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ANCHUSA PETIOLATA. PETIOLATED-LEAVED 
ALKANET. 
KKK KKK KKK KEKE EEE EKRKEE 
Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynia. 
( Nat. Ord.—BoraaineEz. ) 
Generic Character. 
Calyx 5-fidus. Corolla hypoygna, infundibuliformis v. 
hypocraterimorpha, fauce fornicibus clausa, limbo quinque- 
partito. Stamina 5, corolle tubo inserta, inclusa. va- 
rium quadrilobum. Stylus simplex; stigma indivisum. 
Nuces distincte, rugose, basi excavata margine tumido — 
cincta, receptaculo inserte.—Herbe im hemispherie borea- 
lis temperatis et calidioribus indigene, in regione Mediter- 
ranea imprimis copiose, inter tropicos Asie et America, nec 
non in Capite Bone Spet rare ; floribus axillaribus solitarius 
». racemosis, racemis bracteatis. Endlich. 
Specific Name and Character. 
Ancuusa petiolata ; foliis lanceolatis radicalibus longe peti- 
olatis caulinis sessilibus supremis bracteiformibus ova- 
to-acuminatis, floribus racemoso -paniculatis, corolle 
tubo calycis longitudine. 
A pretty showy perennial, raised by Mr. Murray, in the 
Glasgow Botanic Garden, from seeds sent from Nepal 
by Colonel Corvin, of the department of Engineers in 
the service of the Hon. the East India Company. It 
flowered in the greenhouse in October, 1840, but will, no 
doubt, be found to bear the open air unharmed during the 
summer and autumnal months, and will prove an interesting 
aa At first, I was disposed to 
addition to our flower borders. 
consider it the same as the CynoGLossuM longiflorum, from 
Cashmere, 
