CALCEOLA RIA PINNA'TA. 
PINNATE, OR WING-LEAVED SLIPPERWORT. 
Class. Order. 
DIANDR1A. MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
SCROPHULARINEdE. 
Native of 
Height. 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Peru. 
9 inches. 
July Aug. 
Annual. 
1 in 1773. 
No. 166. 
The term Calceolaria has originated in the Latin 
word calceolus, a little shoe ; from the curiously 
shaped flower of some of these plants, the greater 
part of which afford a more perfect idea of the 
resemblance to a shoe than is shown by the present 
species. 
The young botanist, will not, of course, pass by 
this unassuming little plant without due examina- 
tion ; and we would recommend the casual observer 
to bestow a second glance upon the flower, that he 
may see one, amongst thousands, of the singular 
provisions of nature, which are continually afforded 
for the due protection of all her productions. The 
shape of the flower is very similar to that of Cal- 
ceolaria corymbosa, in which the ringent or gaping 
corolla has the lower lip pendulous ; but in the pre- 
sent species, the inflated lower lip is turned upwards, 
where it closes over, and protects the parts of fruc- 
tification. 
Seeds of this annual should be sown in pots, and 
put within the frame of a hotbed, in March. The 
young plants will bear removing into the borders 
about the end of May. 
Ilort. Kew. 2, v. 1, 44. 
