ae 
Capsule scarcely so long as the persistent calyx, oval, crowned with the 
style, and opening by two valves. Receptacle of the seeds central, longi- 
tudinal, attached one on each side of the dissepiment. Seeds numerous, 
reniform, punctato-rugose, dark brown. Albumen waxy. Embryo im- 
mersed in the albumen, curved, the radicle directed towards the hilum 
of the seed. | 
It would require a plate of a far larger scale than the limit- 
ed size of this publication will possibly allow, to do justice to 
the beauty of the long branches of this plant, loaded as they 
are with numerous and lovely flowers. All that is attempted 
here, is to give a figure of a small sprig (which, together with 
some of the dissections, are from the pencil of Mr GrrEvILLE), 
and such details as may convey an idea of the structure of the 
flowers and fruit *. 
Dr Grauam, who imparted to me specimens from the 
Edinburgh Botanic Garden, received the seeds from Chili, 
through the same channel f as those of the Calceolaria tigured 
in this Number. The plant appears to be annual ; and, after 
bearing a profusion of blossoms during the whole month of 
May, Dr Grauam tells me that it is yet, in the end of June, 
covered with new buds, in all stages of growth; so that a more 
desirable inmate for the Greenhouse can scarcely be conceived. 
~The color of the corolla is liable to vary in point of intensity, 
and also in size; some being even larger than those here repre- 
sented ; and the leaves in the depth of their ultimate divisions. . 
Fig. 1. Back view of a flower. Fig. 2. Front view of the same. Fig. 3. 
Front view of the corolla. Fig. 4. Anther. Fig. 5. Stamen, with the 
cells of the Anther burst. Fig. 6. Pollen. Fig. 7. Calyx and pistil. 
Fig. 8. Pistil. Fig. 9. Capsule, nat. size, enclosed within the calyx. 
Fig. 10. Capsule removed from the calyx. Fig. 12. Capsule with the 
valves open, shewing the receptacle of the seeds. Fig. 11. Seeds, natu=-— 
ral size. Fig. 13. Seed, magnified. Fig. 14. Section of seed, shewing 
the Albumen and Embryo.—All but Fig. 7. 9. and 12. more or less mag- 
nified. 
* This has come to perfection in the Botanic Garden of Edinburgh, in the month 
of July. 2 
+ Mr Cruigsuanks, 3 resident in Chili. 
