GRAMMATOCARPUS (from grammata, letters, and karpos, fruit; in reference to the markings of the fruit). SYN. Scyphanthus. ORD. Loaseae. A monotypic genus, the species being a half-hardy, twining, pubescent, annual herb, allied to Loasa (which see for culture). GRAMMATOCARPUS volubilis (twining).* fl. yellow, axillary, sessile; calyx tube linear-elongate; lobes five, spreading, linear-spathulate; petals five, saccate. Summer. l. opposite, bi-or tripinnatisect. Chili. (B. M. 5028; S. B. F. G. 238.)