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CALCEOLARIA CONNATA. CONNATE-LEAVED > 
SLIPPER-WORT. 
Class and Order. 
Dianpria Monoeynts. 
( Nat. Ord. — Scropuurarina. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. bilabiata: labium inferius calcei- 
forme, inflatum. Caps. semibivalvis, valvulis bifidis. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Caxcrotaria connata ; herbacea subpubescens, foliis ova- 
tis basi attenuatis connatis, grosse dentatis, superiori- 
bus subcordatis sessilibus, bracteis: cordatis integer- 
rimis, panicula trichotoma patentissima. : 
Cauceotaria. Hook. MSS. Graham in Edin. New Phil. 
Journ. 1828, p. 572. : ; 
Descr. Root biennial, or more probably perennial. 
Stems erect, slender and weak, rounded, pubescent, as, in- 
deed, is the whole plant in a greater or less degree. 
Leaves, all in opposite pairs, ovate, or narrow ovate, acute, 
‘waved, nerved ; the nerves much branched and reticulated, 
the margins very coarsely and unequally serrated, the lower 
ones attenuated at the base and connate, the upper ones in 
remote pairs, almost cordate, sessile. Bractee resembling 
leaves, but smaller, and quite entire. Panicle terminal, 
and smaller ones are often lateral, dichotomously divided, 
and much spreading, with a solitary flower in the axil, and 
the flowers on the branches, in the more luxuriant state, 
racemed. Pedicels slender, free from bractee. Flowers 
pale yellow. Laps of the corolla closely applied to each 
other, compressed, the upper one not much larger than the 
lower. A 
