( 1772 ) 



ECHIUM FRUTICOSUM (/3.) MINOR. LESSER 

 SHRUBBY ViPErVBlGLOSS. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 

 Cor. irregularis fauce nuda. 



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Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Echium fruticosum ; caule fruticoso, foliis lanceolatis basi 

 attenuatis villoso-strigosis aveniis, foiiolis calycinis lan- 

 ceolatis acutis. Hort. Kew. \ ma ' I. p. 186. ed. alt. I. p. 

 298. Willd. Sp. PL \.p. 781. Mart. Mill. Diet. 



Echium fruticosum ; caule fruticoso, foliis lanceolatis punc- 

 tis piliferis scabris, floribus corymbosis. Berg. Cap. 39. 



Echium fruticosum ; caule foliisque oblongis obtusis seri- 

 ceis, spicis alternis pedunculatis. Thunb. Prodr. 33 ? 



Echium africanum fruticans, foliis pilosis. Commel. Hort. 2. 

 p. 107. t. 54. 



(a.) major ; foliis sursum latioribus, obtusioribus omnibus 

 scaberrimis. 



Echium fruticosum. Jacq. Hort. Schoenbr. J. p. 15. t.34. 



(|3.) minor; foliis an gustioribus acutis ; superioribus molliter 

 hirsutis. 



Echium fruticosum. Bot. Regist. 39. 



There is a considerable difference between our plant and 

 that figured by Jacquin in his Hortus Schoenbrunnensis, the 

 leaves of which are broader, more spathular shaped, and 

 much harsher; the plant is altogether more robust, with 

 smaller flowers ; but we cannot find any characters by which 

 we can determine them to be specifically distinct ; we have, 

 therefore considered them as varieties only. The young 



leaves 



