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CALCEOLARIA* arachnoidea. 

 Cobweb Slipper-ivort. 



DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. ScnoPiiuLARiXE* Juss. {Introduction to the natural system, 

 p. 228.) 



CALCEOLARIA. — Supn), vol. 9.fol. 723. 



C. arachnoidea ; caule herbaceo ramoso patulo foliisque lingulato-oblongis 

 subdentatis lanatis, pe<binculis terminalibus c^eniinatis clc)n2:atis dichoto- 

 mis, calycibus pedicellisciiie arachnoidcis. Hooker i7i hot. tnag.fol. 2874. 



C. arachnoidea. Graham in Edinb. philosoph. journ. 1828, p. 572. 



For a long time tlie only colours that were known to 

 exist in Calceolarias were yellow or orange. It was, there- 

 fore, not without surprise that we first saw specimens of 

 purple species in our Gardens. These were introduced by 

 those indefatigable investigators of the riches of South 

 America, Dr. Gillies and Mr. Cruckshanks, to whom we 

 are indebted for more beautiful novelties than to any other 

 private individuals. 



The first that was raised, C. purpurea, is a plant so 

 impatient of cultivation that it still remains extremely 

 scarce ; but the subject of the present plate is not only a 

 common ornament of all choice Gardens, but has become 

 the parent of many very remarkable hybrid varieties. 



Although a native of the province of Mendoza, this 

 proves one of the hardiest plants we have: it bore uninjured 

 the severe frost which on the Gth of May last killed some 

 of the most robust trees and shrubs we possess. It is 

 perennial, and increased freely by seeds, which are pro- 

 duced in great abundance. 



* Seefol. 1214. 



