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I) I GITA' LIS* *. 



Linnean Class and Order. DmYNA'MiAf, Angiospe'rmia*. 



Natural Order. Scropiiulaiu'ne.e^, Dr. R. Brown . — Lind. 

 Svn. p. 187.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 228. — Scrophula'riNjE, 

 Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 434. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. iii. p. 115. — Loud. 

 Hort. Brit. p. 528. — ScRopnuLA'iUrE, Juss. Gen. PI. p. 1 17. — Sm. 

 Gram, of Bot. p. 100. 



Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, much shorter than the 

 corolla, of 1 sepal, deeply divided into 5 roundish, pointed seg- 

 ments, permanent ; the upper segment narrower than the rest. 

 Corolla (fig. 2.) of 1 petal, bell-shaped ; tube large, cylindrical and 

 con'racted at the base, dilated and tumid upwards; limb small, 

 with 4 unequal segments, the upper one recurved, slightly cloven, 

 lower one largest. Filaments (fig. 3.) 4, two long and two short, 

 awl-shaped, arising from the tube of the corolla towards the base, 

 bent, declining. Anthers deeply cloven, pointed. Germen egg- 

 shaped, pointed. Style (fig. 4.) ih read-shaped, as long as the sta- 

 mens. Stigma cloven, pointed. Capsule (fig. 5.) egg-shaped, 

 pointed, of 2 cells and 2 cloven valves, with a double partition 

 formed by the infiexed margins of the valves. Seeds very nu- 

 merous, small, oblong, angular, attached to a central, oblong parti- 

 tion in each cell. 



Distinguished from other genera in the same class and order, by 

 the 5-cleft calyx; bell-shaped, 4-lobed corolla , tumid underneath; 

 bent stamens ; and 2-celied capsule. 



One species British. 



DIGITA'LIS PURPU'REA. Purple Foxglove. 



Spec. Char. Segments of the Calyx egg-shaped, acute. Co- 

 rolla obtuse ; its upper lip or lobe scarcely cloven. Leaves downy. 



Engl. Bot. t. 1297. — Curt. FI. Lond. t. 48. — Ray’s Syn. p.283. — Johnson’s 

 Gerarde, p. 790. — Linn. Sp. PI. p. 866. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 275. — 

 Woodv. IMed. Bot. v. i. p. 71. t. 24. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. ii. p. 665. Eng. FI. v. iii. 

 p. 140. — With. (7th ed ) v. iii. p. 739. — Linril. Syn. p. 192. — Flook. Brit. FI. p. 

 289. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 330. — Sibth. FI. Oxon. p. 197. — Abbot's FI. 

 Bedf p. 139. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. i. p.294. — Thornton’s Family Herbal, p. 590. — 

 Hook. FI. Scot. p. 189. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 138. — FI. Devon, pp. 106 & 148. — 

 Johnston’s FI. of Berry, p. 138. — Curt. Brit. Entomol. v. x. t. 468. — Walk. FI. 

 of Oxf. p. 180. — Perry’s PI. Varvic. Selectae, p. 53. — Mack. Catal. of Plants of 

 Irel. p. 59. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 34. — Digitalis speciosa, Salisbury’s Prodromus, 

 p. 100. — Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 325. 



Localities. — H edge-banks, woods, and sides of bills on a gravelly or sandy 

 soil. Common in most counties: but not in Norfolk or Suffolk. — It is not found 

 in the immediate neighbourhood of Oxford, its nearest habitat 1 believe is a copse 

 just above Childswell Farm ; and abundant near Cumner; Berks. — It grows in 

 the greatest abundance near the woods on Stokenchurch Hill, Oxfordshire. — It 

 is aho plentiful about Rugby in Warwickshire. 



Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla.— Fig. 3. Stamens. — Fig. 4. Pistil. — Fig. 5. 

 Capsule. — Fig. 6. Transverse Section of Capsule. 



* From digitus, a finger ; its flowers resembling the finger of a glove, (and 

 hence sometimes called Finger -flou er) ; so named by Fuchsius, alter its Ger- 

 man designation. Dr. Wn ii bring. 



t See Ldmium album, f. 31. n. f. t See Euphrasia offi indlis, f. 72. n. t . 

 $ See Veronica ChaouJdrys, f. 50. a. 



