1808 
* EÜTOCA viscida. 
Clammy Eutoca. 
PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Nat. ord. HyDroPHYLLACEZ. (Introduction to the Natural System of 
Botany. p. 244.) 
EUTOCA.—Supra, vol. 14. fol. 1180. 
E. viscida ; glanduloso-pilosa viscosa, caule erecto ramoso, foliis cordato-ovatis 
subangulatis serratis, racemis elongatis furcatis simplicibusque, placentis 
multi-ovulatis, 
E. viscida Bentham MSS. 
Annua, undique pilis nigro-capitatis glandulosis viscosa; caule tereti 
ramoso bipedali. Folia tactu mollia et oleosa, 2 p. lata, paulo longiora, 
sensim decrescentia, superiora grosse simpliciter dentata. Racemi gyratim 
elongantes, multiflori, ebracteati. Sepala linearia, obtusa, capsule longitu- 
dine. Corolla generis, amene caerulea tubo roseo. Filamenta setacea basi 
villosa ; anthere flave. Capsula ovata, mucronata, apice bivalvis, semibilo- 
cularis, placentis parietalibus polyspermis. Semina minuta, fusca, scro- 
biculata, marginibus areolarum acutis centro foveola excavota. 
À new hardy annual, found in California by Mr. Douglas, 
and raised by the Horticultural Society, in whose garden it 
flowered this summer for the first time. It is perfectly hardy 
and will grow in any common soil. Our drawing was made 
last J uly. 
The blue of the flowers is remarkably deep and brilliant, 
so that the plant has a handsome appearance ; but its leaves 
are rather coarse and weedy. Weknow, however, of no plant 
better adapted for bouquets; for it will go on growing and 
flowering in water for two or three weeks after being gathered. 
The whole of its surface is covered with hairs, having 
little black heads filled with a viscid secretion, and sticking to 
the fingers like those of the Henbane ; these are so crowded 
about the pedicels as to give them quite a sooty aspect. 
* See folio 1180. 
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