floral characters and the existence of numerous intermediate 
forms—apart altogether from possible hybrids—render it 
inadvisable to separate them specifically. It is interesting 
to note that the high-level forms of var. australis from 
Naples and Sicily approach more closely to var. lantoscana, 
at the other extreme of the general specific area, than they 
do to the typical plant. Though hardy at Kew, the atmo- 
spheric conditions are adverse to the formation of good 
Inflorescences in the open, and the plant shows to most 
advantage when given frame treatment and planted in a 
pot or pan of loam and powdered limestone. Away from 
the smoke of London, as for example in the garden of Miss 
Willmott, at Warley Place, Essex, this Species is a success, 
planted on a rockery in a sunny position, where it thrives 
vigorously and forms a large clump. S. lingulata flowers 
in May. 
Descriprion.— Herb, with a rosulate many-leaved crown 
and a central flowering stem. Leaves linear or sometimes 
subspathulate-linear, acute, 1-5 in, long, 14-23 lin. wide, 
rigid, recurved, channelled above, red near the base, with 
numerous marginal pits loaded with chalk. Panicle many- 
flowered, rather oblong; the flowering stem below the 
panicle 2—5 in. long, leafy ; bracts oblong, acute, the lower 
about } in. long, the rest gradually smaller upwards. 
Calyx finely glandular near the base; lobes suberect, 
oblong with rounded tips, over 1 lin. long, under 1 lin. 
wide, glandular-ciliolate. Petals narrow-obovate or oblong- 
obovate, 4 lin. long, under 2 lin. wide, white, ciliolate near 
the base and dotted with reddish-purple within, 3-nerved 
in the upper two-thirds. Filaments subulate, those opposite 
the sepals over 1 lin. long, rather longer than those opposite 
the petals. Styles short, free, ultimately recurved at the 
tip. 
. Fig. 1, leaves; 2, bract ; 3, flower with petals removed ; 4, petal; 5, stamen : 
6, pistil ; 7, sketch of an entire plant :—all enlarged except 1, which is of natural 
size, and 7, which is much reduced, 
