362 BORAGINEZE. XXXV. HzriorRoPIUM. 
sessile, strigose ; spikes solitary, bracteate ; bracteas longer 
than the calyx. kh. F. Native of the Levant. Habit of 
Myposotis. Stem beset with adpressed, stiff hairs, as well as 
the calyx and pedicels. Young branches hoary from copious 
hairs. Leaves deep green. Spikes lateral and terminal. Flow- 
ers pedicellate. Carpels rather hispid. 
Mouse-ear-like Heliotrope. Shrub erect. 
56 H. Rorrre‘r1 (Lehm. asper. p. 66.) stem shrubby, erect ; 
leaves oval-lanceolate, hispid; spikes lateral and terminal, 
solitary ; bracteas lanceolate, nearly the length of the calyx. 
h.S. Native of the East Indies. Root fusiform, woody, 
with horizontal fibres. Stems many from the same root, beset 
with small white hairs or strige. Flowers on short pedicels. 
Calyx hispid, length of the tube of the corolla. Corolla pilose 
outside. Carpels hispid when examined by a lens, 
Rottler's Heliotrope. Shrub 1 to 1 foot. 
57 H. ruvurróriuw (Vahl, in litt. ex Lehm. in act. nat. 
scrut. hal. 8. p. 17.) stem shrubby, depressed ; leaves oblong, 
strigose ; spikes solitary, terminal, elongated, leafy. h. S. 
Native country unknown. Lehm. asper. p. 67. Stem hispid 
at top; branches floriferous. Bracteas lanceolate, on short 
petioles, length of the cauline leaves. Calyx hispid, length of 
the tube of the corolla. Corolla small, downy outside. Nuts 
rather villous. 
Thyme-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub depressed. 
58 H. pauciriorum (R. Br. prod. 493.) annual, erect, much 
branched, strigose ; hairs decumbent; leaves lanceolate, linear, 
shorter than balf an inch, with recurved margins; spikes few- 
flowered ; bracteas linear, length of calyx, equalling the tube 
of the corolla, which is acutish. ©. H. Native of New 
Holland, within the tropic. 
Few-flowered Heliotrope. Pl. erect. 
59 H. Pe’rsicum (Lam. dict. 3. p. 94. ill. p. 393. no. 1761.) 
stem shrubby, branched; leaves linear-lanceolate, oblique, re- 
curved, silky, hoary; spikes terminal, leafy. h. F. Native 
of Persia. Lehm. asper. p. 68.  Heliotrópium Persicum inca- 
num, floribus variegatis, Burm. fl. ind. p. 41. t. 19. f. 1. 
Branches grey from adpressed hairs. Leaves hoary from copi- 
ous, prostrate hairs. Flowers on short pedicels. Carpels minute, 
rather hispid. 
Persian Heliotrope. Shrub 3 to 1 foot. 
60 H. rascicuna TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 494.) suffruticose, 
much branched, strigose ; hairs spreading ; leaves linear, acute, 
sessile, with recurved margins, a line and a half long, in fasci- 
cles; flowers scattered. h. G. Native of New Holland, 
within the tropic. 
Fascicled-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub. ; 
61 H. Camrecnia`num (Willd. herb. ex Lehm. asper. p. 69. 
H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 86.) stem shrubby, 
branched, procumbent ; leaves lanceolate, strigose, acute at both 
ends; spikes terminal, solitary, elongated, leafy; calyx sub- 
bilabiate, with unequal segments. h.or X. S. Native about 
Campeachy. Branches filiform, strigose. Lower flowers on 
short pedicels: upper ones sessile. Tube of corolla length of 
the larger calycine segments, pilose outside; segments acutish. 
Carpels hispid when examined by a lens. 
Campeachy Heliotrope. Shrub procumbent. 
62 H. snacrEA'TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 493.) annual, strigose 
from decumbent hairs; branches erect; leaves lanceolate, flat ; 
spikes few-flowered; bracteas lanceolate, nearly sessile, a little 
longer than the calyx. ©. H. Native of New Holland, within 
the tropic, on the sea-shore. 
Bracteate-flowered Heliotrope. PI. erect. 
