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CALCEOLARIA corymbosa. 

 Chili Slipper-wort 



DIANDRIA MONOQYNJji. 



Nat^ ord. ScRopHULARi^, JtMteu am, 1V7 . Div.II. Stam.S. 



CALCEOLARIA. Cat. 4^1obus. Car. tubo brevissimo, limbo bila- 

 biato, supr^ minimo, infr^ magno inflato concavo calceiforme, inflcxo et in 

 tubi faucem prono. Stamina breria, antheru i«cums. Stigma 1. Oip- 

 sula conica^ apice 4-valvJs* HerbtB; plurimi$ foliu opposita, peduncuH wU- 

 ant muUiflorit axittares ant c&rymboso'terminaks ; paucis cmunerfmionu 

 folia radicalia, scapi l-^Z-^fiwi. Juss. K c. 120. 



C. carymhosa, foliis radicalibus ovatis cordatisque petiolatb bicrenatiSf cau- 

 lints cordatis semiamplexicaulibus. Ruiz et Pavan^.per* 1. 14. (. 20. 



Calceolaria corymbosa. Persoon «yn. 1. 15. Cktifis't magaz. 2418. 



Caulis simplex^ erectus, ieiragonus^ puhescem, foliorum lapiu Bonn wi- 

 ms nudm. Fol. radicalia petiolata, ovatat rariiis cardata, obtnta^ dupii- 

 cato-crenata ; subt^ albicantia venoso-comgatap p^Aescentia: cauUna re- 

 mota, opposita, semiamplexieauUa, Flores coiifmbo»(hpaniculatiy pedun- 

 culis gracilibus ehngatis. Cal. tetraphyUus^foliolis ovatis patenHbus. Cor. 

 bilahwta: labium superius ntmimum ; inferius maximum^ infiatum (obavato- 

 veniricasum subemarginatum ;, calceoHforme;) orificio obofvata-obUmgo parvo 

 & mpind parte injrd ventrem aperto. FiK arf fiolmt fo6u n^>eriom trnterta, 

 brwissima: antli. bUoadaref loculis loHformibu$ dharicatu: umi tub la- 

 bium mperius iatitam : exierta alia: fertUe$ ambcB* Genn* gbAowm : stylo 

 brevissimo. 



A native of Chili.— The drawing was taken in the col- 

 lection of Lady Tankerville, at Walton upon Thames, where 

 the plant was raised from imported seed, and has now made 

 Us appearance for the first time amongst us* Probably the 



finest species of the genus. Annual ? 



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