Lithospermum. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA, 455 
_ Beng. Naga-phoollee. 
A native of Coromandel, Bengal, Ke. ps Gas the 
hot and rainy seasons. 
Root simple, annual, Stems several, near the base spread- 
ing on the ground, afterwards ascending ; clothed with white, 
soft hair, Leaves scattered, petioled, obovate, entire, hairy 
like the stems and branches, Spikes terminal, and interspers- 
ed among the leaves, generally paired, lowers numerous, 
small, white, placed in a waved row on the upper side of 
the spikes. Calyx half the length of the corol, the exterior, 
inferior, divisions longer. 
3. H. paniculatum, R. a 
Erect, ramous, hairy. Leaves petioled, ovate-oblong. 
Spikes terminal, panicled, secund, Tube of the spagh ‘iad 
and gibbous, 
A native of Chittagong, flowers. during the tg season, 547. 
LI ITHOSPERMUM. Schreb. gen. N. 241. 
,Corol. funnel-shaped, throat perforated, and saked Calpe 
five-parted, Germ four-celled, with one pendulous ovulum. 
in each, 7 : 
Bry. ; 
‘ah L. hey Bani R. : 
Shrubby, erect. Leaves ovate-lanceolate, rugose, entire. * 
Spiet peduncled, twice or thrice dichotomous, recurved. _ 
A native of Chittagong, where it blossoms during the rains, ' 
and cool season, j ie 
_ Stems erect, ligneous, soon throwing « out many, Da i 
ternate, round, hair branches ; whole height from three to 
five feet. Leaves alternate, petioled, ovate-lanceolate, acute, 
rugose, entire, a little hairy underneath ; length from four to 
six. inches, and from two to three broad. Peduncles at first 
terminal, but becoming lateral ; as vegetation. advances, twice, 
thrice, or even oftener bifid; each division ending in ae 3 
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