WULFE'NIA CARINTHIA'CA. 
CARINTHIAN WULFENIA. 
Class. 
DIANDRIA. 
Order. 
MONOGYNIA. 
Natural Order. 
scrophulariacea;. 
Native of 
Height 
Flowers in 
Duration. 
Introduced 
Carinthia. 
If foot. 
July, Aug. 
Annual. 
in 1817. 
No. 688. 
The genus Wulfenia was named in honour of 
Francis Xavier Wulfen, author of Plantae Rariores 
Carinthiacse. 
This plant is a native of the Carinthian Alps, 
but even where indigenous, it is said to be scarce. 
It is by no means commonly met with in gardens, 
but is exceedingly desirable where a situation in a 
dry sheltered border can be afforded it. Its mode 
of flowering is such, that although, as in our draw- 
ing, it is at first seen with its naked scape support- 
ing an almost globular head of flowers, this gra- 
dually extends itself into an elongated spike ; and 
in some instances, where it has been drawn up 
under glass, it would scarcely at first sight be re- 
cognized as the same plant, from its altered mode 
of inflorescence. 
It thrives when planted in peat and loam, and 
blossoms most freely when permitted to increase 
and form strong roots ; but under such circum- 
stances it is more likely to perish during winter; 
especially if its situation be a damp one. It may 
be increased by division of its roots, which should 
be effected in April. 
Don’s Syst. Bot. 4, 580. 