63 H. mariròLIUM (Retz. obs. 2. p. 8-9. no. 8.) stem fruti- 
culose, procumbent, filiform; leaves petiolate, lanceolate, acute, 
pilose ; spikes usually solitary ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, 
shorter than the calyx. 5. S. Native of India. Willd. spec. 
l. p. 742. Lehm. asper. p. 70. Stem beset with incumbent 
hairs. Leaves figure of those of Tedcrium Marum, but narrower 
and smaller. Flowers distant, on short pedicels. Nuts hispid, 
or prickly at the base. 
Cat-thyme-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub procumbent. 
64 H. sca`srum (Retz, obs. 2. p. 8. no. 7.) stem herbaceous, 
depressed, branched; leaves linear-lanceolate, oblique, strigose, 
with revolute edges ; spikes solitary, lateral and terminal; 
bracteas lanceolate, longer than the calyx. ©. H. Native of 
India, in rice-fields. Lehm. asper. p. 70. Plant small. Root 
fusiform, simple. Stem nearly simple, strigose from adpressed 
hairs. Leaves nearly sessile: upper ones opposite. Flowers 
small, distant. Calyx hispid. Carpels villous at apex. 
Var. B, hümile (Lehm. asper. p. 71.) stem more humble and 
more branched. ©.H. Native of India, in waste places. 
Scabrous Heliotrope. Pl. small. 
65 H. ventricdsum (R. Br. prod. p. 494.) annual, erect, 
branched, strigose from rather spreading hairs; leaves linear, 
acute, with recurved margins; spikes many-flowered ; bracteas 
equalling the acuminated calyxes ; tube of corolla exserted near 
the top, and ventricose. ©. H. Native of New Holland, 
within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 
Ventricose-flowered Heliotrope. PI. erect. 
66 H. raAwicuLA TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 494.) suffruticose, 
much branched, strigose from rather adpressed pili ; leaves nar- 
row-linear, with recurved margins; spikes alternate, panicled ; 
bracteas shorter than the acute calyxes. h. S. Native of 
New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 
Panicled-spiked Heliotrope. Shrub. 
67 H. renvirotium (R. Br. l. c.) plant erect, clothed with 
hoary tomentum ; leaves linear-filiform; spikes alternate or 
solitary; bracteas subulate, shorter than the calyx, which is 
silky. ©. H. Native of New Holland, on the sea-shore, 
within the tropic. 
Thin-leaved Heliotrope. Pl. erect. 
68 H. crABE'LLUM (R. Br. l. c.) suffruticose, much branched, 
glabrous; leaves linear-filiform, with recurved margins, beset 
with a few hairs beneath; spikes few ; bracteas subulate, hardly 
equalling the calyxes, which are ciliated; limb of corolla shorter 
than the tube. k. S. Native of New Holland, within the 
tropic. 
Glabrous Heliotrope. Shrub. 
69 H. prostra‘tum (R. Br. 1. c.) annual, prostrate, strigose 
from adpressed pili; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, flat, nearly 
sessile; bracteas hardly equal in length to the calyx. ©. H. 
Native of.New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 
Prostrate Heliotrope. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. Pl. 
prostrate, sae 
70 H. numisrRA TUM (Cham. in Linnea, 4. p. 462.) tufted 
and trailing ; stems simple, many from the same root, villous ; 
leaves densely imbricate, villous, lanceolate, acute; racemes . 
leafy; flowers pedicellate, extrafoliaceous, equal in length to 
the leaves ; pedicels length of calyx. (9. F. Native of tropi- 
cal Brazil, in argillaceous soil. Habit of Paronjchia, or Her- 
nidria. Flowers size of those of H. parviflorum. Calycine 
segments equal, lanceolate, acute, rather villous. Corolla 
villous outside, bearded in the throat. Anthers bearded at 
apex. 
Trailing Heliotrope. Pl. trailing. 
71 H. oceLLA' TUM (Cham. in Linnea, 4. p. 463.) erect, cine- 
reous, strigose ; leaves lanceolate, bluntish, sub-cuneated, petio- 
late; spikes simple, terminal, bracteate; bracteas equalling or 
exceeding the flowers. (2. H. Native of Brazil. The whole 
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