and the segments of this latter are obovate. It blossoms 
at the same time with L. androsaceus, adding greatly to 
the gaiety of our flower-borders. 
Descr. Stem erect, slender, flexuose, rounded, gla- 
brous, branched, with the branches opposite. Leaves op- 
posite, often crowded immediately beneath the flowers, pla- 
mately divided, almost to the base, into from seven to nine 
slender, filiform-subulate segments, slightly hairy, most 
so near the base. Flowers capitate. Calyx with five 
subulate segments, as long as the tube of the corolla. 
Corolla hypocrateriform ; the tube white: limb longer than 
the tube: the segments obovate, lilac, more or less inclin- 
ing to a deep rose-colour or purple, becoming almost 
blue in age; the inside of the tube white ; sometimes the 
corolla is wholly white. Stamens scarcely exserted. An- 
thers bright orange. 
