t Species doubtful or hardly known. 
22 M.? monra'na (Lour. coch. p. 122. ed. Willd. 1. p. 150. 
under Z'ournefórtia) branches scandent, hairy ; leaves ovate- 
lanceolate, wrinkled, glabrous; spikes nearly simple, recurved, 
terminal. hk. ,, G. Native of Cochinchina, in mountain 
woods. Leaves incurved, reflexed, on short petioles. Flowers 
pedicellate. Corolla white; tube urceolate at the base; limb 
acutely 5-cleft. Anthers and stigma sessile. Berry inversely 
pear-shaped, 2-celled, 2-seeded, imperforated at top. 
Mountain Messerschmidtia. Shrub climbing. 
23 M.? rosmariniFotia (Willd. herb. ex Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 844.) stem branched, herbaceous, hispid from villi; 
leaves sessile, linear, with revolute edges; corollas funnel- 
shaped. 2. F. Native of Siberia, Pallas. Lower leaves al- 
ternate: superior ones opposite: uppermost ones aggregate, 
pilose above, and clothed with white villi beneath. Cymes ter- 
minal, few-flowered. Calyx one half shorter than the corolla; 
calycine segments acute, villous. Tube of corolla downy; limb 
5-parted, spreading. Fruit elliptic, globose, woody, striated, 
tomentose, 2-celled. 
Rosemary-leaved Messerschmidtia. Pl. 3 foot. 
24 M. minor; stem erect; leaves lanceolate-linear, obtuse, 
scabrous; spikes bifid, few-flowered. h. S. Native of Ja- 
maica, Tournefértia minüta, Bertero, ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 
644. 
Smaller Messerschmidtia. Shrub small. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see T'ournefórtia, p. 369. 
XLIV. CANA'LA (named in honour of Joseph Count Mala- 
baila de Canal, Chamberlain, and one of the Privy Council to the 
King of Bavaria, a promoter of botany.) Pohl, pl. bras. 2. 
Oe. 
j Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogy'nia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla tubularly ventricose, 5-toothed, constricted at the base into 
a short tube. Stamens inclosed ; anthers sagittate. Style in- 
closed; stigma capitate, warted. Nuts 2, combined, stony, 
roundish. Seeds 4 in each cell.—Small shrubs. Leaves ovate 
or oblong, opposite, entire. Spikes axillary and terminal, 
unilateral, revolute at apex, bracteate. Flowers beautiful 
pure red or scarlet. The species have the habit of Spi- 
àlia. 
A 1 C. nerorroriorpes (Pohl, pl. bras. 2. p. 63. t. 142.) 
leaves ovate, beset with stellate hairs above, and yellowish 
tomentum beneath; corolla 5-toothed ; calyx beset with stellate 
hairs. 5. S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 
Geraes, in fields about Villa St. Joao d'el Rey. Flowers large, 
scarlet. 
Turnsole-like Canala. PI. 2 feet. 
2 C. MAcRocA/nPA (Pohl, l.c. p. 64.) leaves oblong, acute, 
glabrous above, and rather pilose beneath; corolla 5-toothed ; 
calyxes pilose. h.S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro. 
Large-fruited Canala. Shrub 2 feet. 
3 C. RUBIÆFÒLIA (Pohl, l. c. p. 65.) leaves twin: superior 
ones 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, acuminated, and are, as well as the 
calyxes, glabrous; corolla 5-toothed. 5. S. Native of Bra- 
zil, in the province of Goyaz, on Mount Clara, and on Serra 
de Cristaes. 
Rubia-leaved Canala. Shrub 2 feet ? 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Tournefértia, p. 369. 
All the species are extremely elegant when in blossom. 
Additional Boragineous plants. 
1 Merte’nsia ALPINA; smoothish ; stem simple, assurgent ; 
BORAGINEJE. XLIII. Messrrscumipria. 
