1215 



CALCEOLARIA* ascendens 



Dwarf Shrubby Lady's Slip^jer 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA 



Nat. Ord. SCROPHULARINEi?;. 



CALCEOLARIA. — Suprd, vol. 9. fol. 723. 



C. asceyidens; caule suffruticoso ascendente, foliis ovatis petiolatis rugosis 

 denticulatis pubescentibus ; inferiorlbus basi acutis, caule glabro piloso, 

 utnbellis paucifloris sxibramosis long^ pedunculatis. 



Caiilis suffruticosiis, ascendens, pedalis v. sesquipedalis, vix ramosuSy 

 glaber, pilosus. Folia utrinque pubescentia, rugosa, denticidata, nidlo modo 

 glutinosa, superiora suhsessilia. Flores aurantiaci, in paniculis umhellcB- 

 Jormibus, v. potius umbellis subpaniculatis, paucifloris, longi pedunculatis 

 dispositi. Sepala subrotunda, tomentosa. 



The plant now represented belongs to a tribe of Calceo- 

 larias, the species of which are extremely difficult to 

 distinguish from each other. It is very different from any 

 in our Gardens, and we believe also from any that have 



been described from dried specimens. In character it 

 most nearly approaches C integrifoUa ; but it is distinct 



from that. 



Cultivated in the open border, in which it succeeds 

 perfectly during the summer ; it does not grow more than 

 a foot, or at the utmost a foot and half hisfh, forminsf a 



neat tuft, remarkable for its deep red stems and bright 

 deep yellow flowers. 



Our drawing was made in August last, in the Garden of 

 the Horticultural Society, where it had been raised, in 

 182G, from seeds collected by Mr. James M'Rae upon 

 clayey banks in the Cordilleras. 



See fol. 1214. 



