Cochin China
Allied to C. Veitchii.
C. Sandhurstiana (Sandhurst's). A charming hybrid, similar to C. Veitchii, but having much deeper-coloured flowers. 1884.
C. sanguinaria (bloody). fl. dazzling blood-red, the acuminate sepals and the lip being lighter, with blood-red markings, outside pale purple; petals broader than the sepals; middle lobe of lip cuneate, dilated, bilobed; raceme hairy. Pseudo-bulbs hexagonal. 1886. A handsome, seedling form. C. Sedeni (Seden's). fl. large; sepals and petals bright rose; lip the same colour, with a very dark purplish blotch, surrounded by a zone of white, at the base. A hybrid between C. Veitchii and C. vestita rubro-oculata. C. Stevensii (Stevens'). fl. white (changing to buff as they become older), with a rosy-purple spot on the lip; scape erect, hairy, eight to ten-flowered. Bulbs greyish, stout-jointed. Cochin China, 1883. A pretty species. C. Turneri (Turner's). fl. pure white, with a deep rose eye, resembling those of C. vestita, but more compact, and produced in larger and longer spikes that in that species. Pseudo-bulbs jointed. Java.
C. T. nivalis (snowy). fl. wholly white. Birma.
C. veratrifolia macroloba (large-lobed). fl. pure white, larger and of greater substance than in the type; basilar lobe very broad; lateral calli much developed. May and June. Pacific Islands.
C. v. Regnieri (Regnier's). fl. pure white, with a light ochre lip; lateral laciniae of the lip divaricate, nearly semi-lunate. Cochin China, 1887. C. vestita luteo-oculata (yellow-eyed). fl. white, with a blotch of yellow in the middle of the lip. October to February. (F. d. S. 816; L. J. F. 333; P. M. B. xvi., p. 129; W. S. O. i. 29, upper fig.) C. v. oculata-gigantea (giant-eyed). fl. white, handsome, about 3in. in diameter, with a fiery-red blotch on the base of the lip, the under side of the base and the much-curved spur orange; raceme hairy. Borneo, 1886. (W. O. A. 211.) C. v. Williamsii (Williams'). fl., sepals and petals white, striped and edged with rosy-crimson; lip bright magenta-crimson. 1884. A showy variety. (W. O. A. iii. 134.) CALCEOLARIA. This genus embraces nearly 120 species, natives of Western America. Two are also found in New Zealand. To those described on pp. 239-40, Vol. I., the following should now be added:
C. Sinclairii (Dr. Sinclair's). fl. in loose, sub-corymbose heads; corolla pale lilac or flesh-coloured externally, spotted reddish-purple within, 1/3in. to 1/2in. in diameter, between hemispherical and campanulate. June. l. membranous, long-petiolate, 2in. to 4in. long, oblong or ovate-oblong, crenate-toothed or lobulate. New Zealand, 1881. A straggling, half-hardy herb. (B. M. 6597.) Varieties. The yearly improvement in the Calceolaria consists in the production of improved strains from seeds. The improvements are as follow: Plants of a dwarfer habit, a much larger quantity of blossom from a plant, and the flowers themselves richer and more varied in colour, larger in size, and much better formed. When a variety of a distinct colour has been obtained, and its qualities are such that it may fairly be considered a good advance on existing varieties, seeds are saved from it; and if it has been kept free from the influence of foreign pollen, the seedlings can be depended upon to be much like the parent. In this way strains of distinct colours are obtained. Named collections are not to be had, as the expense of propagating them from cuttings or offsets is too much to compensate the growers. The plants can be propagated during the summer months most surely by layering, while placed in hand-lights or frames on the north side of a wall or fence. From six to a dozen plants may be obtained from one old stool during summer. Cuttings will strike in sandy soil if they are placed in closed hand glasses.