94 DIGITALIS 



Digita'lis — continued. 



D. eriostac'hya. Height 3 ft. Brown and yellow. 

 Eussia, 1897. 



D. feri'ugin'ea. Height 4 ft. Flowers brownish. 

 Italy, 1597. 



D. fusees' cens. See D. aurea. 



D. grandiflo'ra. See D. amUgua. 



D. lana'ta. Height 2 ft. Yellow. June. 

 Hungary, 1789. 



D. Iceviga'ta. See D. aurea. 



D. ochroleu' ca. See D. amhigua. 



D. purpur'ea. The Common Foxglove of Britain, 4 

 to 6 ft. Mauve. There are some fine garden 

 varieties of this called gloxinimJlo'Ta^ on 

 account of their supposed resemblance to the 

 Gloxinia, their throats being spotted and 

 blotched with different shades of purple and 

 maroon or chocolate. 



D. purpu'rea al'ba. A pure white strain of the 

 above, and one of the handsomest plants 

 grown. Very effective against a dark back- 

 ground. There are also forms more or less 

 spotted with claret colour. 



D. pm-pu'rea monstro'sa. A curious form, the 

 terminal flower develops before the others 

 and in an upright position. 



D. stenoph'ylla. Height 5 ft. Buff colour with 

 yellow centre, foliage white edged. From 

 Smyrna. 



