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CALCEOLARIA* arachnoídea. 
Cobweb. Slipper-wort. 
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DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. ScrorHuLARINEZ Juss.. (Introduction to the natural system, 
p. 228.) 
CALCEOLA RIA.— Supra, vol. 9. fol. 723. 
C. arachnoidea ; caule herbaceo ramoso patulo foliisque lingulato-oblongis 
subdentatis lanatis, pedunculis terminalibus geminatis elongatis dichoto- 
mis, calycibus pedicellisque arachnoideis. Hooker in bot. mag. fol. 2874. 
C. arachnoidea. Graham in Edinb. philosoph. journ. 1828, p. 572. 
For a long time the only colours that were known to 
exist in Calceolarias were yellow or orange. It was, there- 
fore, not without surprise that we first saw specimens of 
purple species in our Gardens. These were introduced by 
those indefatigable investigators of the riches of South 
America, Dr. Gillies and Mr. Cruckshanks, to whom we 
are indebted for more beautiful novelties than to any other 
private individuals.. 
The first that was raised, C. purpurea, is a plant so 
impatient of cultivation that it still remains extremely 
scarce; but the subject of the present plate 1s not only a 
common ornament of all choice Gardens, but has become 
the parent of many very remarkable hybrid varieties. 
of the most robust trees and shrubs we possess. It is 
perennial, and increased freely b 
duced in great abundance. 
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* See fol. 1214. 
