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CALCEOLARIA Wheeleri.
Wheeler s hybrid Slipperwort.
Linnean Class and Order. D IA N D R IA M O N O G Y N IA .
Natural Order. S C R O P H Ü L A R IN EÆ . Broicn prodr. 1. p . 433.
Sect. 2. Stamina (2) antherifera.
C A L C E O L A B L A . Ca/yx quadrilobus v. quadripartitus. Corolla tuho
brevissimo, limbo bilabiato ; suprà minora, infra magno inflato concavo cal-
ceiforme inflexo et in tubi faucem prono. Stamina 2. Antheræ loculis divaricatis,
altero substerili. Capsula conica semibivalvis, valvulis bifidis.—
Herbæ aut suffrutescentes, perennis aut annuæ ; foliis plurimis oppositis
raro alternis ; pedunculi uni aut multiflori, axillares, paniculati aut eorym-
bosi terminales; paucis fo lia radicalia, scapi \-2-flori.
C. Wheeleri, herbácea, foliis venoso-rugosis hispido-scabris : inferioribus ob-
longo-ovatis obtusiusculis, serrato-dentatis basi attenuatis ; caulinis sub-
integerrimis, corymbis terminalibus compositis patentibus multifloris,
segmentis calycis lato ovatis obtusiusculis.
A perennial herbaceous plant. Leaves oblongly ovate,
bluntish, much veined and rugose, hispidly hairy: lower
ones attenuated towards the base, where they are entire;
the upper part deeply jagged, serrately toothed, spreading:
stem ones opposite, entire, or the lower ones slightly toothed.
Stem erect, very hairy. Corymbs erect, divided. Peduncles
and pedicles hispidly hairy, as is also the calyx. Calyx
deeply 4-lobed : segments broadly ovate, bluntish. Flowers
large, of a brilliant purple, much inflated : upper lip small:
lower one large, rounded, attenuated inwards. Stamens 2,
lobes divaricate. Capsule conical, hispid. Style slender,
upright, tipped by a small stigma.
For the opportunity afforded us of giving a figure of this
handsome plant, we are obliged to Mr. G. Wheeler, Nurseryman,
at Warminster, who sent us a plant in full flower, from
his extensive collection, the latter end of May last; it surpasses
all the purple ones that we have yet seen; his account
of it to us was, that it is a double hybrid, raised from
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