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DIGITALIS canadensis. 

 Canary shrubby Fox-glove. 







PIDYNAMIA AXGIOSPERMU. 



DIGITALIS. Cal. 5-partitus ih&qualis. Cor. basi tubulosa, su" 

 pra dilatata patens, limbo 4-(5-) lobo inaequali. (Modo adest) rudimentum 

 quinti stamiois vix conspicuum. Stigma simplex, aut bilamellatum. 

 Caps, ovata, acuminata, bilocularis, bivalvis, receptaculo centiali ad am- 

 bitum marginuto utrinque seminifero, dissepiment! vicem supplente, 8c 

 valws parallelo seu earumdem marginibus circumapposito. Sent, nume- 

 rosa, & minuta. Folia alterna, Jiores spicati terminates. Species 

 paucccfruticulostz. Jussieu. gen. 120. 



D. canariensisj foliolis calvcinis lanceolatis, corolla* acute labio superiore 

 longiore bifido; inferioris lobis lanceolatis subrequalibus, foliis lanceo- 

 latis serratis, caule fruticoso. Broicn in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 30. 



Digitalis canadensis. Lin. sp. pi. 2. 868. Hort. Kew. 2. 346. Mill* 

 ic. 1. 60. t. 120. Willd. sp. pi. 3. 288. Lamarck, ill. t. 525./. 2. 



Digitalis acantlioides canariensis frutt;scens, flore aureo. Comm. hort. 2. 



105. t. 53. . 



Digitali aftinis canadensis, solidaginis acutis foliis leviter pilosis, flore 



aureo cucullato. Pluk. aim. 40. t. 325. f. 2. 

 Gesneria foliis lanceolatis serratis, pedunculo terminali lax£ spicato. 



Hort. cliff. 318. 



Frutex credits, modo 5-pedalis, teres, rubro-fuscescens, pubescens, ramosus, 

 superne foliorum vestigiis notatus. Folia numerosa patentia, ramos infri 

 spicas sparshn approximate ac fere comathn ambientia, ancias 5 plus minus 

 <mga t 2 circitcr lata, decurrentia, ovali-lanceolata, acuta, deorsum longe 

 attenuate, decursive pctiolata, serrata dentibus brevibus mucronato-curvatis, 

 reticulato-venosa, supra asperius lanuginosa, infra subtomcntosa y nervis vari- 

 cosis. Kacemi erecti, ramos spicathn terminantes, laxius multiflori, simp/ices 9 

 pedunculo modo pedali, bracteis simp/icibus, pedicellis corolla nut ante duplo 

 maglsve brevioribus. Flos omnis extus lanuginosus : laciniae calycince cuspi- 

 dato-lanceolatce : cor. subsesquiuncialis obsolete venosa, Jidvescens, intus sor- 

 dide lutescens ; labium summum recurvo-porrectum acute bifidum ; infimum 3- 

 jidum, lobi lanceolati, medius lateralibus patentibus duplo major. Stam. 

 ascendentia : anth. vertice rotundatce, infra bilobo-patentes, Jbrmd Jere Jerri 



equini. Stigma simplex. 



Originally raised from seed brought from the Canary 

 Islands; and known to have been cultivated here by the 

 Duchess of Beaufort in 1698. 



A downy upright shrub, sometimes growing to the 

 height of five or six feet, generally naked, except at the 

 branches below the spikes, where the foliage is numerous 



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