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DICTAMNUS DIGITALIS. 



large, rosy- crimson, about aninch long, 

 produced in a graceful raceme on a 

 leafy stem ; spurs 2, short, very blunt. 

 Leaves, stalked, much divided ; seg- 

 ments obovate- wedge- shaped, cut. 

 There is a pale variety. Siberia and 



China. Borders, and margins of 



shrubberies, mixed groups, rough 

 rockeries or banks in a half-natu- 

 ralized state. It grows in any soil, 

 but perhaps attains greatest vigour in 

 a deep peat or fine sandy soil. Division. 



Dictamnus Fraxinella (Fraxinetta). 

 A showy border-plant, covered with 

 glandular hairs exuding a strongly 

 scented and inflammable oily resin ; 

 1 to 2 ft. high, flowers, in early 

 summer; pale purple, in long ter- 

 minal racemes ; petals 5, unequal. 

 Leaves, pinnate, resembling those of 

 the Ash ; leaflets in 4 or 5 pairs, heart- 

 shaped at the base, acute at the apex, 

 finely serrulated. There is a white 

 variety. Southern Europe. Bor- 

 ders, in any soil, but usually best in a 

 dry one. Where it grows vigorously, 

 it would be worth placing in isolated 

 tufts, in the grass near the margins of 

 shrubberies, in uiimown spots. Divi- 

 sion or seed, which should be sown 

 when gathered. 



Digitalis grandiflora (Large-flowered 

 Foxglove). 3 to 4 ft. high. Flowers, in 

 summer ; very large (nearly 2 in. long 

 and i in. broad), yellow, bell-shaped, 

 pubescent, glandular, very open at the 

 mouth (which is streaked with lines 

 of a deeper tint) and arranged in a long 

 unilateral spike. Leaves, lanceolate, 

 or oval- lanceolate, pubescent on the 

 margin and on the prominent nerves, 

 tlie lower leaves narrowed into a short 

 winged leaf -stalk ; the upper ones 

 sessile, half clasping the stem ; the 

 whole plant more or less set with soft 

 jointed hairs. There are two varieties, 

 I), acutiloba and D. obtusiloba; the 

 former has the lower lip of the corolla 

 acute, and the latter has the same 



part obtuse. France, Alps, and Pyre- 

 nees. Borders and naturalization, 



in ordinary soil. Seed. 



Digitalis lanata ( Woolly D.) This 

 species, D. lutea, and D. ochroleuca, 

 are perhaps scarcely brilliant enough 

 for very select ornamental collections ; 

 2 to 3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 white, delicately veined with pinkish 

 lines,in dense, terminal, many-flowered 

 racemes ; corolla roundish-ventricose, 

 downy ; lip ovate, naked, sometimes 

 purplish. Leaves, oblong, deep green, 

 ciliated with woolly hairs. Hungary. 



Borders and naturalization in, 



almost any soil. Seed. 



Digitalis lutea ( Yellow Foxglove). 

 1^ to .3 ft. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 pale yellow, small, produced in 

 dense racemes ; corolla funnel-shaped, 

 smooth or downy towards the top ; 

 segments ovate, bearded ; lower bracts 

 longer than the flowers. Leaves, lance- 

 shaped, toothed, smooth ; stem simple, 

 angular. There are several varieties. 



Southern Europe. Borders, and 



naturalization, in ordinary soil. Seed. 



Digitalis mariana (Sierra MorenaD.) 

 A handsome plant resembling our 

 common Foxglove; 1| ft. high. Flowers, 

 in summer ; rose-coloured, bearded on 

 the lower part inside with long white 

 hairs, and marked in the same place 

 with brownish-red white-edged spots ; 

 in a unilateral raceme of 10 to 20 

 blooms. Leaves, mostly radical, co- 

 vered on both sides with a very soft 

 greyish down, ovate or ovate-oblong ; 

 stem-leaves smaller, acute, nearly 

 sessile. Sierra Morena in S. of Spain. 



Borders, fringes of shrubberies, 



and naturalization in copses, etc., in 

 light or well-drained soils. Seed. 



Digitalis ochroleuca (Cream-coloured 

 D.) A rather showy herb, with both 

 stem and leaves villous; 2 to 3 ft. high. 

 Flowers, in summer; yellow reticu- 

 lated with brown, in a terminal 

 raceme ; corolla, oblong-ventricose. 



