HORTUS VEITCHI1 



CALATHEA VEITCHIANA, Hook. 



Syns. Maranta Veitchiana^ Van Houtte. 



Bot. Mag. t. 5535; Gard. Chron. 1864, p. 414; id. 1870, p. 924, fig. 170; Veitchs' 

 Catlg. of PI. 1866, p. 3, fig. 1 on col. pi. ; PI. des Serres, xvi. t. 1656; The 

 Garden, 1872, vol. ii. p. 544, fig. 



A very beautiful ornamental-leaved stove plant from Western Tropical 

 America, found by Richard Pearce. 



The leaves attain a height of 2 ft. when mature with a blade 14 in. 

 long by 9 in. broad. The colouring is very fine, the under surface 

 purplish, the upper deep shining green blotched with conspicuous patches 

 on either side of a yellowish-green midrib. 



CALCEOLAEIA ALBA, Euiz & Pav. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4157 ; Fl. des Serres, 1850, p. 319 ; Gard. Chron. 1897, vol. xxii. p. 140, 

 fig. 40 ; Hemsley in The Garden, 1879, vol. xv. p. 259. 



Introduced through William Lobb, when collecting in Chili, and seed 

 sent from which plants were raised and flowered for the first time in 

 September 1844. 



The flower is snow-white, globular in appearance, resembling the ripe 

 fruit of the snowberry (Symphoricarpus racemosus). 



CALCEOLAEIA AMPLEXICAULIS, H. B. K. 



Bot. Mag. t. 4300 ; Hemsley in The Garden, 1879, vol. xv. p. 259. 



Raised from seed collected near Muna, in Peru, by William Lobb, 

 about the year 1849. 



Easily recognized by soft dark green leaves, which clasp the stem, 

 and a profusion of pale yellow flowers, formerly so familiar an object 

 in gardens, it is now rarely found, though having as a summer-bedding 

 plant undeniable merits. 



CALCEOLARIA CRENATA, Lam. 



Syns. C. fl oribunda, Hook. 



Hook, in Bot. Mag. t. 4154 ; Hemsley in The Garden, 1879, vol. xv. p. 258. 

 Discovered in the environs of Quito by William Lobb, sent home in 

 1843, and probably now lost to cultivation. In this country the first 

 flowers opened in September 1844. 



CALCEOLARIA DEFLEXA, Ruiz & Pav. 



Syns. C. fuchsicefolia, Hemsl. ; C. grandis, Hort. 



Bot. Mag. t. 6431, as C. deflexa; The Garden, 1879, vol. xv. p. 258, col. pi. as C. 

 fuchsisefolia ; Gard. Chron. 1849 (notice of exhibit as C. grandis) ; id. 1881, vol. i. 

 p. 269. 



A Peruvian species introduced through William Lobb, flowered for the 

 first time in 1849, and exhibited as Calceolaria grandis. 



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