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stolons from their base. Petioles ciliated at the base. Racemes 
bractless. Flowers distant, on long pedicels. Calyx beset with 
incumbent hairs. Corolla fine blue, with a white throat. 
Spring Venus Navel-wort. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1633. 
Pl. 4 foot. 
4 O. ampiexicav’Lis (Lehm. new. schrift, gesell. berol. 8. 
p- 98. t. 6.) lower leaves spatulate : the rest cordate, stem-clasp- 
ing, glabrous, with smooth margins; racemes erect, many- 
flowered. 2. H. Native of Spain and Portugal; particularly 
of Corduba. Lehm. asper. p. 185. O. Lusitánica, Schrank, 
denks. acad. wiss. munch. 1811, 1812. p. 221. Cynogléssum 
brassiczefólium, Lag. gen. et spec. 1816. p. 10.  Cynogl. Lusi- 
tánicum, Lin. spec. p. 193. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 34. exclusive of 
all synonymes. Willd. spec. 1. p. 765. exclusive of the syno- 
nymes of Lin., Mill, and Tourn.  Picótia brassiceefólia, Roem. 
et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 85. Plant glabrous, glaucous-green. 
Stem branched. Racemes bractless. Calyx glabrous, with 
ovate-lanceolate segments. Corolla white. 
Stem-clasping-leaved Venus Navel-wort. 
Clt. 1823. Pl. 1 to 12 foot. 
5 O. sempervirens (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 101. in a note) 
leaves ovate, obsoletely denticulated, hispid: lower ones on long 
petioles: superior ones sessile; peduncles axillary, 2-leaved ; 
racemes conjugate, subcapitate. 2f. H. Native of the South 
of Europe; and in England, but a doubtful native.  Anchüsa 
sempervirens, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 192. hort. cliff. 47. 
Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 178. Smith, engl. bot. t. 45. 
Vill. dauph. 2. p. 456. Lehm. asper. p. 236.—Mor. hist. 3. 
sect. 11. t. 26. f. 2.—Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 23.— Lob. icon. 
775.f. 2. Plant hispid. Stem erect, hispid from retrograde 
strigee. Calycine segments lanceolate. Corolla blue, with a 
short white tube. Perforations of nuts closed by a scale, ex 
Lehm. 
Evergreen Venus Navel-wort. 
1 to 2 feet. 
6 O. myosoror'pes (Schrank, densk. acad. wiss. munch. 
1811, 1812. p. 222. Lehm. in new. schrift. gesell. berol. 8. p. 
99.) radical leaves spatulate-lanceolate : cauline ones sessile, 
linear-lanceolate, strigose, rough; flowers loosely racemose. 
y. H. Native on the top of Mount Lebanon ; and of Candia, 
on the Sphaciotic mountains. Lehm. asper. p.188. Cynoglós- 
sum myosotoides, Labill. pl. syr. dec. 2. p. 6. t. 2. Smith, 
prod. fl. grec. 1. p. 118. — Cynoglóssum lithospermifólium, 
Lam. dict. 2. p. 240. ill. no. 1805.  Picótia lithospermifólia, 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 86. Stems many from the same 
root, filiform, tufted, hairy. Corolla funnel-shaped, small, blue, 
` hardly longer than the calyx; tube very short. Calyx pilose, 
with subovate segment-. Nuts flat, ovate, acute, glabrous. 
Mouse-ear-like Venus Navel-wort. Pl. 3 foot. 
7 O. iNTERME'DIA ; leaves strigose, rough : radical ones spa- 
tulate-lanceolate : cauline ones linear-lanceolate ; flowers loosely 
racemose ; calyx equal in length to the tube of the corolla; car- 
pels girded by a toothed, membranous margin, muricated in the 
centre. d. H. Native of Arabia, on rocks. Cynogléssum 
intermédium, Fres. fl. egypt. et arab. p. 169. Nearly allied to 
Omph. myosotoides. 
Intermediate Venus Navel-wort. 
» 
Fl. June Aug. 
Fl. May, July. Britain. Pl. 
Pl. 3 foot. 
§ 2. Annual, erect, glaucous plants, with fibrous roots, and termi- 
nal racemes of white, or very pale blue flowers. 
8 O. rmrona'nis (Lehm, in new. schrift. gesell. berol. 
8. p. 98. asper. p. 187.) radical leaves spatulate : cauline 
ones sessile, oblong : superior ones ovate, dilated at the base, 
papillose, with strigose edges; racemes bracteate. ©. H. 
