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wilh the spur streaked: it often varies of an ash, yellow, or lighter 

 purple. By Curtis it is said to be of a fine rich brown inclining 

 to purple: the capsule is shaped like the human skull. It is a na- 

 tive of Spain, and flowers during most of the summer months. 



The eighth species has an annual root: the stem six or eight 

 inches high, erect, round, very smooth, branching a little: the leaves 

 very remote, rather fleshy and smooth: the radical or lower ones 

 three or four together: the flowers in a head or corymb, and small: 

 the calyx erect, not close, but wilh distant divisions: the corolla pur- 

 ple, with a white palate marked with obscure veins, purple: the 

 upper lip longest; spur straight, as long or longer than the corolla. 

 It is a native of France, &c. 



The ninth is an annual plant, from whose root proceed many 

 stalks, which are lax and rushy, very slender, and about a foot in 

 height; on the lower part they have five very narrow, linear, obtuse 

 leaves at each joint; but upwards they are sometimes by pairs, and 

 sometimes single: the stalks are divided into many small branches, 

 with little yellow flowers coming out singly at a distance from each 

 other, which appear in July, and ripen their seeds in August. It is 

 a native of Sicily. 



There are two varieties of this plant, one with a deep yellow- 

 coloured flower, the other with a sulphur-coloured flower. 



In the tenth species the root is perennial : the stems slender, 

 branching at bottom, growing thicker towards the top, from two to 

 seven inches long, ascending, round and smooth : the leaves quite 

 entire, without veins, and thick; the lowest smaller, and in fours: 

 the upper ones solitary, or two opposite, or sometimes three: the 

 flowers in a close raceme at the ends of the stalks; they are very 

 elegant, of a fine violet purple colour, with a rich gold colour in the 

 middle, and are in blow most part of the summer. It is a native of 

 the Alps. 



The eleventh species rises with a strong woody stalk, three feet 

 high, having smooth, spear-shaped leaves, placed alternately, and 

 sitting close to the stalk. The flowers are produced at the end of 

 the branches in short loose spikes; these are of a deep yellow co- 



