gittate, after bursting becoming flattened and nearly round:
pollen white. Ovarium smooth, roundly oval, seated on a
sort of crown. Style smooth, slender, longer than the stamens.
Stigma in our specimens all 3-cleft, the segments
blunt, pubescent, at first reflexed, then becoming revolute.
Our drawing of this pretty species of Polemonium was
made from specimens kindly sent to us by Robert Barclay,
Esq. in whose splendid collection at Bury Hill, plants of it
were raised last year, from seeds given him by Mr. Hunne-
man, under the name of V. pulcfiellum, who received them
from Siberia; we have determined it to be the P. villosum
of Georgi in the work above quoted, which was published
in the year 1800, but appears not to have been seen by
Roemer and Schultes, or Sprengel, who have published it
under the name of P. humile; we are obliged to Mr. D.
Don for pointing it out to us in the above work, and also
for the sight of fine native specimens of it in Mr. Lambert’s
Herbarium, that were collected by Pallas, and by him
named V. pubescens. We believe the V. Richardsoni oi
Graham in the Botanical Magazine is not specifically distinct
; the only difference we could see in them at Mr. Barclay’s,
where they were both growing and flowering together,
was, that the rachis between the leaflets of P. Richardsoni
was smoother, and the flowers rather less and of
rather a lighter colour; but at the same time we noticed
that different plants of P. villosum varied considerably in
the form of their leaflets, and also in the colour of their
flowers, so that we think- they will both prove to belong to
the same species. I t thrives well in the open borders in
the common garden soil, and may be increased by seeds,
or by dividing at the root.
In Mr. W. Russell’s Nursery at Battersea, we see a great
many fine plants of P. sibiricum for sale, which has hitherto
been a scarce plant in the neighbourhood of London.
Polemonium is derived from -xoke/ioq, wa r; but it is not
known at present what plant was originally meant; it is
from its supposed vulnerary qualities; it is also said to
have caused war between two Kings, as to which should
have the merit of its discovery.
1. Calyx. 2. Tube o f the Corolla spread open, to show the insertion o f the
Stamens, bearded at the base o f the filaments. 3. Filament detached, to show
the beard at the base. 4. Ovarium seated on a crown, terminated by the
smooth Style and 3-cleft Stigma.