3in. to 4in. long, puberulous beneath. Branches erect, terete. h. 2ft. or more. Bolivia, 1849. Stove. (B. M. 4713; F. d. S. 544; L. & P. F. G. i. p. iii.; L. J. F. iv. 425.) S. penduliflorus (pendulous-flowered). fl. scarlet, nodding; calyx segments two or three times as long as the tube; corolla segments linear, half exceeding the tube; pedicels 1in. long; racemes terminal, solitary, long, loose-flowered. June. l. opposite, rather long-stalked, ovate-oblong, slightly acute, remotely serrulated, rather thick. h. 2ft. Caraccas, 1847. A highly glabrous, stove, climbing shrub. (F. d. S. 763.) S. scandens (climbing). fl. scarlet, scattered, on pedicels two to four lines long; corolla tube nearly 1in. long, the segments falcate, sub-equal, reflexed. July. l. petiolate, reflexed, oblong, obtuse, 1in. to 1 3/4in. long, somewhat acute at base, slightly fleshy, the margins quite entire and revolute. Stem climbing. Peru, 1847. Stove shrub.

S. surinamensis (Surinam). A synonym of Centropogon surinamensis. S. villosulus (slightly hairy). fl. reddish-orange; corolla small, nearly straight, the segments narrow and acute; pedicels longer than the calyx; racemes terminal, many-flowered. June. l. alternate, oblong-lanceolate, acuminate, narrowed into the petiole, above silky, and of a pleasing green, very shortly puberulous beneath. Stem branched. h. 3ft. Brazil, 1832. Greenhouse. (F. d. S. 619; L. & P. F. G. ii. p. 135, under name of S. amoenus.)