Blossom. The bellying part on the inside sprinkled with spots like little eyes. Leaves wrinkled. Linn.
Blossom. Rather tubular than bell-shaped, bulging on the under side, purple; the narrow tubular part at the base, white. Upper lip sometimes slightly cloven.
Chives. Threads crooked, white. Tips yellow.
Pointal. Seed-bud greenish. Honey-cup at its base more yellow. Summit cloven.
S. Vess. Capsule not quite so long as the cup.
Stem. About 4 feet high; obscurely angular; leafy.
Leaves. Slightly but irregularly serrated, wrinkled; dark green above, paler underneath. Lower leaves egg-shaped; upper leaves spear-shaped. Leaf-stalks fleshy; bordered.
Flowers. Numerous, mostly growing from one side of the stem and hanging down one over another. Floral-leaves sitting, taper-pointed. The numerous purple blossoms hanging down, mottled within; as wide and nearly half as long as the finger of a common-sized glove, are sufficient marks whereby the most ignorant may distinguish this from every other British plant; and the leaves ought not to be gathered for use but when the plant is in blossom.
Place. Dry, gravelly or sandy soils; particularly on sloping ground. It is a biennial, and flowers from the middle of June to the end of July.