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SPECIES I— DIGITALIS PURPUREA. Linn. 
Plate DCCCCLIT. 
Reich. Ic. Fl. Germ, et Helv. Vol. XX. Tab. MDCLXXXVIII. 
Radical leaves oval-ovate, abruptly contracted into winged 
petioles, sub-obtuse; stem-leaves narrower and with shorter stalks, 
the uppermost ones sessile, attenuated at the base, acute ; all 
irregularly crenate or crenate-dentate, rugose, puberulent above, 
pubescent and grey beneath. Rachis and pedicels tomentose, the 
latter thickened at the apex. Calyx-segments erect, oval-lanceolate, 
sub - obtuse or apiculate or abruptly acuminated, puberulent, 
ciliated. Corolla glabrous externally, tubular-bellshaped, ventri- 
cose beneath, contracted at the base ; upper lip entire or nearly 
so, lower one with 3 short lobes, of which the middle is the largest ; 
all ciliated with short woolly hairs. Capsule ovoid-conical, pubes- 
cent with jointed glandular hairs. 
In woods, bushy places, banks, and pastures. Common in 
hilly districts, extending from Cornwall and Kent to Orkney; 
absent from the counties of Cambridge, and probably Hunts and 
Northampton ; absent also from Shetland. 
England, Scotland, Ireland. Biennial or Perennial. 
Summer and Autumn. 
Stem round, stout, 18 inches to 6 feet high or even more, erect, 
simple, or occasionally slightly branched, with the branches erect. 
Radical leaves very large, frequently a foot or more long (including 
the winged petioles); stem-leaves smaller, narrower, and with shorter 
stalks the higher they are placed on the stem, until at length the 
upper ones are quite sessile and narrowly lanceolate. Raceme very 
long, dense, secund. Bracts leaflike, generally longer than the pedi- 
cels. Peduncles solitary, 1-flowered, as long as, or slightly exceeding 
the calyx. Plowers If to 2J inches long, purplish-crimson above, 
pale beneath, and speckled with purple dots, which are much less 
conspicuous on the outside than on the inside, where they are 
occllated, with a white ring round them : occasionally the corolla 
is white. Calyx-segments divided to the base, the uppermost one 
shorter and narrower than the others. Capsule longer than the 
calyx, f inch long, splitting into an upper and lower valve, and 
the upper valve splitting down the middle. Seeds numerous, pale 
reddish-brown, alveolate-punctured. Plant greyish-green, the 
under side of the leaves more or less hoary-grey. 
Foxglove. 
French, Digitate Rougedtre. German, Rother FingerhuL 
