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n I u I '1 A L I S. Lin. C-A. PU'nr. 676. Town. IniL 

 K. ;i. I'H- ub. :?. Rail Med). Punt. S9. Foxglove ; 



TIk' Charactlrs aro. 



vHcb is cut into fi 

 'jf cne pctaly rjsith 



Lir:^; bp:u tubc^ ivbofe bi'.le is lylindrical and confra^Ied^ 

 i-.i) //!'--• /•/■;■//; IS divided into four farts fiighily •, the upper 

 i:p p^':adinj and ind-ented ai the top^ the !o-j:cr is Lujer. 

 It hjib four jiamina^ 'vsbiJj are infer! ed in the bafe of the 

 peiiil. t-:vo being longer than the cther^ -vchich are terr.ii- 

 rated b\- bipartite r.cuminated funiniits \ the floiver beirg 



cells fitting on the empalement^ inclcfng many fnall angular 



feeds. 



This genus of planes ij ranged in tiie fecond feclion 



of Linnitus's fourteenth clafs, intitled Didynamia 



Anjziofpermia, the flower liaving two long and two 



ihorter ftamina, and the feeds being included in a 



capfule. 



The Species are, 



1. Digitalis {Purpurea) calycinis foliolis ovatis acutis, 

 coroUis obtufis, lablo fuperlore integro. Hort. Upial. 

 178. Foxglove 'xhofe fnall leaves of the empale me nt are 

 oval andacutCy the petals obtufe^ and the upper lip entire. 

 Digitalis purpurea folio afpero. C. B. P. 24;?. Purple 

 Foxglove with a rough leaf or common Foxglove, 



2. Digitalis (T/^r?^j foliis decurrcntibus. Lin. Sp. 867. 

 Foxglove ivith running leaves. Digitalis Hifpanicapur- 





Fcxglove. 



Leffer SpanifJj 



3. Digitalis (Lutea) calycinis foliolis lanccolatis co- 

 roUis acutis labio fuperiore bifido. Ilort. Uplal. 178. 



Foxglove 



%M 



fpear-f}, ^ 



hofe upper lip is bifid. Digitalis minor 



tv 



fnall fli 



Leffe 



4. Digitalis {Magno flore) foliolis calycinis Iinearibus, 

 corollis acutis, labio fuperiore integro, foliis lancco- 

 latis. Foxglove vieith long narrow leaves to the empalc- 

 menty an acute petals vchofe upper lip is entire^ nndfpear- 

 jhaped leaves. Digitalis lutea, magno flore. C. B. P, 



244. Tellozv Foxglove with a larger flower. 



5. Digitalis {Ferruginea) calycinis foliolis ovatis obtu- 

 * fis, corolte labio inferiore longitudine floris. Lin. 



Sp. Plant. 622. Foxglove with oval blunt leaves to the 

 empalementy and the lower lip of the petal as long as the 

 flower. Digitalis anguflifolia, flore ferrugineo. C. B. P. 



v-leaved Foxglove with an iron-coloured 



44. Narro 



flO' 



nft. 



corollis bilabiatis acutis, caule fruticofo. Lin. Sp. 



Plant. 622. Foxglove with fpear-fhaped leaves to the em- 



palement, an acute petal with two lipSy and a fljrubby 



fialL Digitalis acanthoides Canarienfis frutefcens, 



flore aureo. Hort. Amfl. 2. p 105. Shrubby Canary 



Foxglove like Bearfbreech^ with a golden flow er . 



7. Digitalis {Orientalis) calycinis foliolis acutis, foliis 



ovato-lanceolatis nervofis. Foxglove with acute leaves 



to the empalement^ and oval., fpear-flmped^ veined leaves. 



Digitalis lutea non ramofa, fcorzonerse folio. Buxb. 



Cent. 25. Yellow unbranched Foxglove with a leaf like 



Scorzonera. 



The firft fort grows naturally by the fide of hedges 

 in Ihady woc-ds in moft parts of England, fo is rarely 

 cultivated in gardens. This is a biennial plant, which 

 the firft year produces a great tuft of long rough 

 leaves which are hairy ; the fecond year it Ihoots up 

 a ftrong herbaceous ftalk, which rifes from three to 

 four feet high, garnifhed with leaves of the fame 

 torm as the lower, but they gradually lelTen upward, 

 fo thofe which are intermixed with the flowers on the 

 top are very narrow. The flov/ers grow in a long 

 loofe thyrfe, ftanding only on one fide of the ftalk'; 

 they are large, tubuious, and ftiaped like a thimble, 

 of a purple colour, with feveral white fpots on the 

 under lip -, thefe flowers are fuccecdcd by oval cap- 

 iules with two cells, which are filled with dark brown 



keds. 



