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THE LADIES’ FLOWER-GARDEN 
GENUS II. 
DRACOCEPHALUM, Lin. THE DRAGON’S HEAD. 
Lin. Srjst. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. —Calj'X bilabiate, or the upper tooth is large, or the bracteas are ciliately toothed.— (G. Don.) 
1.—DRACOCEPHALUM CANESCENS, Lin. 
Synonyme. —Zornia caneseens, Mcench. 
Engravings. —Swt. Brit. Flow. Gard. t. 38 ; and our fig. 3, in 
Plate 39. 
Specific Character —Stem erectish, branched, clothed with fine 
hoary tomentum. Leaves petiolate, lower ones ovate or oblong, rather 
THE WOOLLY-LEAVED DRAGON’S HEAD. 
deeply crenated; floral ones lanceolate, almost quite entire, all 
canescent from fine tomentum. Whorls distinct, disposed in long 
racemes, usually 6-flowered. Bracteas ovate-cuneated, aristately- 
toothed. Calyx hoary, having the upper tooth ovale, and the lower 
one lanceolate. Corolla twice as long as the calyx.—( G. Don.) 
Description, &c.— A very showy, vigorous-growing plant, about two feet high, and spreading in propor¬ 
tion. The leaves are white, from the down with which they are clothed; and the flowers, which are of a very 
dark purplish blue, are produced in great abundance. The species is a native of the Levant, whence it was 
introduced in 1711- The seeds should be sown early in March, and the plants, when they come up, should be 
transplanted so as to stand singly, as they require a great deal of room. 
OTHER SPECIES OF DRACOCEPHALUM. 
D. MOLDAVICUM, Lin. ; MOLDAVICA PUNCTATA, Mcench. 
This species, which is generally called Moldavian balm in British gardens, has either blue or white flowers, and 
a very strong smell. It is a native of eastern Siberia, and it was introduced before 1596. The seeds, which are 
common in all the seed-shops, should be sown in the beginning of March, and the young plants pricked out 
singly. 
There are several other kinds of annual Dracoceplialums, but they differ very little from each other, and they 
are none of them common in British gardens. 
GENUS III. 
PHYSOSTEGIA, Benth. THE PHYSOSTEGIA. 
Lin. Syst. DIDYNAMIA GYMNOSPERMIA. 
Generic Character. —Calyx obscurely veined, inflated after florescence. Corolla much exserted, with an ample throat.—(G. Don.) 
PHYSOSTEGIA TRUNCATA, Benth. THE BLUNT-CALYXED PHYSOSTEGIA. 
Engravings. —Bot Mag. t. 3494; and our fig. 1, in Plate 39. 
Specific Character. —Calyx truncate, obscurely 3—5-lobed. Lobes very broad, denticulated.— {Benth.) 
Description, &c.— A very showy plant, growing nearly two feet high, and producing several spikes of its 
very elegant and delicately-marked flowers. It is a native of Texas, where it was found by Drummond in 
1834, and seeds sent to the Glasgow Botanic Garden. Though at first supposed to be a perennial, it proves to 
be decidedly an annual, and only requires the same culture as the annual kinds of Dracocephalum. 
