JASIONfc LAMIUM. 



alpine herb, 1 to 3 in. high. Flowers, in 

 summer; blue, in heads | to f in. 

 across ; calyx hairy, with linear, hair- 

 like segments. Leaves, linear-obovate, 

 bluntish, flat, entire ; radical ones set 

 closely together in rosettes ; stem- 

 leaves scattered; bracts ovate-acute, 

 entire or dentate ; whole plant downy. 

 Elevated pastures of the Pyrenees. 



The rock-garden, in moist, gritty, 



or sandy loam. Division. 



Jasione perennis (Perennial /.) A 

 pleasing-looking perennial, 6 to 12 in. 

 high. Flowers, in early summer ; blue, 

 in terminal, large, roundish heads, 4 

 to f in. across, on naked stalks. Leaves, 

 narrow, rather hairy; those of root 

 obovate ; stem-leaves oblong-linear, 

 flat ; stems smooth or hairy, erect, 

 simple, or branched from the base, 

 clothed with leaves to about half their 



height. Pyrenees and Dauphin y. 



Borders, in sandy soil. Division or 

 seed. 



Jeffersonia diphylla (Twinleaf). A 

 very interesting dwarf plant, allied to 

 the Blood-root and the Duck's-foot ; 3 

 to 10 in. high. Flowers, in early spring ; 

 white, about 1 in. across, with 8 

 yellow stamens in the centre ; petals 

 8, stalks 1 -flowered; the seed-vessel 

 after the petals have fallen, resembling 

 that of the Poppy. Leaves, distinctly 

 divided into 2 lobes. Moist places in 



Tennessee and Virginia. Margins 



of beds of shrubs in peat soil, or in 

 peaty places in the rock-garden, or 

 the drier portions of the artificial bog. 

 Division and seed, which should be 

 sown as soon as ripe. 



Kitaibelia vitifolia (Vine-leaved K.) 

 A vigorous, robust, Mallow-like 

 herb, with dark-green leaves ; 6 to 8 ft. 

 high. Flowers, late in summer ; small, 

 white, with yellow stamens, axillary ; 

 calyx 5-parted ; involucels 7- or 9- 

 parted. Leaves, 5-lobed, acute, toothed, 

 Bhaped like those of the Vine. Hun- 

 gary. Naturalization in rough 



places in any soil. Propagated by 

 division. 



Lachenalia serotina (Late-flowering 

 L.) Uropetalum serotinum. A some- 

 what singular-looking bulbous plant, 

 1 to 14 ft. high. Flowers, in summer; 

 external divisions of a dirty-brown, 

 marked with a purplish streak ; in- 

 ternal divisions of the same colour 

 tinged with red, and whitish on the 

 inside, arranged in spike-like, many- 

 flowered racemes, nearly secund. 

 Leaves, linear, pointed, channelled, 

 erect, nearly the length of the flower- 

 stem. Native of Spain, Portugal, 



Teneriffe, and North Africa. 



Mixed borders, or lower parts of rock- 

 work, in sandy loam ; in severe 

 frosts it will require to be covered ; 

 scarcely ornamental enough for the 

 choice collection. Division. 



Lactuca sonchifolia (Blue Dande- 

 lion). An interesting and uncommon 

 perennial, with smooth, erect stem, 

 1 ft. to 20 in. high. Flowers, late in 

 summer ; sky-blue, larger than those 

 of L. perennis, in racemose panicles, 

 with bracts on the flower-stalks. 

 Leaves, runcinate - pinnatifid, with 

 lance - shaped, somewhat recurved, 

 finely-toothed lobes. South of Russia, 

 and about Constantinople. Bor- 

 ders, in sandy soil. Seed or division. 



Lamium garganicum (Gargano Dead 

 Nettle). A. pretty Dead Nettle, 1 ft. 

 to 18 in. high. Flowers, in summer ; 

 purplish, in dense, imperfect whorls of 

 10 to 20 blossoms each ; corolla four 

 times the length of the calyx ; tube 

 straight, smooth inside, velvety with- 

 out ; throat very wide ; upper lip 

 broadly notched ; side lobes angular, 

 or forming two very short teeth ; 

 anthers very hairy ; calyx villous, with 

 awl-shaped pointed teeth; bracts 

 very short. Leaves, heart - shaped, 

 wrinkled, covered on both sides with 

 soft down ; stems ascending, clothed 

 with dense, lone, white hairs. Found 



