Tas. 4929. 
CALCEOLARIA vioxuaczka. 
Pale-purple Calceolaria. 
Nat. Ord. SckoPHULARIACE#®.—DIANDRIA MonoGynNIa. 
Gen. Char. Calyx basi ovario brevissime subadherens, 4-partitus, laciniis xs- 
tivatione valvatis. Corolla subperigyna, ¢ubus subnullus, limbus concavus, bilo- 
bus, lobis integris, concavis v. calceiformibus, superiore minore inferiorem vulgo 
inflatum estivatione ad margines angustissime obtegente. Stamina 2, lateralia, 
prope basin corolla inserta, addito rarissime tertio postico, deficientium rudi- 
menta nulla; anthere biloculares vel dimidiate. Stylus simplex, apice non in- 
crassatus, minute stigmatosus. Ovarium disco tenui calyci adnato impositum. 
Capsula ovato-conica, septicide dehiscens, valvulis bifidis, marginibus inflexis co- 
_lumnam placentiferam nudantibus. Semina plurima, sepius numerosa, striata.— 
Herbee, suffrutices vel frutices, Austro-Americani et Novo-Zelandici. Folia opposita 
aut verticillata, rarissime alterna. Pedunculi axillares terminalesve, eymoso-multifiori 
vel rarius uniflori. Corolle flave, albe vel purpurascentes. Benth. in De Cand. 
oJ 
Catcgoartia (§ Jovellana) violacea; fruticosa ramosissima minute viscidulo- 
pubescens, foliis petiolatis ovatis acutis grosse inciso-dentatis basi cuneatis 
supra hispidulis, corolle labiis concavis alte connatis, superiore calyce sub- 
triplo longiore inferiore vix longiore, apice brevissime involuto. Benth. 
Catczonaria violacea. Cav. Ic. v. 5. p. 31. 4.452. Benth. in De Cand. Prodr. 
v.10. p. 206. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 46. 
Baa violacea. Pers. Syn. Pl. v. 1. p. 15. 
The present is one of a singular group of Calceolaria, distin- 
guished as a genus by Cavanilles (at least in part) under the 
name of Jovellana,—Baa of Persoon. The corollas have the 
two lips nearly equal, and more or less open ; and the anther- 
cells are adnate. ‘These are however, by general consent, placed 
in Calceolaria, under a section called « Jovellana.” Our present 
species is a native of Valparaiso and Conception, i Chili, and 
- has now been some time introduced : neil gardens, iheg 
it forms a very pretty greenhouse plant, flowering copiously m 
May and J one. : Cicadas Sinclairii, of New Zealand, is one 
of this Jovellana group. 
Descr. Suffruticose. Stem erect, one to two feet and more 
high, glabrous or slightly pubescent, much branched. Branches 
AUGUST IsT, 1856. 
