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vessels, with five horns at the top. It is a native of the South of Eu- 

 rope, flowering from June to September. 



From the fine cut leaves about the flower, it has the names of 

 Fennel-flower, Devil-in-a-bush, and Love-in-a-mist; but the first is be- 

 come obsolete. 



There is a variety with single white flowers, and another with 

 double flowers, which is frequently cultivated in gardens with other 

 annuals for ornament. 



The second species rises to the same height as the preceding: the 

 leaves are not so finely cut, and are a little hairy: at the top of each 

 stalk is one flower, composed of five white petals, which are slightly 

 cut at their end into three points; these are succeeded by oblong- 

 swelling seed-vessels with five horns at the top, filled with small pale- 

 coloured seeds. It is a native of Candia and Egypt, flowering from 

 June to September. 



The third rises with slender stalks near a foot high, either single 

 or branching out at the bottom, and having a few very fine-cut 

 leaves, somewhat like those of Dill. Each branch is terminated by 

 one star-pointed flower, of a blue colour, without any leafy involu- 

 cre: they are succeeded by capsules, having five short horns, inclin- 

 ing different ways at the top, and are filled with rough black 

 seeds. It is a native of Germany, &c. flowering from June to Sep- 

 tember. 



There is a variety with white flowers, and another with double 

 flowers. 



The fourth species rises near a foot and half high; the lower 

 leaves are finely cut; but those on the stalks are cut into broader 

 segments : the flowers are larger than those of the other species, and 

 of a fine blue colour, with green veins at the back: the nectaries of a 

 sea-green colour: the pistils are of equal length with the petals; 

 they with the stamens are of a deep purple or puce colour: the cap- 

 sule has five horns, and is of a firmer texture than any of the other. 

 It grows naturally in Spain and the South of France, flowering from 

 June to September. 



There is a variety with double flowers. 



