in the throat, and extending up the back of the anthers: anthers
bluntly sagittate at the base, joined by their back to
the filaments, two-lobed. smooth, pyramidal. Style
smooth, purple, about two-thirds the length of the corolla.
Stigma a simple white head.
We were highly gratified this Spring by receiving a specimen
in flower of this elegant and rare little plant, that
had bloomed in the well managed and rich collection of
Robert Barclay, Esq., of Bury Hill, and from which the
present figure was made. Mr. Cameron informs us that he
has cultivated the plant seven or eight years, and never
succeeded in flowering it before ; it was now in flower the
beginning of April, and the flowers continue in perfection
several days. As it is a native of the Carinthian Alps, and
the Carpathian Mountains, it may be considered quite hardy,
and will be a pretty plant for decorating rock-work, if some
soil be prepared for it, composed of an equal quantity of
turfy loam, peat, and fine sand, well mixed together, and
placed in a sheltered situation where the sun does not come
too strong to scorch it up ; it is also a very proper plant for
growing in a small pot, in which it will thrive very well, if
the pot be well drained with potsherds, broken small, that
the wet may pass off regularly; for should it become sodden
with too much moisture, it would be very liable to rot at the
roots. It may be increased by dividing at the ro o t; but a
better way is to raise it from seeds, as, by dividing it frequently,
will make it so weak that it will produce no flowers;
and seeds will ripen plentifully if a little pains be taken to
fertilize the Stigma with the pollen when in bloom; the
seedling plants also thrive much better than the divided
plants.
For the derivation of the generic name, see folio 48.
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1. Calyx. 2. Corolla spread open, to show the lined inside, and the insertion of the
5 Stamens near the bottom of the tube. 3. Ovarium, terminated by the Style and small
capitate Stigma,