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‘Ecurum crericum. Creran Virer’s- 
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Class and Order. 
Penranpria Monoeynia. 
Generic Character. 
Cor. irregularis, fauce nuda. 
| Specific Character and Synonyms. 
Ecuium creticum ; caule herbaceo echinato, foliis oblongo- 
lanceolatis hispidis basi parum angustatis, staminibus 
corollam subequantibus, calycibus fructiferis distantibus. 
Willd. Enum. p. 187. 2 
Eicuium creticum ; caule procumbente, calycibus frutescenti- 
bus distantibus. Hort. Ups. 35. Sp. Pl. 200. ed. Willd. 
1. p. 788. Hort. Kew. ed. alt. 1. p. 202. Kniph. Cent. 
10. n. 39. A 
Ecuivm creticum latifolium et angustifolium rubrum. Bauh. 
Pin. 254, . , ae, 
Ecuium creticum | et 2. Clus. Hist.2.p.165. 
paar ens 
‘Descr. ‘Stem rounded, hispid, branched : lower branches 
procumbent. Radical leaves petioled, oblong, elliptic, obtuse, 
quite entire, veined and rugose underneath, hispid: cauline 
leaves tongue-shaped, obtuse, hispid. Flowers secund in 
spike-like racemes. Bractes like the leaves, gradually de- 
creasing in size upwards. Peduncles several times shorter 
than calyx, solitary. Calyx hairy: segments lanceolate, 
longer than the tube and faux of the corolla, whose border 
is more deeply divided and more bilabiate-like than in_ most 
of the genus; of a bright red when first opened, but 
changing to blue. Stamens scarcely the length of the corolla. 
Style exserted : stigma bifid. w. 
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