Native of the West of France, on the sea shore.  Picótia litto- 
BORAGINEE. XXXII. Owrnaropzs. XXXIII. Crwocrossux. 
ralis, Reem. et Schultes, 4. p. 186. Cynogléssum littorale, 
Spreng. syst. 1. p. 567. Root simple. Plant glaucous-green. 
Racemes axillary and terminal, rather strigose. Calycine seg- 
ments ovate-lanceolate. Corolla white, as in O. linifolia. Nuts 
with an inflexed, ciliated membrane. 
Sea-shore Venus Navel-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. 
Pl. 1 foot. 
9 O. mòra (Moench. meth. p. 419. Schrank, densk. 
acad. wiss. munch. 1811, 1812. p. 221. Lehm. in new. schrift. 
gesell. berol. 8. p. 99. asper. p. 187.) radical leaves cunei- 
form: cauline ones linear-lanceolate, glabrous, with denticu- 
lately ciliated margins ; racemes bractless. ©. H. Native of 
Portugal, France, and Italy, on the sea shore. Hoffm. et Link, 
fl. port. 1. p. 193. Cynoglóssum linifolium, Lin. spec. p. 193. 
hort. cliff. p. 43. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 85. Gaertn. fruct. l. p. 
394. t. 67. f. 4. Cynogl. Lusitánicum, Mill. fig. 2. t. 190. f. 1. 
Picótia linifólia, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 86.—Sabb. hort. 
rom. 2. t, 38.—Barrel. icon. 1234.—Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 
30. f. 11. Omphalódes Lusitánica lini folio, Tourn. inst. 140. 
Plant glaucous-green, glabrous. Branches terminating in loose 
racemes. Calyx strigose at the base; segments lanceolate, with 
denticulately ciliated edges. Corolla white, rarely with a tinge 
of blue; processes of the throat nearly globose. Nuts with a 
toothed, inflexed margin. ' 
Flax-leaved, or Common Venus Navel-wort. 
Cit. 1748. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
10 O. scorproipes (Schrank, l. c. Lehm. l. c. t. 8. asper. 
p. 189.) stem prostrate, dichotomous ; leaves scabrous: radical 
ones spatulate : cauline ones lanceolate, sessile: lower ones op- 
posite, the rest alternate; pedicels axillary. ©. or 4. H. 
Native of Bohemia, in shady places; and in the valley of 
Oycow, about Cracow. Cynogléssum scorpioides, Heenke, in 
Jacq. coll. 2. p. 3. Wulf, in Rom. arch. 3. p. 336. Schmidt, 
fl. boh. 3. no. 220. Sturm. fl. germ. fasc. 21. icon. Bess. fl. 
gall. 2. p. 149.  Picótia scorpioides, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 87. Root branched, fibrous. Plant glabrous, pale green. 
Stems somewhat tetragonal. Flowers solitary, in the axils of 
the upperleaves. Calyx rather strigose, with lanceolate-acute 
segments. Corolla small, of a watery-blue colour; processes 
of the throat yellow. Nuts glabrous. Habit of Myosótis palás- 
tris. 
Scorpion-like Venus Navel-wort. Pl. prostrate. 
11 O.? Fonrr'su; leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, vil- 
lous, ciliated at the base; stem obsoletely striated, scabrous ; 
flowers opposite the leaves; seeds small, muricated. ¢.H. 
Native of the Island of Cberso. Cynogléssum Lusitánicum, 
Fortis, osserv. cherso, ed. osero. p. 68. Lehm. schrift. gesell. 
berol. 2. p. 97.  Picótia Fortisii, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 
87. Root woody. Flowers small, bluish white. 
Fortis’s Venus Navel-wort. Pl. ? 
Cult. AM the species are elegant border flowers, and of the 
most easy culture. The perennial kinds grow well under the 
shade of trees or shrubs, and are increased by division. The 
[sim of annual species should be sown in spring, in the open 
order. 
Fl. June, Aug. 
XXXIIT. CYNOGLO'SSUM (from xvov xvvoc, kyon kunos, 
a dog; and yAwasa, glossa, a tongue; from the form of the 
leaves of most of the species; in English, however, the generic 
name is Hound’s-tongue, instead of Dog’s-tongue.) Tourn. inst. 
t. 97. Lin. gen. no. 183. Schreb. gen. no. 243. Juss. gen. 
131. ed. Usteri, p. 147. Lam. ill. no. 256. t. 94. — Gzertn. 
fruct. 1. no. 416. t. 67. f. 4. A. B. Lehm. asper. p. 134. ex- 
clusive of Máttia and Rindéra. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 
