Pine ite 
PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA, 115 
Cynoglossum glomeratum, Pursh. Flor. Am. 2. p. 729. T 
N. in Fras. Catal. 1813. i= 
_ Root biennial. Stem erect, entirely simple, 6 to 12 
inches high. Radical leaves villous, spathulate-obovate, 
obtuse, somewhat hoary; one to one and a half inches 
long; stem leaves spathulate-linear, rather hispid and 
somewhat acute, sessile. Spikes very short, axillary, bi- 
fid, pedunculate, peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves, 
flowers crowded, appearing almust in heads, approximat- 
ing together towards tiie summit. Calix deeply 5-parted, 
villous, and also thickly set with sharp hispid hairs. Co- 
rolla white, orifice closed, lobes rounded, entire, nearly 
flat, rather large; tube constricted near the base. Stami- 
} = na sessile, included beneath the arched protuberances of 
the oritice. Stigma entire, capitate. Seeds narrow, ovate, 
acute, with an elevated scabrous or minutely crenate 
ridge in thecentre.. 
On arid agillaceous hills around the Great Bend of the 
Missouri. Flowering in June. 
The genus Wyosotis is chiefly European, at the same 
time there are species in Peru, at the Cape of Good 
Hope, in Siberia, 1 species in New Zealand, 1 in Chili, 
and another in the isle of Bourbon. 
170. LITHOSPERMUM. ZL. (Gromwell.) 
Calia 5-parted. Corolla funnel-form, 5-lobed, 
orifice open, naked. Stigma bifid. Seed indurat- 
ed, shining. (Stamina and style included with- 
in the corolla.) a tes 
Flowers solitary, axillary, or in terminal bracteate 
spikes; floral leaves sometimes by pairs. ae 
Specizs. 1. LZ. arvense._ 2. latéfolium. 3. angustifolium. 
4. apulum. ms ap" Sie 
Uf this genus there are 5 species in Peru and the warm. 
er parts of Spanish America, 2 at the Cape of Good Hope, 
5. in Egypt and the East, 1 on the nitrose banks.of the —__ 
Volga, (Siberia) 1 around ancient Bagdad in Persia, and. 
another in the isle of Teautea in the Pacific; the rest in — 
Europe and North America. The roots of several species 
‘afford a lac for dying and painting. ‘ 
171. BATSCHIA. Gmelin. Michaux. 
Calix 5-paited. Coroila salverform, rather 
lix, closed at the base by a bearded ring; ori- 
large, tube straight, much longer than the a ‘ 
