BORAGINEZX. XXXV. He iotrorium. 
plant is greyish from strigæ. Leaves } an inch long. Flowers 
small, size of those of H. parviflorum. Calycine segments une- 
qual, lanceolate, acute. Corolla slender, pale, strigose outside ; 
tube shorter than the calyx; limb with a tooth between each 
lobe. Carpels smooth. 
Ocellate-fruited Heliotrope. Pl. $ to $ foot. 
72 H. uumirv'sum (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 85. 
t. 205.) plant suffruticose, creeping, leafy; leaves crowded, lan- 
ceolate-oblong, acute, l-nerved, stiff, hispid ; flowers in the 
axils of the superior leaves. h. S. Native of Cuba, near 
Havana, in dry places. Lithospérmum humifüsum, Spreng. 
syst. l. p. 548. Leaves 3 lines long, on short petioles, which 
are dilated and sheathing at the base. Calyx hispid, rather 
unequal. Corollas size of those of Myosdlis arvénsis, hispid 
outside; tube inflated in the middle, hardly equal in length to 
the calyx; limb plicate, 5-lobed. Stigma capitate, depressed. 
Fruit hispid, Said to be nearly allied to H. orientale, Lin. 
Perhaps a proper genus. 
Trailing Heliotrope. Shrub creeping. 
73 H. rinrónwE (H. B. et Kunth, l. c. p. 86. t. 204.) pro- 
cumbent, hispid from strige ; leaves lanceolate-spatulate, 
obtuse; spikes terminal and lateral, solitary and conjugate, 
filiform, bracteate ; bracteas minute, linear. 21. S. Native on 
the sandy banks of the river Apures, between El Diamante 
and San Fernando. H. ténue, Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 737. Stems diffuse. Leaves 3 inch long, with the peti- 
oles. Spikes revolute at top. Calyx unequal, hispid. Corolla 
white ; tube about equal in length to the calyx. Carpels downy. 
Filiform Heliotrope. Pl. procumbent. 
Sect. III. Heriorropuy’rum (derivation the same as that of 
the genus, with the addition of $vrov, phyton, a plant.) Cham. 
in Linnea, 4. p. 458. Carpels 2, 2-celled, 2-seeded. This sec- 
tion joins this genus with Tournefortia. 
74 H. romentosum (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) plant clothed 
with white tomentum ; stem shrubby; leaves ovate, obtuse, on 
long petioles, nerveless ; spikes lateral, twin, bracteate. h. S. 
Native of the East Indies. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 39. 
Stem branched from the base. Leaves 8-10 lines long. Spikes 
an inch long, a little revolute at apex. Calyx hispid, acute, a 
little shorter than the corolla, which is small. 
Tomentose Heliotrope. Shrub. 
75 H?. nicoriAN FOLIA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) stem herba- 
ceous, villous; leaves broad-lanceolate, nearly glabrous, with 
undulated margins; spikes twin, terminal, bracteate. © ?. H. 
Native of Buenos Ayres. Leaves petiolate, 3-4 inches long, 
and 2 broad ; petioles an inch long, pilose, with usually a pair 
of smaller leaves in the axils of the larger ones. Peduncles 
compressed, pilose, length of petioles. Calyx hispid, a little 
smaller than the corolla, which is small. Perhaps a species of 
Tiaridium. 
Tobacco-leaved Heliotrope. Pl. 1 to 2 feet ? 
76 H?. ANcHUSXFOLIUM (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) stem shrub- 
by; leaves stem-clasping, linear-lanceolate, roughish ; pedun- 
cles terminal, solitary ; spikes bifid, or trifid; flowers spicately 
capitate, bracteate. h. S. Native of Buenos Ayres, and 
Brazil. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 40. The whole plant is 
velvety from strigose canescent tomentum. Leaves crowded, 
2 inches long, and 6-8 lines broad, obtuse. Peduncles villous. 
Spikes 2-3 together, crowded into a head. Calyx hispid. 
Corollas blue, size and form of those of H. Peruvidnum; tube 
clothed with viscid villi outside. Perhaps the same as H. 
amplezicaüle, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 21. 
