94 DIGITALIS 



DIGITA'LIS -continued. 



D. eriostac'hya. Height 3 ft. Brown and yellow. 

 Eussia, 1897. 



D. ferrugin'ea. Height 4 ft. Flowers brownish. 

 Italy, 1597. 



D. fusees' cens. See D. aurea. 

 D. grandiflo'ra. See D. ambigua. 



D. lana'ta. Height 2 ft. Yellow. June. 

 Hungary, 1789. 



D. Iceviga'ta. See D. aurea. 

 D. ochroleu'ca. See D. ambigua. 



D. purpur'ea. The Common Foxglove of Britain, 4 

 to 6 ft. Mauve. There are some fine garden 

 varieties of this called gloxiniceflo'ra, on 

 account of their supposed resemblance to the 

 Gloxinia, their throats being spotted and 

 blotched with different shades of purple and 

 maroon or chocolate. 



D. purpu'rea al'ba. A pure white strain of the 

 above, and one of the handsomest plants 

 grown. Very effective against a dark back- 

 ground. There are also forms more or less 

 spotted with claret colour. 



D. purpu'rea monstro'sa. A curious form, the 

 terminal flower develops before the others 

 and in an upright position. 



D. stenoph'ylla. Height 5 ft. Buff colour with 

 yellow centre, foliage white edged. From 

 Smyrna. 



