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CALCEOLARIA corymbosa. 
Chili Slipper-wort. — 
DIANDRIA JMONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. Scropuutania. Jussieu gen. 117. Div. I. Stam. 2. 
CALCEOLARIA. Cal. 4-lobus. Cor. tubo brevissimo, limbo bila- 
biato, supra minimo, infra magno inflato concavo calceiforme, inflexo et in 
tubi faucem prono. Stamina brevia, antheris recurvis. Stigma 1. Cap- 
sula conica, apice 4-valvis. Herbe; plurimis folia opposita, peduncult uni- 
aut multiflori, axillares aut corymboso-terminales; paucis commersonianis 
folia radicalia, scapi1-2-flori. Juss. |. c. 120. 
C. corymbosa, foliis radicalibus ovatis cordatisque petiolatis bicrenatis, cau- 
linis cordatis semiamplexicaulibus. Ruiz et Pavon jl. per. 1. 14. ¢. 20. 
- 6. 
Calbertane corymbosa. Persoon syn. 1.15. Curtis's magaz. 2418. 
Caulis simplex, erectus, tetragonus, pubescens, foliorum lapsu basin ver- 
sus nudus. Fol. radicalia petiolata, ovata, rarius cordata, obtusa, dupli- 
cato-erenata; subtis albicantia venoso-corrugata, pubescentia: caulina 7re- 
mota, opposita, semiamplexicaulia. — Flores corymboso-paniculati, pedun- 
culis gracilibus elongatis. Cal. tetraphyllus, foliolis ovatis patentibus. Cor. 
bilabiata: labium superius minimum; inferius maximum, inflatum (obovato- 
ventricosum subemarginatum; calceoliforme ;) orificio obovato-oblongo parvo 
a supind parte infra ventrem aperto. Fil*. ad basin labii superioris inserta, 
brevissima: anth. biloculares loculis lobiformibus divaricatis: una sub la- 
bium superius latitans : exserta alia: fertiles ambe. Germ. globosum : stylo 
brevissimo. ; =e ; 
A native of Chili—The drawing was taken in the col- 
lection of Lady Tankerville, at. Walton upon Thames, where 
the plant was raised from imported seed, and has now made 
its appearance for the first time amongst us. Probably the 
finest species of the genus. Annual? | 
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