332 
15. p. 196. Stem and branches beset with dark purple dots and 
. spreading stiff hairs. Leaves hispid, from strige, deep green. 
Spikelets conjugate on the top of the stem and branches, axil- 
lary, Calyx hispid, with linear almost unequal segments, 
Corolla white or pale violet, villous outside, with lanceolate, 
obtuse segments. Style bifid at apex. Nuts beaked. 
Pyrenean Viper’s Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. Pl. 
13 to 2 feet. 
48 E. mARGARITA'CEUM (Lehm. asper. p. 446.) stem herba- 
ceous, branched, very hispid from bristles ; leaves lanceolate, 
bristly : bristles rising from large tubercles; spikelets almost 
simple, elongated ; stamens about equal in length to the corolla, 
which is tubular. ©. H. Native of Egypt. E. Rauwólfii 
Delile, fl. egypt. t. 19. f. 3. Spikelets usually solitary, rarely con- 
jugate, very long and very hispid. Calyx hispid, with lanceolate, 
unequal segments. Corolla rather unequal, white ; pilose outside. 
Pearl Viper's Bugloss. Pl. 14 to 2 feet. 
49 E. MzwziE' sr (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 29.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, beset with retrograde strigæ ; leaves sessile, acute, very 
hispid : lower ones narrow-lanceolate: superior ones ovate-lan- 
ceolate ; racemes many-flowered, imbricate, hispid ; stamens 
much shorter than the corolla, which is small and somewhat 
tubular. ¢.H. Native of the North-west coast of America. 
Stems herbaceous, erect, angular, 14 foot, branched. Leaves 
obscurely 3-nerved. Racemes secund, simple, terminal, bract- 
less. Calyx very hispid, with equal linear segments. Corolla 
glabrous, yellowish ; having 3 of its lobes twice the breadth of 
the rest. Nuts ovate, trigonal, wrinkled. 
Menzies's Bugloss. P]. 14 foot. 
50 E. rra‘vum (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 164. t. 45.) stem herbace- 
ous, simple; leaves lanceolate, very hairy ; raceme terminal, 
spike-formed ; spikelets simple, dense; corolla almost regular; 
stamens exserted. ¢. H. Native of Atlas; near Tlemsen. 
Lehm. asper. p. 447. The whole plant is covered with nume- 
rous yellowish hairs. Racemes very numerous, axillary, twisted 
into a spire, but erect while in fruit. Calycine segments subu- 
late. Corolla yellow; tube slender, arched; limb obtuse. 
Stigmas bifid. 
Yellom-flowered Viper's Bugloss. Pl. 1 to 2 feet ? 
51 E. pustura rum (Sibth. et Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 125. 
fl. graec. t. 180.) stem herbaceous, nearly simple, tubercularly 
hispid, as well as the leaves; leaves linear-oblong, repand ; 
spikelets simple, spreading ; stamens about equal in length to 
the corolla, which is irregular. &. H. Native of Sicily. 
Lehm. asper. p. 448. Hairs or strigee very long, shining, rising 
from large white tubercles, giving the plant a canescent appear- 
ance. Tubercles on the stem blackish. Root fusiform. Calyx 
hispid, with nearly equal linear segments. Corolla large, sub-bi- 
labiate, blue, or violaceous, before expansion red, marked with 
pilose lines outside. Style bifid at apex. 
Pustulate Viper's Bugloss. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
52 E. vutea re (Lin. spec. p. 200. fl. suec. ed. 2d. no. 168.) 
stem herbaceous, usually simple, strigose; leaves linear-lanceo- 
late, hispid; raceme terminal, spike-formed, very long, composed 
of spreading simple spikelets ; corolla irregular; stamens ex- 
serted. ¢.H. Native throughout Europe to Caucasus ; also 
of North America, by way sides, and in waste fields and places ; 
plentiful in some parts of Britain. Scop. fl. carn. ed. 2d. 1. p. 
129. All. ped. no. 181. Moench, meth. p. 422. Vill. dauph. 
2. p. 448. Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 108. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 135. 
Bess. fl. gall. 1. p. 154. Smith, prod. fl. grec. 1. p. 125. engl. 
bot. t. 181. Oed. fl. dan. t. 445. Sturm. fl. zerm. fasc. 18. with 
a figure. Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 130.  Blackw. t. 299.— 
Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 27. f. 1.—Riv. tab. t. 7. f. 2.—Sabb. 
rom. 2. t. 96. and a monstrous variety, t. 97. Root branched. 
