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* CRUCIANELLA stylosa. 



Long-styled Crucianella. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Galiace^s. 

 CRUCIANELLA. Linn. 



C. stylosa ; procumbens, foliis 8-9 lineari-lanceolatis cauleque hispidis, capitulis 

 terminalibus pedunculatis, floribus 5-meris, stylo filiformi longe exserto 

 apice clavato obsolete bifido. 



C. stylosa. Trin. mem. acad. petrop. 1818. p. 485. n. 3. t. 11. DeCand. 

 Prodr. 4. 587. 



A beautiful little herbaceous hardy plant, well adapted 

 for growing- in beds so as to form a mass of colour. Thus 

 treated, its numerous heads of bright pink flowers are ex- 

 tremely ornamental. It flowers during the months of June, 

 July, and August, growing about 1^ foot high in any good 

 garden soil. 



It was found by the Russians upon rocks among the 

 mountains of the province of Ghilan in Persia. 



The name employed in M. DeCandolle's prodromus is 

 retained, but the plant is certainly no Crucianella ; and, like 

 C. molluginoides, which is very like it, requires to have some 

 better place found for it. 



In the definition of this plant I have retained the name 

 of leaves for all the foliaceous organs that are placed upon 

 the stem in whorls. Nevertheless it is now a very general 

 opinion among systematical writers, that a part only are leaves 

 and the remainder stipules. This view of the subject is that 

 of DeCandolle, Endlicher, Decaisne, and many others whose 

 sentiments are entitled to the greatest respect among Bota- 

 nists. I have however objected to this theory, upon the 



