Tab. 5392. 

 CALCEOLARIA punctata. 



Spotted Calceolaria. 



Nat. Ord. Scrophularinej:. — Diandria Monogynia. 



Gen. Char. Calyx basi ovario subadhaerens, 4-pavtitus, laciniis valvatis. 

 Corolla tubus ; limbus concavus, 2-lobus, lobis integris v. calciformibus, su- 

 periore ssepius minore inferiorem vulgo inflatum sestivatione vel margines angus- 

 tissime obtegente. Stamina 2, lateralis, prope basin corolla? inserta ; antherce 2- 

 loculares v. dimidiatse. Stylus simplex, apice non incrassato. Ovarium disco 

 tenui irapositum. Capsula ovato-conica, septicide dehiscens, valvis 2-fidis, mar- 

 ginibus inflexis columnam placentii'erara nudantibus. Semina perplurima. — 

 Herbse v. suffrutices. Folia opposita v. verticillata, rarissime altema. Pedun- 

 culi septus cymoso-multiflori. Corolla alba, plana, v. purpurascens. Benth. 



Calceolaria punctata ; suffruticosa, erecta, ramulis tenuiter pubescentibus, 

 foliis petiolatis ovatis profunde dupli-triplicato-dentatis basi in petiolura an- 

 gustatis puberulis glabratisve subtus pallidis, panicula laxa floril)unda, 

 calycis laciniis ovatis acutis, corolla? labiis alte connatis subsequalibus, in- 

 feriore apice brevissime involute 



Calceolaria punctata. Vahl, Enum. v. I. p. 177. Benth. in DC. Prod. v. 10. 

 p. 206. 



Jovellana punctata. Ruiz and Pav. PI. Per. v. I. p. 13. t. 18. 



BjEA punctata. Pers. Syn. v. \. p. 15. 



This remarkable form of Calceolaria belongs to the small sec- 

 tion including C. violacea (see Tab. nostr. 4929) called Jovellana 

 by Ruiz and Pavon, in which the lips of the corolla are nearly 

 equal, and neither of them saccate. It is a very ornamental spe- 

 cies, a native of the southern provinces of Chili, and was intro- 

 duced by Mr. Richard Pearce, the well-known and most success- 

 ful collector for Messrs. Veitch and Co., of Exeter and King's 

 Road, Chelsea. 



Descr. A tall, branched herb, shrubby at the base, every- 

 where minutely pubescent. Leaves opposite, petioled, ovate or 

 oblong-acute, narrowed into the petiole at the base, deeply 

 doubly and trebly toothed along the margin, rugose or wrinkled 

 with impressed veins, two to three inches long. Panicles erect, 



AUGUST 1st, 1863. 



