Plate 14.Soldanella Clusii.Drawn from Nature by M.R.Engraved by R. Havell Junr.
Plate 14.Soldanella Clusii.Drawn from Nature by M.R.Engraved by R. Havell Junr.
Plate 14.Soldanella Clusii.Drawn from Nature by M.R.Engraved by R. Havell Junr.
Clusius's Soldanella.
Class and Order.—Pentandria Monogynia.
Root fibrous—leaves radical, on long petioles, orbicular, cordate, slightly crenate, of a dark green, paler underneath—stem radical, erect, three or four inches high—segments of the involucrum linear—flowers terminal, drooping,—calyx five, segments linear, spreading—corolla purple, monopetalous, campanulate, margin deeply laciniated—stamens five, anthers two lobed—style very long, germen inferior.
Root fibrous—leaves radical, on long petioles, orbicular, cordate, slightly crenate, of a dark green, paler underneath—stem radical, erect, three or four inches high—segments of the involucrum linear—flowers terminal, drooping,—calyx five, segments linear, spreading—corolla purple, monopetalous, campanulate, margin deeply laciniated—stamens five, anthers two lobed—style very long, germen inferior.
The beautiful genus Soldanella is peculiarly adapted to rock work, to which it is a great ornament; the different species are all hardy, but like many alpine plants, require shelter from severe frosts, as a substitute for the snow of their native mountains; this species is found on the mountains of Bohemia, and on the Austrian and Styrian Alps, and was introduced into this country about the year 1816. It grows best in a mixture of peat and sandy loam, and is readily increased by seeds, or by parting the roots; the genus is by no means common, perhaps, from their requiring a very pure air to grow them in perfection; it is the safest plan to keep all alpine plants in a frame during winter, or to cover them withdrysaw dust, over which may be placed a hand-glass or garden-pot. This species is called after Clusius a celebrated Botanist, it being (according to the Bot. Mag. p. 211.) first described and figured by him. There are two other beautiful species, with smaller flowers, S. alpina, S. minima.
Pl. 14.
Pl. 14.