The genus Calceolaria, almost entirely confined to the 
western parts of South America, established by FEUILLEE, 
in his Flora of Peru, and adopted by Linn.avs, was for a long 
time supposed to contain but two species, the C. pinnata 
and C. integrifola of SmirH. Lamarck, in his E’ncyclo- 
pédie, enumerated eight species; WiLLDENOW has nine; 
Vau_ has, principally through the labours of CavANILLEs, 
Ruiz and Pavovy, increased their number to fifty-four; and 
to these the celebrated travellers HumBotpt and KuntTu 
have recently added twenty; making in all seventy-four species’ 
which are now described by systematic authors. ‘Till lately, 
only the Calceolaria pinnata and the rare C. Fothergillii have 
been known in our gardens. Now we have the scabiosefolia 
of Sims in the Botanical Magazine, the beautiful individual 
here represented, and still another *, which Dr GRAHAM in- 
‘forms me is now about to flower in élite ue pene garden un- 
der his charge at Edinburgh. 
With regard to the present individual, it is not without 
some yates that I have referred it to the C. paralia of 
(CAVANILLES, whose description is quoted in Vauw’s Hnume- 
ratio, but whose figure I regret to say that I have it not in 
my power to consult. His character, however, sufficiently ac- 
cords with my plant, except that the “ capsule” and “ whole 
plant” can scarcely be termed tomentose. | 
Excellent flowering specimens of this plant, with a drawing 
by Mr GrevI.e, from which most of the accompanying en- 
graving was taken, were sent to me, in the month of May, 
by Dr Grauam, from the Edinburgh Botanic Garden, | 
where several of the plants have flowered very freely, continu- 
ing along time in beauty, and where, as far as I know, the 
species alone exists. The seeds were communicated to Dr 
GrauamM by Mr CruiksHANKs, and another geptianen:} re- 
ae: near the river Quillota in Chili. | 
Fig. 1. Single flower. Fig: 2. Vertical section of a flower. Fig. 3. Anther 
and pistil. Fig. 4. Calyx and pistil. Fig. 5. Section of the germen. 
Fig. 6. Pollen.—All more or less magnified. 
* This, I believe, will prove to be the Cale. rugosa of Van's Enumeratio. 
