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ANCHUSA VERSICOLOR. CHANGEABLE-FLOW- 
ERED ALKANET. _ 
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Class and Order. 
PentanpriA Monoeynlia. 
( Nat. Ord.—Boraeineg. ) 
Generic Character. 
_ Calyx 5-partitus, fructiferus erectus v. nutans, inflatus. 
Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce fornicibus erectis obtusis 
clausa. Stamina tubo adnata, inclusa. Stylus stigmate 
bilobo. Nuces turbinate, basi foveolate. Spr. fe 
Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ancuusa* versicolor; calycibus quinquefidis, fructiferis 
maxime inflatis cernuis, corollis equalibus, foliis ob- 
longis obtusiusculis floralibus latioribus, caulibus pros- 
tratis, nucibus rugosis. 
Ancuusa versicolor. Stev. Act. Mosq. p. 21. Roem. et 
Sch. v. 4. p. 93. 
Lycopsis rosea. Reich. Ic. Bot. t. 330. (excl. syn.) 
An exceedingly pretty annual, which we are surprised 
is not more known and more cultivated. The corollas are 
large, for plants of this family, at first sight resembling 
those of Convotvutus tricolor, and are remarkable for the 
striking change of colour which they undergo, being almost 
red in the state of the bud; then, when expanded, reddish 
purple ; at length bright blue with a yellow eye, from which 
diverge several delicate rays of a pale yellowish-white 
colour. Reicuensacn and Sprencet have strangely con- 
founded 
* From ayyovea, paint; the roots of one species, A. ¢inctorta, yield a 
red dye, which was formerly used to stain the face. 
