CALCEOLA RIA ARACHNOI'DEA. 
COBWEB SLIPPERWORT. 
Order. 
MONOGVNIA. 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHULABIN*. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Chile. 
2 feet. 
June, Sept. 
Perennial. 
in 1827. 
No. 357. 
Calceolaria, from calceolus, a slipper, or shoe, has 
been adopted as a name for this genus, from the 
shape of the flower ; but the turning up, and conse- 
quent closing of the inflated lip of the corolla, ob- 
literates the resemblance. Arachnoidea, from the 
Greek araknion, a cobweb; used to mark the 
woolliness, or cobweb-like covering of its herbage. 
The deep purple flowers of this plant contrast ad- 
mirably with its white fleecy clothing; and their 
numbers, and long continuance, add much to its va- 
lue in the estimation of the florist. 
This beautiful genus is rapidly increasing in hy- 
brid varieties, some of which are splendid, but the 
greenhouse claims them for its own. Our present 
subject requires only the protection of a little tan, 
litter, or a mat, in the most severe frosts. Its roots, 
which are found in Chile, in a gravelly soil, are used 
there under the name Relbun, to dye woollen cloth 
of a deep crimson colour. 
It strikes root from cuttings most readily; or, if 
the young stems be simply confined to the soil by a 
hook, or stone, they will do the same. A light soil, 
with a warm aspect, is suitable to its luxuriance. 
90 Bot. Mag. 2874. 
Class. 
DIANDRIA. 
