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sharper: the stipules lanceolate, ciliate, bowing at bottom and then 

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

 the outer calyx cup-shaped, with ovate segments: inner a little 

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

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

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

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

 terminated by a hemisphere with a very small point at top, disappear- 

 ing when the fruit is ripe, and leaving a hole in the middle of the 

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

 or Crete, flowering in July. 



It varies with red flowers, with white flowers, and with purple 

 flowers. 



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

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

 horizontal: the leaves crcnaie-toothed, smooth, on long peiioles, 

 gradually narrowed towards the tip: stipules ovate-lanceolate, ciliate, 

 bowed at bottom and then straight: the flowers solitary, axillary, on 

 peduncles shorter than the petiole: outer calyx semi-trifid, with 

 keeled segments; inner larger, with lanceolate segments, curled at 

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

 with whitish lines: petals broader above, crenale, frequently rolled 

 up, the edges of the claws deep purple: the germ very smooth: 

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

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

 covered at top with a circular 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 longitudinal raised line 

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

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

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

 to September. 



There are several varieties. 



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

 lower leaves heart-shaped, crenale, roundish-lobed : upper hastate, 



