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DIGITALIS canjariensis: 
Canary shrubby Fox-glove, 
DIDYNAMIA ANGIOSPERMIA. — 
. DIGITALIS. Cal. 5-partitus inaequalis. Cor. basi tubulosa, su7 
pra dilatata patens, limbo 4-(5-) lobo inzequali. (Modo adest) rudimentum 
quinti staminis vix conspicuum. Stigma simplex, aut bilamellatum, 
Caps. ovata, acuminata, bilocularis, bivalvis, receptaculo centrali ad am- 
bitum marginato utrinque seminifero, dissepimenti vicem supplente,.& 
valvis parallelo seu earumdem marginibus circlimapposito. Sem. nume- 
rosa, & minuta. Folia alterna, flores spicati terminales. Species 
pauce fruticulose. Jussieu. gen. 120. 
D. canariensis, foliolis calycinis lanceolatis, corolla acute labio superiore 
longiore bifido; inferioris lobis lanceolatis subzqualibus, foliis lanceo- 
latis serratis, caule fruticoso.. Brown in Hort. Kew. ed. 2. 4. 30. 
Digitalis canariensis. Lin. sp. pl. 2.868. Hort. Kew. 2. 346. Mill. 
tc. 1.60. ¢..120. Willd. sp. pl. 8.288. Lamarck. ill. t. 525. f. 2. 
Digitalis acanthoides canariensis frutescens, flore aureo. Comm. hort. 2 
105. ¢. 53. ji re 
Digitali affinis canariensis, solidaginis acutis foliis levitér pilosis, flore 
aureo cucullato. Pluk. alm. 40. t. 325. f. 2. 
Gesneria foliis lanceolatis serratis, pedunculo term 
Hort. cliff. 318. 
Frutex erectus, modo 5-pedalis, teres, rubro-fuscescens, pubescens, ramosus, 
superné foliorum vestigiis notatus. Folia numerosa patentia, ramos infra 
spicas sparsim approximate ac fere comatim ambientia, uncias 5 plus minus 
hace 2 circitér lata, decurrentia, ovali-lanceolata, acuta, deorsiim longé 
attenuata, decursivé petiolata, serrata dentibus brevibus mucronato-curvatis, 
reticulato-venosa, supra asperits lanuginosa, infra subtomentosa, nervis vari- 
cosis. Racemi erecti, ramos spicatim terminantes, laxiiis multiflori, simplices, 
pedunculo modo pedali, bracteis simplicibus, pedicellis corolla nutante duplo 
magisve brevioribus, Flos omnis extis lanuginosus: lacinix calycine cuspi- 
dato-lanceolate : cor. subsesquiuncialis obsoleté venosa, fulvescens, intits sor- 
didé lutescens ; Jabium summum recurvo-porrectum acuté bifidum ; infimum 3- 
jfidum, lobi lanceolati, medius lateralibus patentibus duplo major. Stam. 
ascendentia : anth. vertice ratundate, infra bilobo-patentes, forma feré ferri 
equini. Stigma simplex. 
inali laxé spicato. 
Originally raised from seed brought from the Canary 
Islands; and known to have been cultivated here by the 
Duchess of Beaufort in 1698. 
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A downy upright shrub, sometimes growing to the ~ 
height of five or six feet, generally naked, except at the 
branches below the spikes, where the foliage is numerous 
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