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CALCEOLARIA PUNCTATA. 



( Var. hybr. — Dotted Calceolaria, hybrid variety.) 



NATURAL ORDER. 



SCROPHULARIiE. — (JuSS.) SCROPHULARIACEiE. — (Lindl.) 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calceolaria (Linn.) Calyx 4-partitus. Corolla bi-labiata : labium inferius calceiforme, 

 inflatum. Capsula 2-locularis, apice 4-valvis. 



Calyx 4-parted. Corolla 2-lipped: lower lip slipper- shaped, inflated. Capsule 2-celled, 

 4-valved at the apex. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 

 C. punctata ; caule sufFruticoso, foliis lanceolatis nunc sub-spatulatis rugosis obtusis villoso- 

 tomentosis irregulariter serratis, superioribus sessilibus, inferioribus petiolatis ; paniculis termi- 

 nalibus axillaribusque ; corolla labio superiore minimo, inferiore rotundato subcrenato. 



Descr. — Stem somewhat shrubby, leaves lanceolate, occasionally sub-spatulate, rugose, 

 'obtuse, hairy-tomentose, irregularly serrated, the superior ones sessile, the inferior ones with 

 foot-stalks ; panicles terminal and axillary ; the upper lip of the corolla very small, the lower 

 lip rounded, somewhat crenate. 



A truly elegant variety of Calceolaria, raised by John Willmore, Esq., of 

 Oldford, who obligingly communicated the specimen from which our drawing was 

 made. It is a hybrid, and was obtained between C. Pardanthera and a white 

 unnamed variety, both of which are also hybrids. Some few specimens of this 

 plant have been distributed by Mr. Willmore among friends under the name 

 C. guttata, for which we have taken the liberty of substituting punctata, as 

 expressing more accurately the minute markings of the corolla. With regard 

 to the naming of hybrids, we have long thought that it would be very desirable 

 to adopt some method by which they might be at once distinguished from original 

 species : and while making this remark, we perceive a similar observation by 

 Edward Blyth, Esq., in the 66th number of the Magazine of Natural History. 

 " It is greatly to be wished," says that gentleman, " that horticulturists would 

 not name their hybrid plants in the same manner as genuine species ; the con- 

 fusion thus already induced in many genera being quite inextricable." To adopt 

 a name that would indicate the origin of a hybrid is not always possible, as it 



LINNEAN SYSTEM. 



BIANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



