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ft on the •• üejeranuento * la Sierra". Hence, too, may arise their absence on Dr. Lindley’s ft eluierosnm
wluoh IS mtermedmte between two of Mr. Mathews’ Peruvian states of ft tuierosum, havmg the fohage and colour oi
sinaU caljx of Mathews’ No. 771, or my fourth variety of the same species.
Genus SOLANEIS relatiiiu.
t P “ -™. Ft. Per. vol. ii. p. 47. t. 186. Bon, in Ed. Journ. o f Sc.
1831. p. 275. Hooh Ic. P la n t, t. 33. D. splendens, H. B . K . P lant. Mquinoct. vol. i. p. 157. t. 4 5 .
H ab . Staten L a n d ; U r . Webster.
Much has been wHtten regarding the affinities of this emions genns; for several reasons, I retain it near
P i r t ' '"y of a o “ P to te s .Hquinoctiales,” and more recently
f , afterwards suggested its relationship with TUoplrastew, which Mr. Don had also sus-
V ““ "I “ a o r has more recently arranged it in Gentianew, and is followed by Dr. Lindley, iu
The Vegetable Kngdom . who had presnonsly placed it in Ajuifoliaeew (Nat. Syst. of Bot.). My own impression is
f ta tf ts proper placers nearer to the order Ericete, an hypothesis strengthened by the observations of my friend
M. Planchón, who has studied this plant most attentively, and who pointed out its affiuity with the anomalous genus
Galax, and particidarly with the Arctic European and American Biapensia Zapponioa, in the position ofthe afeher
and some o tter points.
Capt. King’s collection contains a very enrious plant from Port Famine, which, from the natm-e of the frnit
and testa of the unnpe seeds. I presume, approaches Ericew, though wholly differing in habit and in some otlier
points which aUy ft to Biaprnsia, Unfortunately aE the specimens are out of flower, which I exceediuo-iy regret
for It may afford characters which will throw a bght upon these and other obscme genera of MonopetaUce I tl
D i i t y r e d o r ™ ^
The geographical distribution of this cmious genns is. like that of Gunnera, very extended, from the Andes
under the equator, alt. 12,000 feet, to the level ofthe sea at Staten Island, in lot. 5 3 ° south.
X X X V . S C R O P H U L A M N E rE , Juss.
1. CALCEOLARIA, L .
1. C a l c e o la r ia Fothergillii, Sol. in A it. Hort. Kew. vol. i. p. 30. 1 .1. Cav. Ic. vol. v. t. 442 f 1
Bot. Mag. t. 348. Benth. in BC. Prodr. vol. x. p. 208. C. Neeana, Spreng. Syst. Veget. vol. i. p. 4 4 .'
(T ab. CXVII., left-hand figure).
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens; Po rt Famine, Capt. King. Falkland Islands, very abundant.
Though very inferior in stature and beauty to most of its congeners, this is among the prettiest of the wild
flowers of the Falkland Islands, and the attention of the voyager who is famibar with the genus Calceolaria only in
the conservatories of Britain, must be attracted by its appearance on the exposed shores of these inhospitable
Islands. I have already mentioned several decidedly English plants, which are natives of this portion of the opposite
hemisphere; interesting in themselves, they become stfll more so when contrasted with such foreimi-looking
associates as the present, or the nodding bofls of the SisyrmcMum, which sometimes whiten the plains, or the deep-
orange blossoms of the Falkland Island violet, invariably seen growing with this Calceolaria.
P l a t e CXVII., left hand figure. Pig. 1, ripe capsules; 2, transverse section of the same; /¡y. 3, seed ;
f g . i, longitudinal section of the same :— all magnified.
2. Calceolaria nana, Sm.; herbácea, glabra v. tenuissime viscoso-tomentella, caule brevissimo, foliis
petiolatis ovatis obtusis basi longe angustatis integerrimis crenulatisve, pedunculis scapiformibus unifions,
calycis minute viscoso-tomenteUi laciniis late ovatis obtusis, corollæ labio superiore calyce parum breviore
interiore dependente obovato basi longe contracto u ltra medium aperto. Benth. in BC. Prodr. vol. x. p. 208.
