( 2775.) 
CALCEOLARIA PURPUREA. PURPLE-FLOWERED 
SLIPPER WORT. 
Class and Order. 
: 
Dianpria Monocynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Scropuuarina. ) 
Generic Character. 
Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. bilabiata, labium inferius inflatum, 
calceiforme. Caps. semi-bivalvis, valvulis bifidis. 
Specific Character. 
CaLcEOLARIA purpurea; herbacea, caulibus erectis ramosis, 
foliis venoso-rugosis hispidis, radicalibus cuneato-spa- 
thulatis serratis postice integerrimis subacutis, cau- 
linis cordatis superioribus minoribus integerrimis, co- 
rymbis terminalibus multifloris. Graham. 
CatceoLaria purpurea. Graham MSS. 
Descr. Stems in our plants, many from the same root, 
erect, pubescent. Root-leaves spathulato-cuneate, somewhat 
acute, with a strong middle rib, veined, wrinkled, with a 
few long, scattered hairs on the surface. Stem-leaves cor- 
date, broad, decussating, more entire than the root-leaves, 
uppermost pair nearly smooth, and quite entire. Corymbs 
terminal: bractee two, ovate, at the base of the corymb. 
Pedicels numerous, slightly bent, filiform. Calyx: segments 
ovate, pubescent. Corolla rather small, of an uniform 
reddish-violet colour, upper lip nearly half the size of the 
lower, which is doubly furrowed. Graham MSS. 
The seeds were received, both at the Edinburgh and 
Glasgow Botanic Gardens, in December, 1826, from Mr. 
CruicxsHAnxs, who collected them in the Cordillera. The 
habit of the plant is quite that of the CaLcroxaria corym- 
bosa, next which it should be placed, and it seems to require 
the same treatment. It flowered at the iaolargs Bev! 
tanic 
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