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PHLOMIS Cashmeriana. 

 Cashmere Phlomis. 



DIDYNAMIA QYMNOSPERMIA. 

 Nat. ord. Labiate. § Stachyde^. 

 PHLOMIS. L.— Supra, fol. 1289. 



P. Cashmeriana ; herbacea, erecta, caule dense floccoso tomentoso, foliis 

 ovato-lanceolatis obtusia versus apicem crenatis basi late rotundatis 

 moUiter rugosis supra pubescentibus villosisve subtiis dens^ albo-tomen- 

 tosis, bracteis subulatis ciliatis calyce longioribus, calycis floccoso-lanati 

 dentibus subulatis rigidis patentibus pilosis. Bentham. Gen. ^ Sp. Lab. 

 p. 630. 



P. Cashmeriana, Royle Illustr. p. 303. fg. 75 a.. Jig. 1. 



To those who possess no greenhouse this good-looking 

 plant, from the valley of Cashmere, will be welcome ; for its 

 large pale lilac flowers remain for a considerable time in 

 beauty. 



It is a hardy perennial plant, growing about two feet high, 

 and flowering in July and August. It requires a rich light 

 soil, and a situation which is rather dry in winter. 



It is increased, when the plants are old, by dividing the 

 roots in spring, or from seeds ; but it grows slowly when 

 young, and will not flower before the second year after the 

 seed is sown. 



Our drawing was made in the garden of the Horticultural 

 Society, where it was raised from seeds received from Dr. 

 Royle. 



