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SCROPHULARINE,E. I. DIGITALIS. II. ISOPLEXIS. 



Green-flcmiered Foxglove. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. 2 to 

 3 feet. 



16 D. RI'GIDA (Lindl. dig. p. 21. t. 19.) plant clothed with 

 glandular hairs ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, wrinkled, undulated, 

 toothed ; racemes secund, many-flowered ; corolla downy, 

 with ovate, obtu.se, glandular segments. I/. H. Native 

 country unknown. Corolla small, yellow, purplish above. 



Stiff Foxglove. Fl. June, Aug. Clt.? PI. 1| to 2 feet. 



17 D. PURPURA'SCENS (Roth, catal. 2. p. 62. D. C. fl. fr. 5. 

 p. 411. exclusive of the var. Lindl. dig. p. 22. t. 20.) leaves 

 linear-lanceolate, serrated, glabrous ; racemes secund ; corolla 

 glabrous, with roundish segments. "U. H. Native of Germany 

 and Italy, in stony places on mountains. D. erubescens, Dry- 

 and. mss. R. Br. in hort. kew. 4. p. 29. Habit of D. lutea. 

 Radical leaves obovate, pilose on the nerves beneath. Corolla 

 reddish, spotted inside ; segments ciliated : upper one entire. 



Purplish-fiov/ered Foxglove. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1776. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



18 D. LUTE'SCENS (Lindl. dig. p. 22. t. 21.) leaves cordate- 

 oblong, flat, crenated, glabrous ; racemes secund ; corolla gla- 

 brous, with very blunt segments ; bracteas all shorter than the 

 flowers. T(. . H. Native country unknown. Stem slender, 

 nearly naked. Bracteas, calyxes, and ovaria beset with a few 

 hairs. Corolla long, tubular, glabrous ; segments ciliated ; 

 upper lip bifid. Anthers yellow, spotted with blood colour. 

 Corolla pale yellow. 



Yellowish-flowered Foxglove. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 2 

 to 3 feet. 



19 D. TUBIFLORA (Lindl. dig. p. 22. t. 22.) segments of co- 

 rolla ovate, obtuse; flowers declinate. 7/. H. Native country 

 unknown. Nearly allied to D. lutea. Corolla pale yellow, 

 long, narrow. 



Tube-fimvered Foxglove. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. ? PI. 2 to 3 

 feet. 



20 D. LU'TEA (Lin. spec. 867.) leaves lanceolate, toothed, 

 glabrous ; racemes secund ; corolla glabrous, with ovate, 

 bearded segments ; lower bracteas longer than the flowers. 

 If.. H. Native of the temperate parts of Europe, as of France, 

 Switzerland, Silesia, Carniola, Piedmont, Italy, &c. Bull. herb, 

 t. 378. Jacq. vind. 2. p. 47. t. 105. Ker. bot. reg. t. 251. 

 R. Br. hort. kew. 4. p. 29. Lindl. dig. p. 23. t. 23. D. parvi- 

 flora, All. pedem. 1. p. 70. D. C. fl. fr. 3. p. 597. Riv. mon. 

 t. 105. D. minor luteo parvo flore, Tourn. inst. p. 165. Lob. 

 icon. t. 573. Mor. hist. 1. p. 479. sect. 5. t. 8. Sabb. hort. 

 rom. 2. t. 98. Stem simple, smooth, angular, glabrous, or 

 downy. Superior leaves subcordate at the base. Racemes 

 dense. Peduncles glabrous, or downy. Corolla pale yellow, 

 downy towards the top. Anthers pilose. 



Var. ft, micrdntka (Lindl. dig. p. 23.) calycine segments about 

 equal in length to the corolla, y. . H. Native of Europe. 

 D. micrantha, Elm. mon. 46. t. 2. 



Var. y, hybrida (Lindl. dig. p. 23. t. 24.) flowers large, pale ; 

 stem more erect. I/ . H. Native of Auvergne, and the Py- 

 renees. D. hybrida, Salv. nov. bull. 3. p. 337. t. 6. Journ. 

 phys. 1782. p. 285. t. 1. f. 1, 2. D. intermedia, Lapeyr. abr. 

 D. purpurascens, var. /3 and <i, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 411. Elm. 

 mon. p. 45. 



Var. S, fucata (Lindl. dig. p. 23. t. 25.) flowers larger, 

 brownish purple ; stem more erect. 1. H. Native of Europe. 

 D. fucata, Ehrh. beitr. 7. p. 151. Pers. ench. 2. p. 162. D. 

 purpurascens, D. C. fl. fr. 5. p. 411. 



ye/fow-flowered Foxglove. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1629. PI. 

 1| to 3 feet. 



