Cashmere, of Benruam in Royte’s Illustrations, p. 305, and 
of Liypt. in Botanical Register for 1840, Tab. 50, but 
the broader leaves, the long tube of the corolla, and the 
projecting nectaries and stamens, beyond the mouth of the 
corolla of that plant, forbid such an opinion, notwith- 
standing the resemblance in other respects. 
Descr. Stems herbaceous, erect, branched. Radical 
leaves five to six inches long, lanceolate, acuminate, 
tapering below, into a petiole, about equal in length with 
the blade. Cauline leaves gradually smaller upwards, and 
all of them sessile; the uppermost small, acuminated, and 
bracteiform. Racemes from the axils of the upper leaves, 
elongated, and thus giving a paniculated appearance to 
the upper part of the stem. The peduncles bear two or 
three small floral leaves, or bracteas. Pedicels short, at 
first drooping, afterwards, the corolla having fallen, erect. 
Calyx of five deep, erect, obtuse, lobes. Corolla with a very 
short tube, the limb much broader than the length of the 
tube, deep purple-blue, of five rounded segments, and with 
a dark, short ray in the centre of each. Scales of the 
nectary, scarcely protruded, white. 
Fig. 1. Flower :—magnified. 
