The genus Calceolaria, almost entirely confined to the 
western parts of South America, established by Feuillee, 
in his Flora of Peru, and adopted by Linn^us, was for a long 
time supposed to contain but two species, the C. pinnata 
and C. integrifolia of Smith. Lamarck, in his Encyclo- 
p^die, enumerated eight species ; Willdenow has nine ; 
Vahl has, principally through the labours of Cavanilles, 
Ruiz and Pa von, increased their number to fifty-four ; and 
to these the celebrated travellers Humboldt and Kunth 
have recently added twenty; making in all seventy-four species 
which are now described by systematic authors. Till lately, 
only the Calceolaria pinnata and the rare C. Fothergillii have 
been known in our gardens. Now we have the scabioscefolia 
of Sims in the Botanical Magazine, the beautiful individual 
here represented, and still another *, which Dr Graham in- 
forms me is now about to flower in the magnificent garden un- 
der his charge at Edinburgh. 
With regard to the present individual, it is not without 
some hesitation that I have referred it to the C. paralia of 
Cavanilles, whose description is quoted in Vahl's Enume- 
ratioy but whose figure I regret to say that I have it not in 
my power to consult. His character, however, sufficiently ac- 
cords with my plant, except that the " capsule" and " whole 
plant" can scarcely be termed tomentose. 
Excellent flowering specimens of this plant, with a drawing 
by Mr Greville, from which most of the accompanying en- 
graving was taken, were sent to me, in the month of May, 
by Dr Graham, from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, 
where several of the plants have flowered very freely, continu- 
ing a long time in beauty, and where, as far as I know, the 
species alone exists. The seeds were communicated to Dr 
Graham by Mr Cruikshanks, and another gentleman re- 
siding near the river Quillota in Chili. 
Fig. 1. Single flower. Fig. 1. Vertical section of a flower. Fig. 3. Anther 
and pistil. Fig. 4. Calyx and pistil. Fig. 5. Section of the germen. 
Fig. 6. Pollen. — AU more or less magnified. 
• This, I believe, Avill prove to be the Ca/c. rugosa of Vahl's Enumeratio. 
