Tas. 5154, 
CALCEOLARIA rrexvosa. 
Flexuose Calceolaria. 
Nat. Ord. ScROPHULARINE®.—DIANDRIA MoNnoGyYNIA. 
Gen. Char. (Vide supra, Tas. 4929.) 
CaLcEoLaRtIA flexuosa ; fruticosa villosa, ramis flexuosis, foliis ovatis crenatis, 
basi cordatis supra asperis subtus venosis, panicula corymbosa foliosa, ca- 
lycis villosi Jaciniis obtusiusculis corolle (sub-)concoloris, labio superiore 
calyce breviore, inferiore obovato-orbiculato patente basi longiuscule con- 
tracto ad medium aperto. Benth. 
Catceoxaria flexuosa. Ruiz et Pav. Fl. Chil. et Peruv.v. 1. p. 17. t. 25. f. a. 
A fine and rare species of this now extensive genus, and till 
recently scarcely known, except by the figure and description of 
Ruiz and Pavon, who found it in rocky places of Canta, Peru. 
Messrs. Veitch and Sons, of Exeter and Chelsea, have the credit 
of raising it from seeds sent by Mr. William Lobb from Peru, _ 
and it promises well, from the very dense massy panicles and 
large flowers, to be well calculated for a bedding-out plant. The 
calyces, as well as the flowers, partake largely of the yellow co- 
lour, and these calyces are larger in proportion than the corollas. 
It flowers through the summer months. a“ 
Descr. Stems herbaceous, suffruticose at the base, branched, 
branches rather weak and flexuose. Ruiz and Pavon say the plant 
DECEMBER Ist, 1859. 
