1725 



* LEPTOSIPHON densiflorus. 

 Tkick-floiuered Slender-tuhe. 



PENTANDRIA MOHiOGYNlA. 



Nat. ord. P0LEM0NIACE.E. Juss. {Introduction to the Natural Sijstevi 

 of Botany, ;;. '219.) 



LEPTOSIPHON. Siqrra, fol. 1710. 



L. densiflorus; foliis 9-11-fidis, laciniis subulatis strictis margine revolutls, 

 corollae tiibo limbo breviore. Bent ham supra fol. 1622 in textu. Hort. 

 Trans, n.s. v. I. t. 18. y. '2. 



In its general appearance before flowering, this is very 

 likeZ. androsaceus, only it is somewhat grayer in consequence 

 of its leaves being more glandular. When in flower it is very 

 different ; its corolla is three times as large, with broader 

 and blunter segments, and with a short thickish tube, instead 

 of a long and slender one. Its colours vary in the same 

 manner from purple to blue and white, but they are less 

 lively, and are not produced in the same abundance ; and it 

 must be considered decidedly inferior in point of beauty. 



It flowers in October and November, if sown in the 

 spring ; and in April and May, if sown in the autumn ; but 

 it would hardly survive a severe winter. Its seeds are pro- 

 duced in very small quantity, so that, being an annual, it is 

 likely to remain for some years a very rare plant. 



* See folio 1710. 