XLIV. CANALA. 
leaves ovate-spatulate : lower ones acute : superior ones acu- 
minated, rather pilose above, minutely ciliated on the margins ; 
flowers in terminal fascicles, on short pedicels; corolla hardly 
twice as long as the calyx ; calycine segments oblong, bluntish, 
ciliated. 21. H. Native of the Rocky Mountains. Pulmo- 
nària alpina, Torrey, in ann. lyc. 2. p. 224. Corolla sub-cam- 
panulate, with 5 minute scales in the throat; border 5-lobed ; 
lobes obtuse. Stamens inclosed ; anthers linear-oblong. This 
species is said to be nearly allied to M. parviflora. 
Alpine Mertensia. Pl. 1 foot assurgent. 
2 Merre’nsia ciLIA TA ; glabrous, erect? leaves ovate-lance- 
olate, attenuated at both ends, with ciliated margins; flowers 
fasciculately-panicled, pedicellate; corolla tubularly campanu- 
late; calyx short, 5-parted, with ovate-obtuse segments. 2%. 
H. Native of the Rocky Mountains, in the crevices of rocks 
along streams. Pulmonaria ciliata, James, cat. ex Torrey, 
ann. lyc. 2. p. 224. Stems smooth, simple. Leaves dotted 
above. Corolla blue; border erect, 5-lobed ; tube slightly 
ventricose ; throat partially closed by 5 yellowish protuberances. 
Stamens inclosed ; anthers linear. Allied to M. paniculata. 
Ciliated-leaved Mertensia. Pl. 1 foot. 
3 MERTE'NSIA OBLONGIFOLIA; smooth; stem simple, erect; 
leaves lanceolate-oblong, bluntish : superior ones acute; flow- 
ers panicled, pedicellate ; calyx short, with linear, acute, ciliated 
segments; corolla tubularly campanulate. 2/. H. Native of 
North America, towards the sources of the Columbia river. 
Pulmonària oblongifolia, Nutt. in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. 
p. 43. Leaves all more or less pubescent above: upper ones 
sessile. Panicle formed of axillary approximate clusters of 
flowers. Corolla bright blue, similar to those of M. Virginica, 
except in size; the lobes obtuse. 
Oblong-leaved Mertensia. PI. 3 to £ foot. 
4 Ba’tscuta PILÒsA ; simple, pilosely hairy ; leaves linear, 
acuminated, sessile, approximate ; flowers fascicled, sessile, 
small, yellow ; segments of the corolla oblong, entire. 2I. H. 
Native of North America, at Flat Head river. Lithospérmum 
pilósum, Nutt. in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 43. Leaves 
almost hoary, strigosely pubescent. The flowers sessile, and 
similar to other species of the genus. Stem clothed with brown 
scales at the base, which gradually become. the leaves as they 
ascend the stem. 
Pilose Puccoon. Pl. 1 to % foot. 
5 Ba’tscuta Tonnz v1; plant strigosely hispid ; leaves oblong- 
linear, bluntish, scattered ; stem dwarf, branched; fascicles 
terminal, few-flowered ; lobes of corolla oblong, entire. 2. H. 
Native of North America, at Flat Head river; and of the 
Rocky Mountains. Lithospérmum decümbens, Torrey, in ann. 
lyc. 2. p. 225, but not of Nutt. Lithospérmum Teorréyi, Nutt. 
l.c. Stem a span high, without any brown scales. Leaves 
less crowded than in the preceding ; the stem at length branched, 
and not near so hairy. Segments of the calyx linear, a little 
shorter than the tube of the corolla. 
Torrey's Batschia. Pl. $ to 3 foot. 
6 Nonza sÓnpiDA (Fisch. et Meyer. sem. cat. hort. petrop. 
1836. p. 43.) annual, diffuse, clothed with glandular down, in- 
termixed with stiff strige or bristles; leaves lanceolate, acute, a 
little toothed ; tube of corolla 3 times shorter than the calyx, and 
hardly longer than the campanulate limb ; carpels downy, de- 
pressed, sub-plicate at the base, and entire. (2. H. Native of 
the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Very nearly allied to 
N. picta. Corolla dirty, yellowish-red. 
Dirty-flowered Nonea, Fl.? Clt. 1836. PI. diffuse. 
7 Myosoris CarrrónwicA (Fisch. et Meyer. sem. cat. hort. 
petrop. 1836. p. 42.) annual, strigose, much branched, procum- 
bent ; leaves linear, acute, ciliated ; racemes elongated, leafy at 
