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_  CALCEOLARIA PARALIA. 
— Glandular-stalked. Slipper-flower. 
DIANDRIA MONOGYNIA.—Nar. Onv. SCROPHULARIN&, Juss. Br. Kunth. 
Gen. Cuar.—Calyx quadripartitus. Corolla bilabiata : labium inferius in- 
flatum, calciforme. Capsula semibivalvis: valvulis bifidis.—Vahl. 
Calceolaria paralia ; caule erecto superne dichotomo paucifolio glandu- 
_loso-piloso viscido, foliis crenato-dentatis pubescentibus, radicalibus 
ovatis petiolatis, caulinis oblongis sessilibus. 
Calceolaria paralia, “ Cavan. Icon. v. 5. p. 29. t. 447.” ?—Vaut, Enum. v. i: 
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Stems a foot or a foot and a half in height, bearing a few leaves, erect, slen- 
~ der, reddish, pilose, the upper part dichotomously divided, and glandu- 
loso-pilose. Leaves mostly springing from the root, large, three or four 
inches long, ovate, rather obtuse, bluntly and irregularly dentato-crenate, 
distinctly veined, the veins prominent on the under surface, the base 
somewhat cuneate, entire, and gradually tapering into a footstalk of about 
an inch in length. _ One pair, rarely two, of small opposite leaves, about 
an inch long, are placed upon the stem below its divisions; when two; 
the lowermost are generally oblong, those nearest to the forking of the 
stem more or less cordate, both sessile; all of the leaves are more or less 
pubescent, the younger ones, especially beneath, almost tomentose. 
Flowers rather numerous, large and showy, arranged in a subcorymbose, 
terminal, dichotomous, glanduloso-pilose, and viscid panicle ; at the base 
of each division is placed a pair of sessile, opposite, cordate or lanceolate, 
_ pubescent, foliaceous bracteas, the uppermost ones the smallest. In each 
dichotomy is, besides, one (rarely two) pedicellate flowers. Calyx dark 
green, of four ovate, spreading, at length reflexed, laciniz, which are, as 
well as the pedicels, glanduloso-pubescent, and have their margins revo- 
— lute. Corolla of a fine deep yellow tint, 2-lipped; the upper lip small, 
arched over the organs of fructification, and pointed; the lower one stand- 
ing out horizontally, very large, slipper-shaped, contracted at the base, 
broad and obtuse at the point, the margins singularly involute, the ex- 
tremity hidden within and acuminate, having internally a few parallel 
lateral deep orange-coloured lines, which are seen in a degree externally. 
Stamens two. Filaments short, erect, white, subulate, attached to the 
somewhat prominent base of the corolla, and fixed by a broad and rather 
bulbiform base. Anthers pale yellow. Cells divaricating. Pollen white. 
subglobose, often appearing, when dry, and seen under the high power 
of a microscope, asif marked with a central line. Pistil small. Germen 
rotundo-ovate, green, glandular, 2-celled ; cells many-seeded. Style short. 
straight, almost subulato-cylindrical, glabrous. Stigma subacute. 
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