D I G I T A L I S ,
T ab. 1.
Digitalis Füchs. Hist. 892. Campanula Tragus Kreut. lib. 2. c. 125. Virga regia
CiESALP.pl. 348. Digitalis Tourn. Inst. 165. Linst. Gm. 758. Giert. Carp. 1. 247-
t. 53. Gesneri® sp. Linn. Hort. Cliff. 318.
CHARACTER D I F F E R E N T I A L S . ,
Calyx 5-sepalus. Corolla infundibularis 2-labiata. Anther® nud® biloculares; loculis
parallelis. Discus 0. Stigma 2-lamellatum.
CHARACT ER NATURALIS .
H eRBJE V. SüFFRUTTCES.
Radix biennis, vel perennis, fibrosa.
Caulis erectus, foliosus, hirsutus, rarö impubis, teres v. paulö angulatus, simplex
ramosusve.
Folia nunc mollia, rugosa, nunc laevia, nervosa, magls minilsve hirsuta, rarö glaber-
rima, biformia: radicalia humi diffusa, saepissimö dentata; caulina lanceolata v. oblonga,
petiolata, (tfim saepö decurrentia,) v. semiamplexicaulia; sensim in bracteis mutata.
Flores cernui, racemosi, rarö spicati, albi, purpurei, v. lutei.
Race mi pauciflori v. coarctati, nunc secundi, nunc quaquaversi, bracteati, rarissimö
comosi.
Bracte^ lineares, aut lanceolate, inferiores saepiüs floribus longiores, superiores sensim
abbreviatae.
Calyx 5-sepalus, campanulatus; sepala aestivatione tria exteriora valvatim super
duobus lateralibus conniventia, latö v. anguste ovata, nunc rotundata, turn margine mem-
branaceo; insequalia, inferioribus sensim majoribus, nunc tubum corollae ferö aequanti-
bus; super fructum conniventia.
Corolla infundibularis, bilabiata, nuda, vel hirsuta; tubo supra basin constricto
apicem versus ventricoso, v. cum basi subcontinuo, concolore aut venis fulvis reticulato;
fauce rarö nuda, saepius punctate, rarö ocellatä; limbo 4-lobo : laciniis nunc acutis, nunc
rotundatis, rarissimö obsoletis; superiore emarginat&v. bifidä, rarissimö dente intermedia.;
v. subintegrä; lateralibus superiori semper conformibus; inferiore ( labio) majore,
nunc caeteris conformi, nunc product^,, semel lunatä, unguiculatä, aestivatione in lacinias
caeteras incumbente; v. in Isoplexide, accumbente.
Stamina didynama, basi contorta, supra tubi constrictionem inserta, nunc ei æqualia,
nunc multö breviora, lateri superiori ejusdem appressa, glabra, v. rarissimè pubescentia.
Antheroe incumbentes, oblongæ, nudæ v. pubescentes, 2-loculares, loculis parallelis, di-
stinctis, longitudinaliter debiscentibus, septo iucompleto. Pollen album, ovatum.
D iscijs mellifluus, sed tantùm colore pallidiore manifestus.
Ovarium ovatum, glanduloso-pilosum, biloculare, semel semibiloculare, ovulis inde-
finitis placentae globosae centrali affixis. Stylus filiformis, directione staminum, rarö
pilosus. Stigma 2-lamellatum, superficie papillosâ.
C a p s u l a ovata, induviata, rarö glabra, bilocularis, per septa semi-dehiscens, placenta.
centrali, demum liberà.
Semina numerosissima, minuta, oblonga, magïs minùsve angulata, scrobiculata.
Testa brunnea, fragilis, membranà interiore vestita. Hilum alterà extremitate foveatum.
Rapha et Chalaza inconspicuae. Embryo rectus, teres, in axi albuminis carnosi: radi-
eula hilo adversa, cotyledonibus duplo longiore.
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