132 CALCEOLARIA HTBHIDA. 



raised for some time past, the broad bands of carmine edging the lips being very 

 striking, and each of the blossoms appears to be an exact counterpart of the others. 

 It was raised by Mr. George Parsons of Brighton, though the entire stock is now 

 in the possession of Messrs. Henderson of the "Wellington Nursery. 



The Antirrhinum is one of a group of Scrophulariaceous plants, including the 

 genera Linaria, Xemesia, Anarrhinum, and a few others, having what is termed a 

 personate corolla (from persona, a mask), the two lips being closely pressed together, 

 and the base of the tube either swollen, or prolonged into a spur. The projecting 

 portion of the lower lip is called the palate. A slight approach to this palatial 

 prominence is seen in the Maurandya, a plant belonging to the same section of the 

 Order, but it is most conspicuous in the Antirrhinum and Linaria. The spur is 

 most developed in Linaria and Nemesia; in the Snapdragon and Anarrhinum, it is 

 short and blunt, and generally termed a heel ; a slight gibbosity is also observable 

 in the flower of the Lophospermum, a genus closely allied to the Maurandya. 



The seed-vessel of the Snapdragon partakes of the irregularity of the other 

 parts of the flower, the upper of the two carpels projecting beyond the lower one, 

 over which it is slightly curved. The upper cell opens by one orifice, the lower by 

 two, all three being ragged at their edges. 



The scientific name of the Snapdragon is compounded of anti, resembling, and 

 rhin, a nose or snout, from a fancied resemblance between the flowers and the 

 muzzle of some animal. The popular name of this plant in France, muflier, also 

 alludes to the same peculiarity. 



CALCEOLARIA HYBRIDA. 



Hylrid Slipperu:ort, var. Wellington Hero. 

 Linnean Class — Diandria. Order — Monogynia. Natural Order — Scrophulariace;e. 



The singxilar form of the flowers of the Calceolarias has invested them, from their 

 earliest introduction, with an interest which the numerous beautiful hybrid 

 varieties raised of late years, have fully maintained. In common with most 

 other cultivated plants, the Calceolarias, especially the herbaceous varieties, may be 

 cited as examples of the improvements that may be effected by the art of the 

 Horticulturist. The original species, with a very few exceptions, are yellow- 

 flowered ; happily, however, one or two are found with blossoms of a purple hue, 