21 D. LACINIA V TA (Lindl. bot. reg. 1201.) leaves lanceolate, 

 acuminated, jagged, glabrous ; raceme subsecund ; corolla 

 downy, with ovate, bearded segments : lower lobe or lip ovate, 



acute; bracteas all much shorter than the pedicels. I/. H. 

 Native of Spain, on the mountains about Malaga, P. B. Webb. 

 Corolla yellow. It differs principally from D. lulea in the cut 

 leaves. 



.Tagged-leaved Foxglove. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1827. PI. 

 l to 2 feet. 



22 D. OBSCU'RA (Lin. spec. 867.) suffruticose ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, quite entire, glabrous ; corolla ventricose. If- G. 

 Native of Spain. Jacq. hort. vind. 1. p. 40. t. 91. Sims, bot. 

 mag. t. 2157. Lindl. dig. p. 24. t. 25. R. Br. hort. kew. 4. p. 

 30. D. Hispanica angustifolia, flore nigricante, Tourn. inst. p. 

 166. Bocc. mus. p. 136. t. 98. Stem simple, glabrous. 

 Leaves deep green. Racemes loose, few- flowered. Calyx 

 downy. Corolla arched, downy, rufous outside, golden yellow 

 inside, veined with dark brown lines ; upper lip emarginate, 

 villous inside at the base. Anthers ciliated with glands. 



Obscure Foxglove. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1778. Shrub 1 to 

 2 feet. 



t Species hardly known. 



23 D. ? COCHINCHINE'NSIS (Lour. coch. 378.) leaves lanceo- 

 late, rough ; flowers sessile, solitary, axillary ; calyxes acute ; 

 corollas obtuse, emarginate at top. I/ . G. Native of Cochin- 

 china. Leaves quite entire, opposite. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 pale violet, bell-shaped, ventricose at bottom ; segments obtuse : 

 the upper one emarginate. Capsule ovate, acute, 2-celled. 

 Certainly not a species of Digitalis. 



Cochinchina Foxglove. PI. lj foot. 



24 D. ? SINE'NSIS (Lour. coch. p. 378.) leaves ovate, hairy ; 

 flowers solitary, axillary ; segments of calyx awl-shaped ; seg- 

 ments of corolla obtuse, all entire. If..? G. Native of China. 

 Stems tufted, smooth. Leaves opposite, serrated. Upper seg- 

 ment of the calyx larger, and sometimes bifid. Corolla dusky 

 purple, bell-shaped, ventricose, 4-cleft : its upper segment the 

 largest. Stigma screw-shaped. Capsule ovate-conical, 2- 

 grooved, 2-celled. Certainly not a species of Digitalis. 



China Foxglove. PI. 1 foot. 



25 D. MILLE V RI ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, nerved ; calyxes 

 acute. If. . H. Native of Tartary. D. orientalis, Mill. diet, 

 no. 7, but not of Lam. Leaves smooth : cauline ones half 

 stem-clasping. Corolla yellow, size of those of D. ambigua. 



Miller's Foxglove. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1759. PI. 1 foot. 



Cult. Most of the species of Foxglove are showy, and well 

 fitted for decorating flower borders. They all grow freely in 

 common garden earth, and are readily increased by seed. Some 

 of the more tender species require protection in winter. 



II. ISOPLE'XIS (from KTOQ, isos, equal ; and irXeKia, pleco, 

 to plait ; the upper segment of corolla is equal in length to 

 the lip.) Lindl. dig. p. 25. Digitalis species, Lin. 



LIN. SYST. Didynamia, Angiospermia. Calyx unequal. Co- 

 rolla tubular at the base, campanulate ; limb obliquely 4-lobed ; 

 upper segment equal in length to the lip, and, like it, incumbent 

 in aestivation. Stigma bilamellate. ? Capsule ovate, acumi- 

 nated. Stems shrubby. Racemes pedunculate. 



1 I. CANARIE'NSIS (Lindl. dig. p. 25. t. 27.) segments of the 

 corolla acute. Tj . G. Native of the Canary Islands. Digitalis 

 Canariensis, Lin. spec. p. 868. Mill. fig. l.t. 120. Ker. bot. reg. 

 t. 48. R. Br. hort. kew. ed. 2d. vol. 4. p. 30. Plukn. mant. t. 

 325. f. 2. Comm. hort. 2. p. 105. t. 53. Stem simple, downy. 

 Leaves permanent, lanceolate, serrated, pilose on the edges. 

 Calycine segments subulate : upper one the largest. Flowers 

 dense, golden yellow : superior lip obovate, emarginate ; lateral 

 segments subulate. 



Canary-Island Isoplexis. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1698. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



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