Stems many from the same root, covered with black tubercles, 
BORAGINE, 
XXI. Ecuium. 
furnished with axillary spikelets from the middle to the top, the 
whole forming a very long raceme. Radical leaves rosulate, 
obtuse. Calyx hispid, with unequal segments. Corolla downy 
outside, fine purple before expansion, afterwards of a violet blue 
colour. Style bifid at apex. Nuts wrinkled, tubercled. 
Var. 8. stem branched from the base, spreading, and often 
decumbent; stamens longer. 4. H. Native of Britain. E. 
vulgare, 8, Smith, fl. brit. l. c. E. violàceum, Schmidt, fl. 
bohem. no. 203. p. 3. 
Var. y. albiflsrum (Roth, l. c. and others.) flowers white. 
Common Viper’s Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Britain. Pl. 2 
to 4 feet. 
53 E. rusERcULA tum (Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 183.) 
stem herbaceous, simple, upright, tubercularly hispid, as well as 
the leaves ; leaves lanceolate-linear, with revolute margins; 
spikelets simple, erect, strict; stamens about equal in length to 
the corolla, which is irregular. 2/?. 4.H. Native of Portu- 
gal; by way sides, particularly about Lisbon and Coimbra. 
Root branched. Superior leaves sessile, 1-3 inches long, and 
3-4 lines broad. Spikelets axillary and terminal, dense, pedun- 
culate. Calyx very hispid, with linear segments. Corolla blue, 
pilose outside. Style bifid at top. 
Tubercular Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1820. Pl. 
14 to 2 feet. 
54 E. Lusrra’yicum (Royen, lugdb. p. 407. Lin. spec. p. 
200.) stems herbaceous, simple, hairy; leaves lanceolate, attenu- 
ated at the base, acute, rather villous ; spikelets simple, alternate, 
erectly spreading; corolla nearly equal; stamens exserted, 2 of 
which are very long. 2t. H. Native of Portugal, in sandy 
places. Lehm. asper. 450. Willd. spec. 1. p. 789. Pers. ench. 
l. p. 164. Mill. dict. no. 4. E. Itálicum, Brot. fl. lus. 1. 
p.290. Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 185. Root branched. 
Stems many from the same root. Radical leaves rosulate, canes- 
cent, 1 foot long, and 2 inches broad, on short petioles: eauline 
ones sessile, gradually narrower and shorter. Spikelets simple, 
numerous, pedunculate, axillary, covering the stem almost from 
the base to the top. Peduncles and calyxes strigosely hispid, 
the hairs rising from blackish tubercles. Calycine segments 
equal, lanceolate, acuminated. Corolla funnel-shaped, pilose 
outside; limb blue, painted with violet lines, bluntish. Style 
bifid at apex. 
Portugal Viper’s Bugloss. 
2 to 8 feet. 
55 E. vioLA'cEuw (Lin. mant. p. 42.) stem herbaceous, 
branched ; lower leaves oblong: upper ones lanceolate, cordate 
at the base, stem-clasping, hispid from strigz ; spikelets simple, 
elongated ; stamens about equal in length to the corolla, which 
is irregular. ©. H. Native of the South of Germany, Spain, 
France, Italy, Transylvania, and in the South of Tauria, &c. 
Retz. obs. fasc. 2, p. 9. Willd. spec. 1. p. 788. Bieb. fl. cauc. 
1. p. 422. D. C. syn. fl. fr. p. no. 2709. Bess. fl. gal. 1. p. 154. 
Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 181. Lapeyr. abr. p. 91. E. Créticum, 
Lam. ill. no. 1857. Lapeyr. abr. p. 91. Root fusiform. Stem 
hispid, from strigee. Lower leaves obtuse, tapering into the 
petioles at the base: cauline ones acuminated. Calyx pilose, 
with unequal, narrow-lanceolate, ciliated, spreading segments. 
Corollas large, violet or pale blue, striated, beset with scattered 
hairs. Style bifid at apex. 
Violaceous-flowered Viper’s Bugloss. 
1658. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
56 E. omreNTA'LE (Lin. hort. cliff. p. 43. spec. 200.) stem 
herbaceous, branched; branches ascending, pyramidal: leaves 
oblong-lanceolate: uppermost ones cordate, ovate, soft on both 
surfaces from dense pili ; stamens shorter than the corolla, 
which is large. 4. H. Native of the Levant. Willd. spec. 1. 
p. 789. Lam. ill. p. 413. no. 1859. E'chium orientale, Vesbas- 
Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1731. Pl. 
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