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LEPTOSIPHON DENSIFLORUS. ‘'THICKLY- 
FLOWERING LEPTOSIPHON. 
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Class and Order. 
PenranpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—PoLemontAcE&. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx tubuloso-campanulatus, equalis, semi- 5-lobus, 
lobis lineari-subulatis, acutis, sinubus membranaceis. Co- 
rolla infundibuliformis (hypocrateriformis) ; tubo longe 
exserto tenuissimo ; limbo campanulato (patenti 5-fido) ; 
lobis ovalibus obtusis integerrimis. Stamina fauce inserta ; 
anthere oblongx, basi sagittate. Capsule loculi poly- 
spermi—Herbe annue basi glabre, apice pubescentes. 
Folia sessilia opposita, palmatisecta, segmentis linearibus 
vel subulatis. Flores dense corymboso-capitati, axi subla- 
nato. Bractee imbricate foliis conformes, segmentis cult- 
ato-hirsutis. Bentham. 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
LeprosipHon densiflorus ; foliis 7—9-partitis laciniis fili- 
formi-subulatis hirsutulis, corolla tubo limbo breviore, 
laciniis obovatis. : 
Leprosipuon densiflorus. Benth. in Bot. Reg. ¢. 1622 (in 
textu). Hort. Trans. N. S. v. 1. t. 18. f. 2. 
a 
A very handsome annual, introduced by Mr. Doveras 
to the Horticultural Society’s Garden, from California, at 
the same time with the L. androsaceus (tab. 3491). It is 
equally hardy with that species, and, in many respects, 
very similar to it; but the leaves have more numerous and 
narrower segments, the flowers, varying in colour, are 
much larger, the tube is shorter in proportion to ” gee 
