Tas. 8436. 
CALCEOLARIA Foreern. 
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Peru. 
ScROPHULARIACEAE, Tribe CALCEOLARIEAE. 
CALCEOLARIA, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. J. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 929; Krénal. in 
Engl. Pflanzenr, Scroph.-Antirrh,-Cale, p. 21. 
Calceolaria Forgetii, Shan; Species C. virgatae, Ruiz et Pav. affinis, sed 
foliis longius petiolatis oppositis (nunquam ternatis), corollae labio infero 
erecto ad labium superum adpresso orificio minore et ungue breviore 
latioreque. 
Suffruten ad 4°5 dm. altus. Caules graciles, teretes, griseo-puberuli, cortice 
purpurascente ; internodia 2-5-6°5 em. longa. Folia ovata, 1°5-6 cm. 
(saepius 3-4 em.) longa, 1-4 em. (saepius 2-2°5 em.) lata, obtusa vel 
subacuta, irregulariter crenato-serrata, basi rotundata vel paulum cuneata, 
supra saturate Viridia, breviter pubescentia, infra pallidiora, venis primariis 
pubescentibus exceptis fere glaberrima, glandulis sessilibus instructa; 
petiolus 0-5-1°5 em. longus, sat dense pilosus. Cymae subdichasiales 
caules et ramulos summos terminantes, paniculam laxam multifloram 
oblongam vel pyramidalem 1-5-2 dm. longam formantes. Pedicelli graciles, 
5-12 mm. longi, sat dense breviter pubescentes. Calyx circiter 4 mm. 
longus, 4-lobus ; lobi late ovati vel suborbiculares, subaequales, 3-3°5 mm. 
longi, 2°5-3 mm. lati, obtusi vel rotundati, integerrimi, extra et ad margines 
dense pilosi vel villosi, glandulis sessilibus instructi. Corolla 7-10 mm. 
longa, 5-8 mm. lata, pallide lutea, labio infero basi intra macula magna 
rubro-brunnea ornato, labiis basi ciliatis; labium superum calyci sub- 
aequilongum, cucullatum, basi 5 mm. latum ; labium inferum obovoideo- 
globosum, 6-9 mm. longum, erectum, ad Jabium superum adpressum, vix 
usque ad medium apertum, ungui brevi latoque. Stamina corollae labio 
supero paulum longiora; filamenta parce pilosa. Ovarium ovoideum, 
densissime glanduloso-papillosum ; stylus vix 2 mm. longus.—S. A. SKAN. 
The pleasing Calceolaria here figured was presented to 
Kew in 1909 by Messrs. F. Sander & Sons, St. Albans, to 
whom seeds had been sent by Mr. Forget when collecting 
on their behalf in Peru. It forms a compact little shrub, 
and when out of flower has the aspect of a Heliotrope or 
of a bedding Verbena. When it flowered for the first time 
it was believed to be C. virgata, Ruiz & Pav., to which it 
is certainly closely allied, and under this name was referred 
to in the Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1912, vol. li. p. 50, where 
a figure, reproduced from a photograph, is given. But, as 
Mr. Skan points out, the figure originally supplied by Ruiz 
and Pavon of their C. virgata (Fl. Peruv. vol. i. t. 31, 
May, 1912, a 
