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CALCEOLARIA CORYMBOSA, var. TALISMAN. 
(talisman calceolaria, or slipper-wort.) 
CLASS. 
DIANDRIA. 
natural order. 
SCROPHULARINE.E. 
Generic Character. — Calyx four cleft. Corolla monopetalous, two-lipped, inflated. Capsule two- 
celled and four valved. 
Specific Character. — Plant perennial, herbaceous. Stem a foot or more high, erect, simple, covered with 
soft hairs, of a purple colour. XotiJcr leaves ovate, obtuse, having a short footstalk and notched. 
Stem /eat)^s heart-shaped, embracing the stem, opposite, flowers in a corymb. Flower steins long, 
and slender, covered also with pubescence like the stem. Calyx broadly ovate, spreading, partly 
acute. Corolla upper lip small, lower one large and inflated, bright yellow. Germ^'w globose. 
yiotr. Talisman. — Stem two feet high, pubescent. Root leaves oblong, lanceolate, obtuse, notched. 
Stem leaves ovate, obtuse, opposite. Corymbs forked, consisting of twenty or more flowers. Cali/x 
ovate, acuminate. Corolla upper lip small, of a pale purple colour, incurved, lower lip large, of a 
deep blood red, and slightly notched. 
This, of all the varieties that have emanated from the species Corymhosaj is 
the most rich in colour, and, when grouped with the other kinds, displays a picture 
of elegance and gracefulness of which no collection should be destitute. 
Its habit is that of the var. Jupiter, requiring as it does, when grown in borders, 
to be sheltered from excessive wet in winter, if not taken up and potted, and 
removed to a cold pit or frame, in either of which they will stand quite safe till 
spring. For further particulars, see Vol. I., page 246. 
ORDER. 
MONOGYNIA. 
