Digitalis canariensis Digitalis canariensis Digitalis canariensis is a member of the genus "Digitalis". It is commonly called Canary Island foxglove. This species is part of section "Isoplexis", which was temporarily accepted as an own genus. The synonym "Isoplexis canariensis" is still established. In general data concerning the state of "Isoplexis"-species differ depending on the source currently (2017). Individuals of these species are shrubby and evergreen plants that grow up to 150 cm tall. The plant has lanceolate-ovoid leaves. The leaf margin is sawn. In the upper part, the leaves are arranged like a rosette. The inflorescence is a cluster of orange-reddish, 3
Orazio Comes experimentation in that sector. In 1958 the museum of the botanical institute of Portici, hosted in the Royal Palace, was named after him. Orazio Comes Orazio Comes (11 November 1848 – 13 October 1917) was an Italian botanist. From 1906 to 1917 he directed the Agricultural Higher Institute of Portici, in which, thanks to Vincenzo de Cesati, he begun teaching since 1877 as assistant of Nicola Pedicino for the chair of botany, to whom he succeeded in 1880. In his works he studied the physiology and plant pathology of Neapolitan mushrooms and agricultural plants, such as beans and tobacco. From