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Calceolaria angustiflora. Narrow- 

 flowered Slipper-wort. 



Class and Order. 



DlANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



( Nat. Ord. — Scrophularin^. ) 



Generic Character. 



Cal. 4-partitus. Cor. bilabiata : labium inferius calcei- 

 forme, inflatum. Caps, semibivalvis : valvulis bifidis. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Calceolaria angustiflora ; caule suffrutescente, ramis dif- 

 fusis purpureo-maculatis foliisque oppositis vel ternatis 

 pedunculatis ovato-oblongis duplicato-serratis pubes- 

 centibus subviscidis, pedunculis axillaribus umbella- 

 tis in paniculo terminali collectis. 



Calceolaria angustiflora. Ruiz et Pavon, Fl. Peruv. v. 1. 

 p. 17. t. 28. f. a. Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. \.p 47. 



Descr. Stem scarcely woody, slender, much branched 

 and diffused ; branches green, sprinkled with oblong pur- 

 ple spots, pubescent, hairs spreading. Leaves nearly two 

 inches long and one inch broad, petioled, opposite or ter- 

 nate, ovato-oblong, doubly and unequally inciso-serrated, 

 pubescent on both sides, as well as the branches subviscid, 

 shining and bright green above, paler below, veined and 

 wrinkled, veins prominent below, channelled above. Pe- 

 duncles axillary, umbellate, forming an oblong panicle at 

 the extremity of the branches, the lower peduncles gene- 

 rally supporting four pedicels, two of which are occasion- 

 ally branched, the upper peduncles with fewer pedicels, or 

 simple ; two bracteas of the structure and form of small 

 leaves, are at the origin of the pedicels, these, as well as 

 the peduncles, pedicels, and calyx, are pubescent and sub- 

 viscid : 



