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LlTHOSPERMUM ORIENTALE. YELLOW 



Gromwell, or Buglos9. 

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Clafs and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic CharaSter. 

 Cor. infundibuliformis, fauce perforata nuda. Cal. 5-partitus. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



LlTHOSPERMUM orientate, ramis floriferis lateralibus 



bra&eis cordatis amplexicaulibus. Linn. 



Syjl. Vegetab. p. 156. 

 ANCHUSA orientalis. Sp. PL 191. 

 BUGLOSSUM orientale flore luteo. Tournef. cor. 6. Buxbaum % 



Cent. 3. p. 17. /. 29. Dill. Ellh. 60. 



/. 52./. 60. 

 ASPERUGO divaricat. Murr. in Comment. Goti. 1771. h 



25. /. 2. 



This is a hardy, perennial, herbaceous plant, a native of 

 the Levant, of fome value on account of its early flowering and 

 its long fucceffion ; the firfl may be ftill forwarded by placing 

 it under a frame. 



It is propagated by feeds, by cuttings, or by parting its 

 roots in the Autumn, and will grow in almoft any fituation. 



Though cultivated in the Botanic Garden at Chelfea, in the 

 year 1713, it is by no means common. 



It flowers in the open ground in May and June, and con- 

 tinues in bloffom the greateft part of the Summer. 



