114 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. = 
fice naked or partially closed; border orbicu- — 
late, nearly flat, segments rounded. Seed indu- 
rated, shining, (as in Lithospermum.) 
Flowers yellow or fulvous, axillary, almost fastigiate, in 
short bracteate spikes; leaves narrow, without collateral 
nerves. rintiet y, 
Spectres. 1. B. Gmelini. 2. canescens. Flowers fulvous. 
3. *longiflora. Hipsiitely vilious, erect; leaves approxi- 
mating, long and linear, margin reflected; flowers in @ 
fastigiate fascicle; tube of the corolla.somewhat pentan- 
gular, (often from 10 to 15 lines long) border flat, seg- 
ments fimbriate-crenate—Flowers sulphur yellow. In 
_ open plains; around the Prairie du Chien, Missisippi, and 
on the banks of the Missouri toits sources. 4. * decumbens. 
Hirsutely villous; stem decumbent; segments of the calix 
and leaves linear; flowers scattered; lobes of ‘the corolla 
fimbriate-crenate, shorter than the tube—Around the 
Mandan village. Nearly allied to the preceding. In both 
_ these species the orifice is partly closed by 5 arched pro- 
tuberances. 
All the species of this genus afford a crimson lac from 
the root. 
_ 172, CYNOGLOSSUM. ZL. (Hounds-tongue.) 
_ Calix 5-parted. Corolla funnel-formed, 5- 
Jobed, orifice closed by 5 connivent convex pro- 
cesses. Stigma emarginate. Seed depressed, af- 
fixed to the style on the inner side. 
____ Flowers spiked or clustered, axillary or terminal; leaves 
villous or hirsute; seeds echinate, muricate or scabrous, 
mae rarely ifever smooth. 
Species. 1. C. officinale. 2. sylwaticum. 3. amplexi- 
eaule. 4. pilosum? Erect and hairy; radical leaves spathu- 
_ __ Mate-oblong, the rest lanceolate-oblong, obtuse; flowers ax- 
; s almost spiked, unilateral (or secund); stamina very 
; seed scabrous depressed, oblong, acute, 
; short ine - 
muricate on the margin.—On arid hills above Rapid riyer, 
Missouri. Flowering in May; flowers-white, small. : 
; Apparently a mere, variet of the Peruvian plant; judg- 
oe ~~ ae ae plate in the Perwviana. 
Pigs Jt the genus Cynoglassum there are 9 species, chiefly ia 
the South of Europe, seyeral of which are also common to 
_ Barbary, besides these there are 4 at the Cape of Good 
Hope, 6 in Peru and Chili, 5 in Armenia and the East, 1 
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