LXXXIL 



DIGITALIS PURPUREA. 



Purple Foxglove. 



ClassXYV. DiDYNAMiA. — Order 11. Angiospermia, 



Nat. Orel. SCROPIIULARINE^. 



Gen. Char. Calyx of five deep, unequal segments. Co- 

 rolla campanulate, ventricose beneath; limh obliquely 

 four or five lobed, unequal. Capsule ovate, two-celled, 

 many-seeded. 



Spec. Char. Calycine segments ovate, acute. Corolla 

 obtuse, its upper lip obscurely divided. Leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, crenate, rugose. 



SYNONYM ES. 



'Digitalis purpurea folio aspero. Bauh. Pin. 243. 

 Campanula sylvestris seu Digitalis. Tragus^ 889. 

 Digitalis purpurea vulgaris. Park Theatr. 653. 

 Digitalis purpurea. Li7i. Sp. PI. 8((6. Ger. Em. 790. 

 %i. 283. FmcAs, 893. Dod,\G8. Eng. Fl.m. \4,0. 



Hot. 1. 1297. 



Digitalis speciosa. Salisb. Prod. 100. 



Digitale ; Digitale pourpree. 



Digitale ; Digitella ; Guantelli. 



Dedalera. 



Dedaleria; Digital. 

 S Fingerhut ; Purpur Fingerkraut ; Fingerhutblume^; Walds 

 ( glbckchen. 



Vingerhoedkruid. 



Rod Fingerhut. 



Fingerborrsoert. 



Paluszniczek. 



Naperstock. 



Latm 



Rail 

 Eng. 



French. . . . 

 Italian • . . . 

 Spanish . ... 

 Portuguese. 



German.. . ■ 



Dutch . . .. 

 Danish ... . 

 Swedish ... 

 Polish .... 

 huss 



Description. — The root is biennial, long, whitish, furnished 

 with numerous slender fibres. The stem is erect, three or four 



