FilameMs awl-shaped, compressed, white, the bases broad,
rounded, concave, connivent, and fringed. Anthers linear,
blunt, cream-coloured, longer than the filaments, of two
parallel, connate cells. Ovarium 5-celled, entirely adherent
to the tube of the calyx. Style cylindrical, pubescent.
Stigmas 3, linear-oblong, obtuse, connivent, thick and fleshy,
thrice longer than the style, convex, and copiously clothed
exteriorly with papillose bristles.
Named by Pollini in compliment to Dr. Lorey who originally
discovered the plant on Mount Baldo in the Veronese.
It has been since observed in other parts of Italy. The
plant was introduced to our collections about ten years ago.
It is a hardy annual of very easy culture, thriving in almost
any kind of soil, and ripening its seeds freely in the open
border, where the plant may be occasionally left to sow
itself as recommended by our intelligent friend Mr. Denson.
Our specimens were from the Nursery of Messrs. Allen
and Rogers at Battersea, where both the varieties represented
in our plate are cultivated.
Grown in patches, or as an edging to flower borders, it is
highly ornamental, from its dwarf and slender habit, and
large expanded blossoms of a deep blue or pure white, which
continue to be produced in succession throughout the summer
and autumn months.
For the explanation of the generic name, see fol. 80.
D . Don.