( 1822 ) 

 Anchusa capensis. Cape Bugloss. 



Class and Order. 

 Pentandria Monogynia. 



Generic Character. 



Cor. infundibuliformis fause clausa fornicibus. Sem. basi 

 insculpta. 



Specific Character and Synonyms. 



Anchusa capensis ; foliis lanceolatis acutis hispidis, floribus 



racemoso-paniculatis, calycibus obtusis demum inflatis. 

 Anchusa capensis ; foliis lanceolatis, villosis callosis ; floribus 



racemoso-paniculatis, cceruleis. Bot. Rep. 336. 

 Anchusa capensis ; foliis lanceolatis callosis villosis, racemis 



trichotomis. Thunb. Prodr. 34. Hart. Kew. ed. alt. 1. 



p. 289. Willd. Sp. PL 1. p. 756? 



Our drawing of this rare plant was made at George 

 Hibbert's, Esq. Clapham -Common, several years ago ; into 

 whose collection it was brought from the Cape of Good-Hope 

 by Mr. Niven, his collector, about the year 1800. Being 

 biennial, and propagated by seeds only, it is very doubtful if 

 it still exist in the country. 



As we have no other knowledge of Thunberg's Plant, than 

 the very short specific character in his Prodromus, and our 

 specimens did not correspond altogether with that, inasmuch 

 as the racemes were not trichotomous, it is very uncertain 

 whether our plant be the same species as his ; it is certainly 

 however the same as the one meant by Mr. Aiton in the 

 Hortus Kewensis, and as that figured by Mr. Andrews in tin- 

 Botanist's Repository. 



As in Anchusa angustifolia the calyx is divided only half 

 way down, but the lacinia? are more obtuse and shorter than 

 in that ; and the whole plant is much less spreading. 



Flowers in June and July. Propagated by seeds. 



