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to 12 inches high ; leaves narrow, pointed, erect ; 

 flowers bright crimson, in terminal bunches. May to 

 August. Pyrenees. Rock, in half sun. 



D. rupicola (Jord.) is a variety of D. sylvestris. 



D. rupicola (Bivon\ syn. D. Bisignani (Ten.). A 

 pretty Sicilian species, tender in our climate ; flowers 

 3 to 5 inches, in wide fasciculate cymes, large and 

 handsome ; corolla rose-coloured, with reddish 

 anthers, on erect stems 12 to 14 inches high. June 

 to August. Sicily and Tunis. Too tender for us ; we 

 have to winter it in the orangery. 



D. sanguineus ( Vis.). I can see no difference 

 between this variety of D. Carthusianorum and D. 

 cruentus, if I may judge by the many parcels of seeds 

 I have received from various gardens. 



D. saxicola (Jord.) is a large-flowered variety of 

 D. sylvestris. 



D. Seguieri (Ckatx.). A plant with erect shoots 

 forming a little bush 30 inches high ; leaves widely 

 linear, flat, stiff and pointed, bright green ; flowers of 

 medium size inclining to large, very bright crimson, 

 toothed at the edges, and spotted with purple at the 

 throat. June to August, and even to September. 

 Southern Europe. 



D. speciosus (Reich.). A variety of D. superbus. 



D. strictus (Sibth. & Smith). A small species with 

 stiff, upright stems 8 to 10 inches high ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate ; flowers small, scentless, and rather incon- 

 spicuous. June and July. Levant. 



D. superbus (L.). A beautiful plant, well known in 

 gardens, where it is valued from its graceful habit, its 



