~Diandria Monogynia.~

_Generic Character._

_Cor._ ringens inflata. _Caps._ 2-locularis, 2-valvis. _Cal._ 4-partitus
æqualis.

_Specific Character and Synonyms._

CALCEOLARIA _pinnata_ foliis pinnatis. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 64._

CALCEOLARIA foliis scabiosæ vulgaris. _Fewill Peruv. 3, t. 12. fig. 7._

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There being no English name to this plant, we have adopted that of
_Slipper-wort_, in imitation of _Calceolaria_, which is derived from
_Calceolus_, a little shoe or slipper.

This species of Calceolaria is one of the many plants introduced into
our gardens, since the time of MILLER: it is an annual, a
native of Peru, and, of course, tender: though by no means a common
plant in our gardens, it is as easily raised from seed as any plant
whatever. These are to be sown on a gentle hot-bed in the spring; the
seedlings, when of a proper size, are to be transplanted into the
borders of the flower-garden, where they will flower, ripen, and scatter
their seeds; but being a small delicate plant, whose beauties require a
close inspection, it appears to most advantage in a tan stove, in which,
as it will grow from cuttings, it may be had to flower all the year
through, by planting them in succession.