Smith, Icon. ined. vol. i. p. 1. 1 .1. C. uniflora, Lam. Illu st. Gen. 1 .15. f. 3.
H ab. Strait of Magalhaens, Commerson. P o rt Gregory, Capt. King.
Caules i-l-poUicares, apice pedicellos 1-2-subtripollicares ferant. Staminum filamenta quam m affinibus
longiora. Benth. I. c.
The foliare alone is iiisufflcieiit to distinguish this species from a small state of 0. FothergilUi, but they are
very dissimilar“ iu the calyx and size o fth e corolla, the sepals o f the former being very broad and almost cucullate,
covered externally with a viscid yellow tomentum, while in C. nana, they are smaller, narrower, and simply pubescent.
The coroUa of C. rnna almost equals that ot 0. Barwinii, to which, in every respect, it is nearly alhed.
This species has been also found at Cape Fairweather by Capt. King.
3 C a l c e o l a r i a Barwinii, Benth.; glabra, caule brevi, foliis late oblongis integerrimis vel remote
paucidentatis in petiolum longe angustatis, pedunculis scapiformibus I-3 -flo ris, calycis minute puberuli
laciniis late ovatis obtusis, coroUæ labio superiore calycem subæquante inferiore dependente máximo late
obovato basi longe contracto ultra medium aperto, antherarum loculis ovatis. Bentham, m BC. Prodr. vol.x.
p. 207. (T ab. C X VII., right-hand figure).
H a b . Strait of Magalliaens ; Elizabeth Island, C. Barwin, Esq.
Habitus C.polgrUzæ, ooroUæ iis C. Tothergim forma similes sed majores, speciosæ, maculatæ. Benth. I. c.
Much the handsomest species of the small section “ Scaposm,'' to which all the Antarctic Calceolaria: belong.
Though vei-y distmct at first sight from the former, the individual parts are so liable to vary that it becomes almost
impossible to draw up an absolute distinctive character. For instance, the leaves m one specimen have the same
form as in a Cape Fairweather individual of G nana, and, though more glabrous than in most states of tbe latter
plant, they are not imiversaUy so; tbe corollæ are quite alike iu the two. aud the difference in the length of the
filaments is hardly appreciable. The calyx of C. Barwinii varies exceedingly in the size and form of its segments,
they are sometimes large, broad, and obtuse, as in C. Fothergillii, or small and narrow like those of C. nana.
P l a t e CXVII., right band figure. 0. Barwinii, the natural size.
4. Ca l c e o l a r i a Cav. Ic. Ear. vol. v. p. 25. t. 441. Benth. in BC. Prodr. vol. x. p. 207.
I I a b. FiilklnucI Islands ; Neé.
Of this plant I have seen no Falkland Island specimens. It is also a native of Port Desire on the coast of
Patagonia, where Mr. Darwin gathered it.
5. Ca l c e o l u iia plantaginea. Smith, Icon. ined. vol. i. p. 2. t. 2. Hooh. in Bo t. Mag. t. 2805. Lodd.
Hot. Cat. 1 .1402. Benth. in DC. Prodr. vol. x. p. 208. C. biflora, Lam. Encycl. vol. i. p. 556. Bæa
plantaginea, Persoon, Synops. vol. i. p. 15.
H ab. Strait of MagaUiaens, Commerson ; Elizabetli Island, C. Darwin, Esq.
Very abundant between the latitude of Valparaiso and the Strait of Magalhaens, though confined to a narrow
belt, which runs obliquely across the continent of South America, from lat. 83°, to lat. 53°. In the northern half of
its range, between the parallels of Valparaiso and Chiloe, it is chiefly confined to the west of the Andes ; in the
soiitlici-ii h air, between the latter locality and the Strait of Magalhaens, it crosses to the east side of South America ;
thus .avoiding equally the wet, cold, and stormy latitudes of South-west Chili and Fuegia, and the arid plains of
Patagonia.
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