Tab. 5548. 

 CALCEOLARIA hyssopifolia, 



Hyssop-leaved Calceolaria. 



Nat. Ord. ScrophularineyE.— Diandria Monogynia. 

 Gen. Char. {Vide supra, Tab. 4929.) 



Calceolaria hyssopifolia ; fruticosa, subglabra, glutinosa, folus mfirms lineari- 

 lanceolatis srepe serrulatis, superioribus linearibus integernmis margine revo- 

 lutis basi angustatis glabris subtus albidis, panicula laxa slibcorymbosa, 

 calycis viridis viscosi laciniis acuminatis, corollas glabra labio supenore 

 concavo calycem fequante, inferiore maximo obovato-orbiculato basi parum 

 contracto. Bentli. 



Calceolaria hyssopifolia. Eumb. B. et Kunth, Nov. Gen. et Sp. v. 2. p. 386. 

 Bentli. in DC. Prod. v. 10. p. 222. 



For the introduction of this fine shrubby and hardy Calceo- 

 laria we are indebted to Isaac Anderson Henry, Esq., F.L.S., ot 

 Hay Lodge, Trinity, Edinburgh, who received the seeds from 

 Professor Jameson, of Quito, and flowered the plant in the open 

 air in August of the present year. The species is a native of the 

 Quitenian Andes at elevations of 10-11,000 feet. 



Descr. A twiggy shrub two to four feet high, nearly glabrous 

 throughout. Leaves almost fascicled in the short axillary branch- 

 lets, one and a half to two and a half inches long, upper linear or 

 linear-oblong or oblong-lanceolate, more or less serrulate with 

 revolute margins, white beneath, corymbs many-flowered. Calyx- 

 tube green, viscid, broadly tringular-ovate acuminate segments 

 red at the apex. Corolla pale sulphur- colour, upper lip as long 

 as or longer than the calyx, tumid; lower very large obovate- 

 orbicular, crenulate round the circumference, closed by the upper. 



Fi^. 1. Calyx and ovary ■.— magnified. 



DECEMBER 1ST, 1865. 



