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CALCEOLARIA* purpurea. 



Purple Calceolaria. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. or d. Scropiiularine;e Juss. (Introduction to the natural system 

 of Botany, p. 228.) 



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



^•purpurea; herbacea, caulibus erectis ramosis, foliis venoso-rugosis his- 

 pidis, radicalibus cuneato-spatulatis serratis postic& integerrimis subacutis, 

 caulinis cordatis superioribus minoribus integerrimis, corymbis termi- 

 nalibus multifloris. Graham in hot. mag. 2775. 



yaules pilosi, apice subviscidi, bipartiti, racemoso-corymbosi. Folia 

 palhdt viridia, crassiuscula, scabrida, grossd reticulata. Flores purpurei, 

 corollcE labio superiore minore subfornical, inferiore triplb majore, plicis 3-4 

 gibbosis. Ovarium ovatum, cum stylo glabro staminibus glabrispaulb longius. 



A species but seldom seen in collections, being of little 

 interest to the florist, on account of its delicate constitution 

 and want of beauty. It is probably in its native soil a 

 perennial ; but it is scarcely better than a biennial when 

 cultivated, from the great difficulty of preserving it alive 

 through the winter. It succeeds best in a pit or cool 

 greenhouse, but not so well in the open air; and is increased 

 both by seeds and offsets. 



Our drawing was made in the Garden of the Comte de 

 Vandes in June 1832. 



The species is a native of Chile, where it was found 

 jear Valparaiso by Mr. Cuming; and in the Cordillera by 

 Mr. Cruckshank, to whom we are indebted for its intro- 

 duction. J. L. 





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