DIDYNAMIA— ANGIOSPERMIA. Digitalis. 141 



limb small, in 4- unequal segments, the upper one re- 

 curved, slightly cloven, lower one largest. Filam. awl- 

 shaped, from the tube of the corolla towards the base, 

 ^)ent, declining. Anth. deeply cloven, acute. Germ. 

 ovate, pointed. Style thread-shaped, as long as the sta- 

 mens. Stigma cloven, acute. Cajjs. ovate, pointed, the 

 length of the calyx, of 2 cells, and 2 cloven valves, whose 

 inflexed margins form a double partition at each side. 

 Seeds very numerous, small, oblong, angular, attached to 

 a central oblong partition, in each cell. 



Some foreign species have an elongated lower lip. 



A very handsome genus, of large, herbaceous, rarely shrub- 

 by, plants, biennial or perennial, with simple, undivided, 

 downy or smooth, serrated or entire, alternate leaves. Fl. 

 numerous, very ornamental, purplish, yellow, or tawny, 

 in long, simple, bracteated clusters or spikes. Qualities 

 powerfully emetic and sedative ; under proper manage- 

 ment useful. 



1 . D. purpurea. Purple Foxglove. 



Segments of the calyx ovate, acute. Corolla obtuse ; its 

 upper lobe scarcely cloven. Leaves downy. 



D. purpurea. Linn. Sp. PL 8G6. IVilld. v. 3. 283. Fl. Br. GC5. 

 Engl. Bot. V. 1 9. t. 1297. Curt. Lond.fasc. 1 . /. 48. Woodv. t. 24. 

 Rail Sijn. *283. Ger. Em. 790. f. Fuchs. Hist. 893./. FL 

 Dan. t. 74. BuU. Fr. t.2\. Dreves Bilderb. t. 4G. Dalech. Hist. 

 83 1 ./,/. Dod. Pempt. 1 G9 ./. 



D. n. 330. HaU. HisLv. I. \43. 



Digitalis. Ric. Monop. Irr. t. 104. 



Campanula sylvestris, seu Digitalis. Trag. Hist. 889./. 



In pastures, and about hedges or banks, on a gravelly or sandy 

 soil ; but not in Norfolk or Suffolk, though so abundant in most 

 counties. 



Biennial. Jime, July. 



Root of numerous long and slender fibres. Stem upright, wand- 

 like, leafy, mostly simple, roundish, with several slight angles, 

 downy, 3 or 4 feet high. Leaves alternate, ovate- or elliptic-ob- 

 long, crenate, downy, rugged and veiny, of a dull green ; taper- 

 ing at the base into winged footstalks ; radical ones largest. 

 Cluster terminal, erect, simple, of numerous, sometimes GO, 

 large pendulous, scentless, crimson^owjers ; elegantly marked 

 with eye-like spots, as well as hairy, within. 



A variety with pure white powers, dotted in like manner, but with 

 shades of cream-colour or pearl, is kept in gardens, and remains 

 tolerably constant from seed, the only means of propagation in 

 this instance. 



