length. Corolla rotately patent; fegments lanceolate-ovate, 
fomewhat unguiculate, equal, ftellately divergent, firm, flightly 
convex, margins revolutely deprefled. Filaments whiteynearly © 
twice fhorter than corolla, hinear-acaminate, flat, fixed on 
the claw-like bafes of the fegments, ere€t-patent; anthers 
linear, fagittate, flightly fixed inwards to the points of the 
’ filaments, dark blue; piftil equal to the Ramens ; germ de- 
preffed-orbiculate, uneven, fix-torofely fulcate, blue: ftyle 
triquetrally fubulate ; ftigma fomewhat fringed, depreffed, 
nearly fimple or very flightly trifid, purplifh, blue. Flowers _ 
fragrant, fmelling like Lilac, pale blue or grey; expanding in 
March. oe 
Though cultivated in Parxinson’s time, feems to have 
become a fearce plant; we have never feen it in any of our 
colleétions till we found it the other day in that of Mr. 
Wooprorp’s, where our drawing was taken. Hardy, but is 
feen in the greateft perfeGion when kept in a pot with other 
alpine plants. . 
Found by Hauer on the Helvetic Alps, and by Atiiont 
in the County of Nice, growing in poor rocky, fhady fpots. 
Its habitat is left unfettled by Parkinson and the authdrs of 
Hom. Kewesdinessit cairase 2510 cosines ofisiio> 
The Braétes are clofely adpreffed to the pedicles, and being 
of nearly the fame length, breadth, and colour with them, they 
have efcaped the notice ‘of the élder drauginfmen, and are. 
not {een in their figures... G,.- oe 1H 