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tumn i if they are permitted to fcatter, the plants 





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will roinc uj) in il;c fpri,!:^, 



weeds; hut v.iiocvcrh.isa;-;n.i i^;.'uUi>. :;:c'i:, ihoi'M 

 iow th'j f.-cds in aiuunin, U;:- i-\:..iL- \\\rx]\ --c Ur.vn v.* 

 the li)ring I'-ldom ivccccd, ov .u Ica.e iir or.c -..Mr l:^ 



bv^orrc t:-':)\J^!-Kv:/ 



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irround bcfor 



c thev iMow. 



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0, 



tlic liil of medicinal hi-iples of trc c'.i.pcvu.iri;':-, :.nl 

 there is an ointn^ent niade of t!ic liowcri, ;M:d M.i - 

 butter, which has been in no 



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ftrcn\ 



There is a variety of this w/di a wlmc flower, wh/ich 

 is found growing naturally in lonie pans of L-'.nol.uiJ, 

 wliich differs from this oi^iy in tiic colour of iik- 

 flower and leaves ', but this diir^'rence ii pcrmaiienr, 

 for I have cultivated it more i!ian thirry ye:.is in tb.c 

 garden, and have never fou:id it vary. 

 Hie fecond fort grov/s naturally i'l Sj:).iin, from 

 whence 1 received the feeds ; this plant feldom nlcs 

 much more than a foot and a half higli -, the lower 

 leaves are ten inches lon^i, ai^d three broad in th.- 

 middle; tliey are foft, woolly, and roughly veined 

 on their under lidc ; the ftalks are o;arnilhed v/ith 

 leaves of the fame fnape, but fm.fller ; the upper part 

 of the ftaik hath a fhort thyrfe of pui'plc flowers like 

 thofe of the com.mon fort, but they are flnaller, and 



the fegments of the petal are acute. This plant re- 

 tains its diflerencc when cultivated in Mrdcns. 

 The third fort hath very lonj? obtufe leaves near the 

 root-, the ftalk is fmall, and rifes from two to three 

 feet high, the lower part being pretty clofcly gar- 

 nifhed with fmooth leaves, about three inches lon^^ 

 and one broad, ending in obtufe points : the upper 

 part of the ftalk, for ten inches in length, is adorned 

 with fmall yellow flowers, which are clofely ranged 

 on one fide of the ftalk, having a few very fmall acute 

 leaves pLiced between them, which are fituated on 

 the oppofite fide of the ftalk -, the upper lip of the 

 flower is entire, and the petal is obtufe. It flowers 

 in June, and the feeds ripen in autumn. 

 The fourth fort hath lone fmooth-veined leaves at' 

 the bottom -, the ftalk is ftrong, and rifes two feet 

 and a half high, garniflicd v/ith leaves which are five 

 inches long, one and a half broad, ending in acute 

 points-, thefe have many longitudinal veins, and are 

 llightly fawed on their edges ; the upper part of the 

 ftalk is adorned with large yellow flowers, nearly of 

 the fize of thofe of the common fort, the brim having 

 acute points, and the upper lip entire. This flow- 

 ers and ripens its feeds about the fame time as the 

 former. 



The fifth fort hath narrow fmooth leaves, which arc 

 entire ; the ftalk rifes near fix feet high, and puts 

 out fome flender branches from the fide toward the 

 bottom ; the lower part of the ftalks is garnifhed 

 with very narrow fmall leaves, three inches long, and 

 one third of an inch broad ; the flowers terminate 

 the ftalk, growing in a very long fpike, with very 

 few leaves between them, and thofe very fmall ; the 

 empalement is divided into four obtufe parts, the 

 lower lip extending much longer than the upper. 

 The flowers are of an iron colour, .and appear in 



June. 



The fixth fort grows naturally in the Canary Iflands, 

 from whence the feeds were firft brought to England ; 

 and many of the plants were raifed in the blfhop of 

 London's gardens at Fulham, part of which were fent 

 to the royal gardens at Hampton Court, and fome 

 were fent over to the gardens in Holland : thofe 

 which were fent to Hampton Court, were preferved 

 there a few years, but by the ignorance of the gar- 

 deners, to whofe care thofe gardens were committed, 

 this, with many other valuable plants, were foon 



deftroyed. 



This plant hath a flirubby ftalk which rifes to the 



height of five or 



fix feet. 



dividing into feveral 



branches, garniflied with rough fpear-fliaped leaves, 

 near five inches long, and two broad in the middle, 

 radually decreafing to both ends, having a few fl:iorc 

 erratures on their edges ; thefe are placed alternately 

 on the branches ; each of thefe branches is terminated 

 by a loofe fpike of flowers, about four inches in length ; 

 the empalement of thefe is cut into five acute feg- 



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