Bugloss-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub $ to1$ foot. 
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77 H?. roLysrA cHvuM (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) plant yellow ; 
leaves ovate-lanceolate, on long petioles, tomentose beneath ; 
spikes numerous, terminal h}. S. Native of Pondicherry. 
Commerson in herb. Desf. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 40. 
Branches spreading, villous. Leaves thickish, 1-2 inches long, 
rather pilose above. Spikes 3-4 together, unequal, very long. 
Calyx hispid. Corolla small, white. Carpels involucrated by the 
undurated angular calyx, form of a capsular pericarp. 
Many-spiked Heliotrope. Shrub. 
78 H. sıværòrıum (Cham. in Linnea, 4. p. 460.) stem 
shrubby ; leaves lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, acute, 
or bluntish ; spikes terminal, and from the axils of the upper 
leaves. kh. F. Native of Brazil. This species agrees with 
H. anchusefolium in the stature, habit, hairiness, inflorescence, 
flowers, and fruit, but differs in the leaves. Plant strigose. 
Flowers nearly sessile. Corolla hairy outside. Fruit tubercled. 
Sida-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub § to 13 foot. 
79 H. ruvricoings (Cham. in Linnea, 4. p. 460.) shrubby, 
clothed with white villi; lower leaves ovate, acute, becoming 
narrower as they ascend, until they are almost linear; spikes 
terminal, trifid, or twice bifid. p. F. Native of the South of 
Brazil. Leaves with reflexed margins. Corolla having the 
tube viilous, outside; limb blue. Stigma depressedly conical. 
Carpels tubercular. Very nearly allied to H. anchuscefolium. 
Phylica-like Heliotrope. Shrub i to 14 foot. 
+ Species hardly known. 
80 H?. ANóMALUM (Hook. et Arn. in Beech. voy. pt. bot. p. 
66.) plant suffruticose; leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at 
the base, hispid from strige ; racemes glomerate; calycine 
segments very unequal; carpels 5. 5. G. Native of the Society 
Islands. Root fusiform. Racemes usually bifid, Plant stri- 
gose. Corolla 5-6 cleft, plicate. Stamens 5-6. Stigma capi- 
tate, pencilled. Perhaps the same as Lithospérmum incànum, 
Forst. or perhaps a new genus. Two of the calycine segments 
are spatulate, the others linear. 
Anomalous Heliotrope. Shrub. 
81 H. romenrosum (Burm. prod. fl. cap. p. 4. Lehm. asper. 
p.73.) stem shrubby; leaves linear, repand, villous; spikes 
lateral conjugate. 5. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Tomentose Heliotrope. Shrub. 
82 H. orrenta'te (Houtt. pfl. syst. 5. p. 402.) leaves linear, 
glabrous, veinless ; flowers scattered, lateral. (2. H. Native 
of Asia. Lin. spec. 1. p. 188. Willd. spec. l. p. 745. Li- 
thospérmum Javánicum, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 547. Plant small, 
procumbent, creeping. Flowers nearly sessile, solitary among 
the leaves. 
Eastern Heliotrope. Pl. procumbent. 
83 H. saccirerum (Forsk. descrip. p. 38.) stem frutescent, 
prostrate; leaves oblong, or roundish, hispid, with reflexed 
margins; spikes bracteate. 5. G. Native of Arabia. Vittm. 
summ. l. p. 379. Lehm. asper. p. 74. H. villósum, Spreng. 
syst. 1. p. 541. Corolla with a yellowish tube, which is twice 
as long as the calyx; limb white; throat naked. Style thick- 
ened in the middle with a broad ring under the bifid stigma. 
Seeds contained in an umbonate 4-angled berry. 
Berry-bearing Heliotrope. Shrub. 
84 H. rETRA'NpRUM (Lour. coch. p. 103. ed. Willd. 1. p. 
183.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, opposite; spikes 
crowded, terminal. 34. F. Native of Cochinchina, among 
luxuriant herbs. Stems erect, multiple, diffuse, whitish, bluntly 
tetragonal. Flowers reddish, in long dense spikes. Corolla 
campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens 4, about equal in length to the 
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