2 Lithospermum (Tourn.) Le 
Erect hirsute leafy perennial herbs with several stems from a 
woody caudex; leaves alternate. Flowers clustered in the upper axils, 
exceeded by the leaves. Calyx S-parted. Corolla campamlate-funnelforn, 
yellow. Anthers included. Nutlets white and shiny, smooth. 
1. Le ruderale Dougl. Stems 25-40 om. tall, usually several fran 
a woody caudex, erect, virgate, spreading-hirsute; leaves lanceolate or 
oblong-lanceolate, 5-8 cm. long, 5-10 mm. wide, acute, sessile, hirsute or 
nearly glabrous, greyish-green; flowers in dense leafy clusters in the upper 
axils; calyx-lobes linear 4-6 mm. long; corolla 8-10 mm. long, campanulate@ 
funnelform, greenish yellow, pubescent within; mutlets 4-4.5 mm. long, whitish, 
bony, shortly acuminate or acute. (L. lanceolatum Rydb.), 
On dry hillsides at lower elevations. 
