BORAGINE/E. XVI. Barscuta. 
Batsch, a German professor of botany.) Gmel. in Lin. syst. 2. 
p. 315. Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 133. t. 14. Pursh. fl. amer. 
sept. 1. p. 122. R. Br. in append. Frankl. journ. p. 732. 
Anónymos, Walt. fl. car. p. 91. Lithospérmum species, Lehm. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monoginia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 
salver-shaped ; tube longer than the calyx, bearded by a ring of 
hairs inside at the base ; mouth naked. Anthers inclosed. Nuts 
4, 1-celled, ovate, smooth, shining, fixed to the bottom of the 
calyx, imperforated at the base.— Plants with the habit of Litho- 
spérmum. Flowers yellow or fulvous, almost fastigiate in short 
bracteate spikes. Leaves narrow, without collateral nerves. 
1 B. rowcirLóRA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 132.) plant 
clothed with silky villi; erect; leaves approximate, long, and 
linear: with revolute margins; corolla with an elongated and 
somewhat pentagonal tube, and crenately cut segments ; calycine 
segments long, linear. X4. H. Native on the banks of the 
Missouri and Mississippi. Lithospérmum incisum, Lehm. asper. 
p. 303. Lith. angustifolium, Muhl. Lith. longiflórum, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 544. Flowers sulphur-yellow, disposed in fastigiate 
fascicles. 
Long-flowered Puccoon. Fl. July. Clt. 1812. Pl. 4 foot. 
2 B. prcv'wszws (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 114.) hirsutely 
villous ; stems decumbent; segments of the calyx and leaves 
linear ; flowers scattered ; lobes of corolla fimbriately crenate, 
shorter than the tube. %. H. Native of North America, 
around the Mandan village. Lithospérmum  Mandanénse, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 544. Nearly allied to B. longiflóra. In 
both these species the orifice of the corolla is nearly closed by 
5 arched protuberances. All the species afford a crimson lac 
from the root. 
Decumbent Puccoon. Pl. decumbent. 
3 B. Guxriwr (Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 180. Pursh. fl. 1. 
p. 132.) plant hairy ; stems erect, simple; leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, obtuse: floral ones ovate-lanceolate, obtuse ; tube of corolla 
shorter than the calyx ; calycine segments long-lanceolate, acute, 
unequal. 4. H. Native of Lower Carolina, in dry sunny woods: 
and in woods ofthe Arkansas and Red River. Anónymos Caroli- 
niénsis, Walt. fl. carol. p. 91. B. Caroliniénsis, Pers. ench. 1. 
p.159. Anchusa hírta, Muhl. cat. p. 19.  Lithospérmum hír- 
tum, Lehm. asper. p. 304. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers 
yellow, pilose outside. Nuts ovate, turgid, glabrous, shining. 
Gmelin’s Puccoon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1812. PI. 1 foot. 
4 B. cawxE'sceNs (Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 130. t. 14 
Pursh, fl. 1. p. 132.) plant clothed with white villi; stem erect, 
nearly simple; leaves oblong, obtuse, emarginate at apex, at 
length rather scabrous; tube of corolla twice as long as the 
calyx; calyxes very short, linear, acute. 2. H. Native of 
Virginia, Carolina, T'enessee, on dry sunny hills, in a sandy soil. 
Anchusa canéscens, Muhl, cat. p. 19. Anchüsa Virginiàna, Lin. 
syst. p. 191. Lithospérmum canéscens, Lehm. asper. p. 305. 
Anchusa floribus sparsis, caule glabro, Gronov. virg. p. 24. 
Anchusa lutea minor quam alii Puccoon vocant, Gronov. virg. 
p. 19.—Mor. hist. 3. p. 447. sect. 11. t. 28. f. 4. Stems divided 
into two leafy racemes at top. Flowers nearly sessile. Corolla 
fulvous. Nuts similar to those of Lithosp. officinàle. The root 
is covered with a red substance, which is the true Puccoon of 
the Indians, and paints a beautiful red. 
Canescent Puccoon. Fl. Ju. July. Clt.1826. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
5 B. cowsrícua (R. Br. in Richards. append. to Frankl. journ. 
p. 732.) stem beset with loose hairs; leaves oblong, obtuse, 
clothed with adpressed pili: floral ones secund, becoming gra- 
dually smaller to the top of the spikes; lobes of corolla entire. 
