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SPECIES I— DIGITALIS PURPUREA. Linn. 

 Plate DCCCCLII. 

 Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCLXXXVIII. 



E-adical leaves oval-ovate, abruptly contracted into winged 

 petioles, sub-obtuse ; stem-leaves narrower and with shorter stalks, 

 the uppermost ones sessile, attenuated at the base, acute ; all 

 irregularly crenate or crenate-dentate, rugose, puberulent above, 

 pubescent and grey beneath. Kachis and pedicels tomentose, the 

 latter thickened at the apex. Calyx-segments erect, oval-lanceolate, 

 sub - obtuse or apiculate or abruptly acuminated, puberulent, 

 ciliated. Corolla glabrous externally, tubular-bellshaped, ventri- 

 cose beneath, contracted at the base ; upper lip entire or nearly 

 so, lower one with 3 short lobes, of which the middle is the largest ; 

 all ciliated with short woolly hairs. Capsule ovoid-conical, pubes- 

 cent with jointed glandular hairs. 



In woods, bushy places, banks, and pastures. Common in 

 hilly districts, extending from Cornwall and Kent to Orkney; 

 absent from the counties of Cambridge, and probably Hants and 

 Northampton ; absent also from Shetland. 



England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial or Perennial. 

 Summer and Autumn. 



Stem round, stout, 18 inches to 6 feet high or even more, erect, 

 simple, or occasionally slightly branched, with the branches erect. 

 E-adical leaves very large, frequently a foot or more long (including 

 the winged petioles); stem-leaves smaller, narrower, and with shorter 

 stalks the higher they are placed on the stem, until at length the 

 upper ones are quite sessile and narrowly lanceolate. Raceme very 

 long, dense, secund. Bracts leaflike, generally longer than the pedi- 

 cels. Peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, as long as, or slightly exceeding 

 the calyx. Plowers IJ to 2\ inches long, purplish-crimson above, 

 pale beneath, and speckled with purple dots, which are much less 

 conspicuous on the outside than on the inside, where they are 

 ocellated, with a white ring round them : occasionally the corolla 

 is white. Calyx-segments divided to the base, the uppermost one 

 shorter and narrower than the others. Capsule longer than the 

 calyx, f inch long, splitting into an upper and lower valve, and 

 the upper valve splitting down the middle. Seeds numerous, pale 

 reddish-brown, alveolate-punctured. Plant greyish-green, the 

 under side of the leaves more or less hoary-grey. 



Foxglove. 



French, Digitcde Bougedtre. German, Bother FingerhiU. 



