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* LITHOSPÉRMUM rosmarinifólium. 
Rosemary-leaved Gromwell, 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. BoRAGINEm Juss. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany, p. 241.) 
LITHOSPERMUM L. Calyz 5-partitus. Corolla infundibularis, pervia, , 
fauce 5-gibboso-impressä, plicatá aut levi. Nucule ossese basi truncate. 
Reichenb. fl. excurs. 1. 336. 
§ 3. Margarospermum. Faux levis, nucule levissime. Rchb. 
L. rosmarinifolium ; fruticulosum, foliis linearibus demum revolutis subtus albis 
utrinque subtiliter pilosis, corollis subhypocrateriformibus pilosis, antheris 
styloque inclusis. 
L. rosmarinifolium Tenore A. Neap. prodr. suppl. IT. p. 65. Synopsis p. 33. non 
Rchb. 
L. graminifolium, Römer et Schultes syst. veg. vol. 4. p. 47? non Viv. 
Caulis suffruticosus, diffusus, palmaris ad bipedalem, pilis appressis sub- 
tilibus pubescens. Folia linearia v. lineari-lanceolata, margine revoluta, 
suprà subpilosa, infra pilis pallidis siccatione albis densè vestita. Gyriflorum 
axillares, pedunculati, pauciflori, foliis multò breviores. Calyx 5-partitus, 
corollá triplò brevior ; laciniis subulatis appresso-pilosis. Corolla inter hy- 
pocrateriformem et infundibularem, tubo pallide purpurascente apice piloso 
basi glabro ; limbo intense coeruleo plano, extus dens? piloso. Antheræ et 
stylus inclusa. 
A native of the south of Italy; it was found by Tenore 
growing on the limestone rocks of the island of Capri. 
Our drawing was made from a fine plant flourishing in the 
rich collection of Mrs. Marryat, to whom the seeds had been 
brought by Mrs. Pallisser. It isa beautiful and highly inte- 
resting species, and one of the best adapted for rockwork in 
a mild climate. It appears to require no particular care in 
* Literally Stoneseed; a most a propriate name, the little nuts, or seeds as 
they used to be called, being pastes = hard, and having as smooth a surface as a 
polished pebble. 
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