XXIX. 
DIGITALIS PURPUREA. 
Purple Foxglove. 
Synonyms.—Digitalis purpurea, Lin. Sp. Pl., p. 868; Willd., vol. iii. p. 283; 
Rait Syn., p. 283; Ger. Em., p.790. Digitalis, Hall, Hist., vol. i. p. 148. Cam- 
panula sylvestris seu Digitalis, Trag. Hist., 896. Digitalis speciosa, Salisbury, 
Prodromus, p. 100; Gray’s Nat. Arr., vol. ii. p. 325. 
Forzian Names.—Fr. : Digitale pourprée, Gantes ndtre dame, Gantelée. Ital.: 
Digitello. Span.: Dedalera. Port.: Dedaleira. Germ.: Fingerhut, Schwulst- 
kraut. Dut.: Vingerhooden. Swed.: Finger borrsért. Dan.: Rod fin- 
gerhat. Russ.: Naperstianka. : 
Nat. Order, Luripm, Linn.; ScropHvuLtarte, Juss.—Divy- 
NAMIA, ANGIOSPERMIA. 
Gen. Cuar.— Calyx inferior, much shorter than the corolla, of one sepal, 
_ deeply divided into five roundish, pointed segments, permanent, the 
upper segment narrower than the rest. Corolla of one petal, bell- 
shaped, Zwbe large, cylindrical, and contracted at the base, dilated, 
and turned upwards. Limb small, with four unequal segments, the 
upper one recurved, slightly cloven; lower one largest. Filaments four, 
two long and two short, awl-shaped, arising from the tube of the corolla 
towards the base, bent, declining. Anthers deeply cloven, pointed. 
Germen egg-shaped, pointed. Style thread-shaped, as long as the 
stamens. Stigma cloven, pointed. Capsule egg-shaped, pointed, of two 
cells, and two cloven valves, with a double partition formed of the 
- inflexed margins of the valves. Seeds very numerous, small, oblong, 
angular, attached to a central, oblong partition in each cell. Distin- 
_ guished from other genera in the same class and order by the five-cleft ; 
calyx, bell-shaped, four-lobed corolla, turned underneath, bent stamens, — 
Soin and two-celled capsule (Bazter). ae 
= — “Sree. a of the calyx egg-shaped, acute. Corolla obtuse; Z 2 
ag S upper om or lobe scarcely cloven. Leaves downy. 
Fig Heim pt FS 2. 
