limb spreading, deeply 5-cleft, the segments distinct, obcordate,
deeply emarginate, varying from a rosy purple or violet,
to lilac, and white, as in our three varieties. Stamens 5,
inserted in the tube: filaments very short: pollen golden
yellow. Ovarium smooth and glossy, transparent, the ovula
showing through it. Style smooth and glossy. Stigma capitate.
For these three very distinct varieties oiV.farinosa, we
are indebted to Fdward Leeds, Fsq. of Manchester, who
sent them to us last Spring in full bloom, and from them
our drawing was made; the following is his observations
on them, and his account of the different varieties. “ The
white-flowered variety is a very local plant, and rare in its
native hibitats. I collected it in very damp situations and
loamy soil, the substratum of which was lime-stone. The
high-coloured variety is mostly found in bog or peat earth,
and similar substratum, and is always smaller than the others:
the specimens sent are not near so strong as I have grown
them, by planting them in bog and loam, and placing the
rots in which they were grown in pans of water in Summer,
rut may be considered as fair specimens as found native.”
The above varieties were collected in the county of Durham
; and from the above account may be collected the best
method of cultivating th em ; they are quite hardy, requiring
no other protection, than the pots being plunged in Winter
in decayed leaves, rotten tan, or rough ashes, so that they
may not be so likely to be frozen through; as soon as the
seed is ripe, which in general is produced in great abundance,
they should be sown in pots, they will then come up
the following Spring, but if not sown till the Spring, they
will not come up till Autumn, and many of them not till
the Spring following; this is the best method of increasing
them, but they may also be increased by dividing at the
root.F
or the derivation of the generic name, see folio 5, of
the second series.
1. Calyx, showing one of the bractes at the base of the pedicle. 2. Tube of the
Corolla spread open, to show the insertion of the five Stamens. 3. Ovarium, terminated
by the Style and capitate Stigma.
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