PHACE'LIA CONGES'TA. 
TUFTED-FLOWERED PHACELIA. 
Class. Order. 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGVNIA. 
Natural Order. 
IIYDROPHYLLACEiE. 
Native of 
Heiglit. 
Flowers in 
Duration 
Introduced 
Texas 
1| feet. 
July, Sept. 
Annual. 
in 1835. 
No. 632. 
The name Phacelia is derived from the Greek 
PHAKELOS, a bundle ; and is intended to allude to 
its crowded form of inflorescence. 
This newly-introduced annual was raised from 
seeds received in this country from the late Mr. 
Drummond, which he had collected in Texas, a 
portion of the Avest coast of North America which 
has proved remarkably productive of beautiful 
plants. Its pinnate leaves possess great diversity 
of character, some of the leaflets having j)etioles, 
whilst some are without; some pinnatifid, whilst 
others are lobed, or perhaps but little more than 
serrated. This variation of character appears to 
hold good with the entire plant also, for in cultiva- 
tion it will be found to be branched, with wavy 
stems, whilst in its native situations, according to 
Sir W. J. Hooker, it is simple and upright. 
The habit of this plant well suits it for bedding 
out” as our nurserymen say ; that is, for covering 
entire beds. It is, however, equally suited to the 
mingled parterre. It commences flowering early 
and continues it till late in the season. May be 
treated as common annuals. 
Bot. Mag-. 3452. 
