ANTIRRHINUM _triste_ foliis linearibus sparsis inferioribus oppositis nectariis subulatis, floribus sub-sessilibus. _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 555._
LINARIA tristis hispanica. _Dill. Elth. 201. t. 164. f. 199._
Receives its name of _triste_ from the sombre appearance of its flowers; but this must be understood when placed at some little distance, for, on a near view, the principal colour of the blossoms is a fine rich brown, inclined to purple.
Is a native of Spain, and of course a greenhouse plant with us, but it must not be too tenderly treated, as it loses much of its beauty when drawn up, it should therefore be kept out of doors when the season will admit, as it only requires shelter from severe frost, and that a common hot-bed frame will in general sufficiently afford it.
It flowers during most of the summer months; as it rarely or never ripens its seeds with us, the usual mode of propagating it, is by cuttings, which strike readily enough in the common way.
MILLER relates that it was first introduced into this country by Sir CHARLES WAGER, from Gibraltar seeds.
POTENTILLA GRANDIFLORA. LARGE-FLOWER'D POTENTILLA.
_Cal._ 10-fidus. _Petala_ 5. _Sem._ subrotunda, nuda, receptaculo parvo exsucco affixa.
POTENTILLA _grandiflora_ foliis ternatis dentatis utrinque subpilosis, caule decumbente foliis longiore, _Lin. Syst. Vegetab. p. 715._
FRAGARIA sterilis, amplissimo folio et flore petalis cordatis, _Vaill. Paris. 55. t. 10. f. 1._
Culture is well known to produce great alterations in the appearance of most plants, but particularly in those which grow spontaneously on dry mountainous situations, and this is strikingly exemplified in the present instance, this species of _Potentilla_, becoming in every respect much larger, as well as much smoother than in its natural state. _Vid._ VAILL. above quoted.
It is a hardy herbaceous plant, a native of Switzerland, Siberia, and other parts of Europe, and flowers in July.
LINNÆUS considers it as an annual; MILLER, as a biennial; we suspect it to be, indeed have little doubt of its being a perennial; having propagated it by parting its roots, but it may be raised more successfully from seed.
EPILOBIUM ANGUSTISSIMUM. NARROWEST LEAV'D WILLOW-HERB.