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Scropkularinea Buddlea. 



acutely acuminate, clothed with a dense silvery tomentum 

 beneath, and somewhat rugose above, usually deciduous in our 

 climate. The flowers are small, bright orange, arranged in 

 small globular heads on long peduncles. It is a native of Chili. 

 2. B. Lindleyana. A half-hardy shrub with angular 

 glabrous branches, ovate shortly-petiolate serrate leaves, and 



terminal racemose spikes of 

 purplish red hairy flowers. 

 A native of China. 



B. crispa is a very dis- 

 tinct species, from the Hi- 

 malaya mountains, having 

 very woolly ferruginous cor- 

 date-lanceolate toothed or 

 curled leaves and terminal 

 spicate panicles of lilac and 

 brown fragrant flowers, pro- 

 duced in early Spring. 



Emnus alplnusis a pretty 

 little herbaceous plant from 

 the Alps and the Pyrenees, 

 growing about 3 or 4 inches 

 high. Leaves small, oblong, 

 dentate, radical rosulate. 

 Flowers racemose, reddish- 

 purple. Corolla r e g u 1 a r, 

 funnel-shaped ; limb of 5 

 toothed lobes. 



Wulfenia Carlnthlaca is 

 a dwarf herb with oblong 

 petiolate doubly toothed 

 leaves and bracteolate ra- 

 cemes of pendent tubular 

 blue flowers, appearing in 

 Summer. 



18. DIGITALIS. 

 Biennial or perennial 

 herbs, rarely shrubby. 

 Leaves simple, alternate, 



Pig 192. Digitalis purpurea. (i nat. size.) 



the lower ones tufted and 

 petiolate. Flowers in long terminal bracteate racemes. Calyx 



