sharper: the stipules liineeolate, ciliale, bowing at bollom and then 

 erect: llic flowers axillary, about four together, on upright peduncles: 

 the outer caljx cup-shaped, with ovate segnienls: inner a little 

 longer, five-cornered above, with lanceolate segments: the corolla 

 twice the length of the calyx, pale blue, with oblong, emarginale 

 petals: the germ orbicular-flatted, ten-grooved: the stigmas ten: the 

 iVuil smooth, within the calyx: the capsules ten, round a column 

 terminated by a hemisphere with a very small point al toj), disappear- 

 ing when (he iVuit is rij)e, and leaving a hole in the middle ul' the 

 capsules, which then turn black. It is a native ol' the island of Candia 

 or Crete, flowering in July. 



It varies with red flouers, with wiiite flowers, and with purple 

 floweis. 



The second has also an annual root, while, with spreading beards: 

 the stem round, two feet high, branched, the lower branches almost 

 horizontal: the leaves crenate-toothed, smooth, on long petioles, 

 gradually narrowed towards the lip: stipules ovale lanceolate, ciliale^ 

 bowed at bo'tom and then siraighl : the flowers solitary, axdlary, on 

 peduncles shorter than the petiole: outer calyx senn-lrifid, "with 

 keeled segments; inner larger, witli lanceolate" segments, curled at 

 the edge: the corolla large, spreading, bell-shaped, pale-flesh-colour, 

 wjih whitish hnes: petals broader above, crenate, frequently rolled 

 up, the edges of the claws deep purple: the gern. very smooth: 

 the style multifid: the stigmas pale-flesh-coloured, longer than the 

 tube, thirteen to eighteen: the fruit hemispherical, convex beneath, 

 covered at lop wjlh a ciicidar concave, smooth lid or peltate um- 

 brella: there are about twenty capsules in a whorl; they are brown, 

 closed all round and not opening, with a longiludinal raised line 

 along the back, elegantly marked on the sides with flexuose streaks 

 drawn from ihe circumference to the centre: the seeds are ferrugi- 

 nous. It is a native of the south of Europe, &c. flowering from Jidv 

 to September. 



There are srveral varieties. i 



The third Las the stem five or six feet high, woolly, branched: the' 

 lower leaves heart-shaped, crenate, roundish-lobed: upper hasiale, 



