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supported, and the beautiful flowers, of a buff colour, with 

 a black eye, are displayed to the best advantage. 



They are increased by cuttings, which should be inserted 

 in sand and loam, and plunged in the hotbed frame, where 

 they strike in two or three weeks if kept moist. 



SCRQPHULARIACEM 



Exogens, with the flowers having the calyx inferior, not falling 

 off ; the divisions four or five, often unequal, the upper being the 

 largest. Corolla monopetalous ; tube short or long ; limb flat or 

 erect, nearly equally divided or bilabiate ; the upper of the four 

 stamens altogether deficient or sterile, very rarely fertile. Leaves 

 opposite, whorled or alternate. — Herbs and undershrubs; na- 

 tives of all parts of the world ; properties acrid, bitter, and 

 poisonous. 



CALCEOLARIA. 



Gen. Char. (JDiandria Monogynia.) Calyx four-cleft; corolla 

 irregular, and inflated ; stamens two ; ovary two-celled. 



Named from calceolus, a slipper, from the shape of the 

 flower. This genus contains species which are great favour- 

 ites in the garden as bedding plants, but requiring the 

 shelter of the frame in winter ; a few may be kept also in 