1t. H. Native of North-west America, on the banks of the 
Saskatchawan. Lithospérmum conspicuum, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 
548. Stems many from the same root, di-trichotomous at top. 
XVII. Macromeria. 
XVIII. Morrxta. 
Spikes divaricate. Calyx hairy ; segments subulate, three times 
shorter than the corolla. Corolla of an orange-yellow colour, 
pilose outside. 
Conspicuous Puccoon. Pl. 13 foot. 
6 B. sericea (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 743.) stem suffru- 
ticose, erect, trichotomously branched, villous at top ; leaves 
oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, silky above, but somewhat villous 
beneath, canescent; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx. 
At. H. Native of Virginia. Lithospérmum sericeum, Lehm. 
asper. 206. Anchüsa Virgínica, Lin. spec. 191. Gron. virg. p. 
24. Willd. spec. 1. p. 7580.—Mor. hist. 3. p. 447. sect. 1l. 
t. 98. f. 4. Stem divided at top into 3-6 floriferous branches. 
Leaves 2 inches long. Flowers pedicellate from the axils of the 
floral leaves. Calyx villous, with unequal linear segments. Co- 
rolla yellow, downy outside. Nuts ovate, glabrous. 
Silky Puccoon. Fl. May, July. Cit. 1825. Pl. 1 foot. 
7 B. písricHA; stem herbaceous, erect, branched at top; 
leaves clothed with adpressed pili: lower ones spatulate, obtuse : 
superior ones oblong-lanceolate, acute : floral ones ovate, in 2 rows; 
tube of corolla length of calyx. 2/. S. Native of Cuba. Li- 
thospérmum dístichum, Orteg. dec. p. 8. Jacq. fragm. t. 48. f. 
3. Willd. enum. 1. p. 177. Lehm. asper. p. 308. Stems nu- 
merous, strigose or pilose, divided into 3-6 leafy spikes at top. 
Flowers axillary, distich, on short pedicels, shorter than the 
floral leaves. Calyx pilose, with lanceolate-acute segments. 
Corolla white; throat yellow, marked by 5 obtuse gibbosities. 
Nuts small, ovate, turgid, hard, shining, white. 
Distich-leaved Puccoon. Fl. May, June. 
1 to 1 foot. 
Cult. 'Yhe species grow well in common garden soil, but best 
in a peat border. They are increased by dividing at the root, 
or by seed. 
Clt. 1806. Pl. 
XVII. MACROMERIA (from paxpoc, macros, long, and 
peptic, meris, a part; the flowers are by far the largest of the 
whole family, of which it may justly be reckoned the most 
showy genus). D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, Oct., 1832. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 5-parted, 
rather unequal. Corolla funnel-shaped, much longer than the 
calyx; limb 5-lobed: lobes erect, acutish. Stamens nearly 
equal, with capillary glabrous filaments, and linear-oblong, in- 
cumbent, versatile anthers; cells of anthers parallel, dehiscing 
lengthwise. Style capillary, glabrous; stigma a pruinose dot. 
Ovaria 4, connate.— Perennial Mexican herbs. Stems erect, 
very simple. Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, nerved. 
Racemes few-flowered bracteate. Calycine segments linear. 
Corolla white? 2-3 inches long; tube attenuated at the base ; 
throat dilated ; lobes of limb oblong ; imbricate in estivation. 
The long filaments distinguish this genus from Lithospérmum 
and Bátschia, to which it otherwise comes nearest in affinity. — 
1 M. roweirrónA (D. Don, l. c.) leaves lanceolate, acumi- 
nated, smoothish ; genitals inclosed. 24. F. Native of Mexico. 
Lithospérmum longiflórum, Sesse et Mocino, mss. in herb. 
Lamb. 
Long-flowered Macromeria. PI. 
2 M. xxsx'/nrA (D. Don, l. c.) leaves lanceolate, mucronate, 
scabrous ; genitals exserted ; stem hispid. — 21. H. Native of 
Mexico. E'chium species, Sesse et Mocino, mss. in herb. Lamb. 
Exserled-stamened Macromeria. PI. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Bátschia above. 
XVIII. MO'LTKIA (named by Dr. Lehmann in honour of 
Count Gadske Moltke, a Danish prince, founder of a Museum 
of Natural History at Copenhagen). Lehm. in act. soc. nat. 
scrut. hal. 3. p. 3. asper. p. 339. 
