My first knowledge of this new species of CaLcEoLARIA 
was derived from plants sent to us by Mr. Tarte of the 
Sloane Street Nursery, who raised it from seeds which he 
received “in 1827 along with Tacson1a * pinnatistipula and 
many other rare plants and bulbs from M. Hogan, Esq. 
Consul of the United States at Valparaiso.” About the 
same time, indeed, seeds were sent to the Glasgow Botanic 
Garden both by Dr. Griures and by Mr. Crurcxsnanks ; 
those from the latter gentleman were gathered near La 
Guardia, on the Western side of the Andes, on the route from 
St. Jago de Chile to Mendoza. They have all blossomed 
readily and abundantly during the whole of the summer 
and autumnal months, on a cool shelf of the greenhouse, 
and promise to have perennial roots, though the stems are 
very slender and herbaceous. 
’ The dried specimens sent me by Mr. Cruicxsnanxs have 
much larger panicles of racemes than what are here repre- 
sented ; so that, another season, when the plants become 
stronger, we may expect to see, in this species, one most 
highly deserving of cultivation. ; 
°. ipa has flourished in the Sloane Street Nursery, planted in the open 
ground, 
Fig. 1. Lower Leaf, to show the connate base ; nat. size. 2. Flower, with 
the lower Lip forced down. 3. Stamen.—Magnified. 
