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5.— DIGITALIS FERRUGINEA, Ait. THE IRON-COLOURED FOXGLOVE. 
Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 1828. i upper Begoieuts of the corolla obsolete ; side ones acute ; lower lip 
Specific Character. — Calyx very obtuse, glabrous at the margin; | elongated, retuse, bearded. 
Description, &c. — This species is easily distinguished from all the other kinds by its dense spike, or, rather, 
spike-like raceme of flowers, which is frequently two or three feet long, of a pyramidal form, tapering upwards 
to a point. It is a hardy perennial, a native of Italy ; introduced before 1596. As it generally perishes after 
flowering, it can seldom be propagated by dividing the roots, and it is consequently necessary always to save 
the seed. 
6._DIGITALIS LANATA, Waldst. et Kit. THE WOOLLY-FLOWERED FOXGLOVE. 
Synonymes. — D. Winterli, Roth. ; D. ferruginea, Lam. ; D. Specific Character. — Raceme crowded, spike-like, woolly ; lower 
orientalis, Elm. ; D. eriostachya, Fisch. lip of the corolla very large. 
Engravings. — Bot. Mag., t. 1159; Sweet’s Brit. Flow. Gard., 
t. 291. 
Description, &c. — This is a very remarkable species, from the great size of the lower lip of the corolla, 
which is drawn out, so as to be nearly twice the size of the upper lip. In other respects, the spike is not so 
handsome as that of D. ferruginea, as it is narrow at the base. The colour of the flowers is white, delicately 
veined with pinkish lines. It is a native of Hungary, whence it was introduced in 1790. It is quite hardy in 
British gardens, where it is generally propagated by seeds. 
7.— DIGITALIS ORIENTALIS, Willd. THE EASTERN FOXGLOVE. 
Engravings Bot. Mag., t. 2253 ; Rot. Reg., t. 554. 
Specific Character. — Segments of tbe calyx lanceolate, pubescent ; lower lip of tbe corolla very large. 
Description, &c. — This species, though it agrees with the preceding one in the large size of the lower lip 
of the corolla, yet differs from it greatly in the position of its flowers, which form a very lax raceme instead of a 
very dense one. The plant is a native of the Levant, and it was introduced in 1820. It requires protection 
during winter, and is hardly worth the trouble of cultivating, as its flowers are but few in number ; and, from 
their pale colour, and great distance from each other, they are by no means ornamental. 
8.— DIGITALIS TOMENTOSA, Sims. THE WOOLLY-LEAVED FOXGLOVE. 
Synonymes D. verbascifolia, Bocc. ; D. bispaiiica, Tourn. ; D. | Specific Character. — Leaves woolly, rugged, serrated ; petioles 
purpurea. Tab. somewhat decurrent ; flowers spreading. 
. Engraving. — Bot. Mag., t. 2194. I 
Description, &c. — This species grows about 2 feet high, with the stem somewhat branched, and numerous 
pale-reddish flowers, which spread widely in all directions. It is a native of the Continent, whence it was 
introduced in 1819. It is a hardy biennial, and it is always propagated by seeds. Some botanists suppose it to 
be a variety of D. Thapsi ; but it differs from that species in the leaves being of the same colour on both sides, 
and the footstalks being long instead of being sessile ; also in the flowers not being secund, but spreading widely 
on different sides. 
