D I G 



D I G 



It bclnng-s lo the cia^s and order Di;h/iiamia 

 yfin: o\pcnn!a, and ranks in tlie natural order ot 

 Lur'nlw. 



The characters are : that thi- calyx is a tlvc- 

 partccl perianthiuni: divisions roundish, sharp, 

 pcrnianei\t ; the superior longer than the rest : the 

 corolla onc-pctalled, bell-h>rni: tube large, ex- 

 jiandinu-, bellied downwards ; cylindricand close 

 at the base: border small, lour-cleft : upper di- 

 vision more expanding, cnia'iiiaate; inferior di- 

 rision larger : the stamina censist of four subu- 

 late lllaments, inserted into the base of the co- 

 rolla, bent downwards, of which two are longer: 

 anthers two-parted, acuminate on one side : the 

 pistillum is an acuminate germ : style simple, 

 in the situation of the stamens : stigma sharji : 

 the pcricarpium is an ovate capsule, length of the 

 calvx, acuminate, two-celled, two-valved, valves 

 burstiniT in two directions (partition double 

 from the inilex edges of the valves) : the seeds 

 vciy nianv and small (subprismatic.) 



The species cultivated arc: \.D. purpiireri, 

 Conniion Puiple Fox (jIovc; 2. D. ihaps't, 

 Spanish Fox Glove ; 3. D. liilca, Snuall Yellow 

 Fox (jlove; 4. D. nmhigiia, (Greater Yellow 

 Fox Glove; J. D. firnigiura, Iron-coloured 

 Fox Glove ; 6. D. Catiur'ieniis, Shrubby Canary 

 Fox Glove; 7. D. Sceplnim, Shrubby Madeira 

 I'ox (ilove. 



Thclirsthas a biennial root : the stem is from 

 three to six feet high, simple, upright, leafy, 

 round, and pubescent: the leaves alternate, 

 ovate-acute, serrate, veiny, wrinkled, underneath 

 whitish with pubescence, gradually lessening to 

 both ends; petioles short, and wiirged : the flowers 

 in a long spike, nodding, imbricate, all directed 

 the same way j of a j)nrplc colour. Itis a native 

 *)f Britain, Jfce. flowering from June to August. 



The second species is perennial, but it seldom 

 rises much above a ft)ot and half in height, has 

 much the appearance of the first : the lea\es are 

 tomentose, veined, serrate ; the lower lanceolate- 

 ovate, ten inches long and three broad, the upper 

 broad-lanceolate, all decurrent and having the 

 decurrcnt sides retlex : the bunch or spike of 

 flowers is the same, but smaller. It is a native 

 of Spain, flowering from June to August. 



The third is percimial, has very long oblusc 

 leaves near the root; the stalk is small, and rises 

 from two to three feet high ; the lower part of 

 it has smooth leaves growing close together, 

 about three inches long and one inch broad, end- 

 ing in obtuse points : the upper part of the stalk 

 for leu inches in lenuth has small vellow flowers, 

 closely ranged on one side of it, having a few 

 very small acute leaves placed between them, 

 situated on tlie opposite side of the stalk. It is 



a native of France, Sec. flowering in Julv anel 

 the following month. 



The fourth species hai long smooth-veined 

 leaves at bottom : the stalk is strong, two feet 

 and a half high : the leaves live inches long, one 

 inch and a half broad, ending in acute points, 

 having manv longitudinal veins, and l)eing sliiiht- 

 ly serrate : the upper part of the stalk is adorneil 

 with larsre yellow flowers, nearly of the same 

 size with those of the first sort ; the brim hav- 

 ing acute points, and the upper lip being entire. 

 It is a native of Germany ; flowering at the 

 same time with the third sort. 



The fifth is perennial, having a strict stem, 

 from three to even six feet high, branched at 

 bottom : the leaves are sessile, lanceolate, even, 

 marked with lines, <pute entire: the flowers ia 

 an upright long spike or raceme from each of 

 the upright axils, with small leaves between. 

 They have the colour of rusty iron. It is a na- 

 tive of Italy, &:c. flowering in June. 



The sixth species has a shrubby stalk, four 

 and sometimes five or six feet high, dividing 

 into several branches : the leaves are lanceolate, 

 rough, near five inches long, and two broad in 

 the middle, gradually decreasing to both ends, 

 having a few short serratures on their edges, 

 placed alternately on the branches, each of which 

 is terminated by a loose spike of flowers, near a 

 foot in length, of an orange-colour intermixed 

 with yellow. It is a native of the Canary Islands. 



In the seventh, the branches are rough with 

 hairs : the leaves approximating, near a foot iu 

 length, sessile, gradually dilated fron> the base 

 into an oblong form, serrate in the middle, acu- 

 minate, smooth on the upper surfivce, rough with 

 hairs and whitish on the lower i the peduncle 

 terminating the branch, solitary, round, upright, 

 a hand or more in length, porous on the in- 

 side, ending in an ovate spike with the flowers 

 hanging down : the bractes before the flowers 

 open from a coma. It is a handsome plant, and 

 a native of Madeira; flowering in July and the 

 following month. 



Cidlure. — These plants maylx;increased, cither 

 by seeds or otT-sets from the roots ; the former 

 is, however, in common the bes^t method. 



The seed for the heibaceous kinds should be 

 sown, either in the autumn where the plants arc 

 to remain, or in the spring, in a bed or other 

 place; and when the plants have attained a few 

 inches growth, they should be removed either 

 to the places where they are to flower, or into 

 another bed to remain, to bo tiually planted out 

 in the beginning of the uatumn. 



In ll'ic shrubby sorts it should be sawn iii 

 pots of good nioidd in the eaclv autumn, 



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