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CALCEOLARIA ARACHNOIDEA. CoBwrEs 
=¥] SLipper-worrt. 
Class and Order. 
Dianpria. Monoeynia. ; coe 
( Nat. Ord. — Scropnurarina. ) 
Generic Character.. 
Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. bilabiata : Jabium inferius calcei- 
forme, inflatum. Caps. semibivalvis, valvulis bifidis. 
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CALcEOL LARI F TA * arachnoide a; caule herbaceo ram oso patulo, 
| foliisque lingulato-oblongis subdentatis oppositis lana-_ 
tis, pedunculis terminalibus geminatis elongatis dicho- 
tomis, calycibus pedicellisque arachnoideis. e 
Caxcroraria arachnoidea. Graham in Edin. Phil. Journ. 
1828, p. 572. : F att 
Caxceotaria tinctoria. © Gillies MSS. 
= aaa 
Descr. Stem herbaceous, round, much branched, spread- 
ing, succulent, woolly, hairs appressed. Branches opposite, 
spreading, similar to the stem. Leaves (with their petioles 
about five inches long) opposite, lingulate, oblong, narrow- 
ing downwards into long petioles, over which they are 
decurrent, ainplexicaul, obseufely toothed, wrinkled, woolly 
on both sides, midrib and branching veins prominent on 
uppermost leaves smaller than the 
the lower side; two w 
others, sessile, cordato- e, undulate, and placed at the 
origin of the peduncles. Peduncles terminal, geminate (six 
inches long) dichotomous, branches spreading, and ert 
: { the 
* From calceolus, a little slipper, on account of the peculiar form of the 
lower lip in the flower. — 
