504 PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. lithospermum. 



Root perennial, large, creeping ? red. Stems 8—12 inches high, 

 se\eial from the same root, sometimes irichotomous near the 

 summit. Leaves an incn and a ';ul{, or 2 inches, long, sessile, 

 sliis- tly mucronate ; upper suiiace covered with a silky ap- 

 prl!'*sod pubescence, pale green beneath. Flonvers axillary, 

 crowded near the summit of the stem, so as to resemble a ra- 

 ceme. Calyx scarcely huif as long as the corolla; segments 

 linear, acute. Corolla bright orange; segments rounded. 

 Stamens included. Style as long as the stamens; stigmas 

 slightly bifid. Seeds ovate, shining, hard 

 Hab.' Neai Fairfield, New-York. Prof. Ha die y. In Penn- 

 sylvania. June. Muhlf-nberg. 



The root of this plant is the Puccoon of the Indians, and is 

 used by tiiem for pcintirig a beautiiul red. L. series a Lc li m. 

 1. c. p. 306., I have liitk doubt, is nothing more tliun a luxuri- 

 ant variety of this species. He says it is from Virginia, and 

 was sent to hini by M'h hlenberg. 



6. L, hirlum Lehm.: plant hirsute ; floral leaves ovate ; 

 those on the stem oblong; calyx with lon;^ lanceolate seg- 

 ments. Lehm. jisptrij. ]). 304. Batschia carolinimsis 

 Gmel. Si/st, Feg. L p.'sib. R o e m, i^ Schult. IV. p. 

 52. B. Gmelini Mich. Fl. I. p. 130. Pursh Fl. I. p. 

 132. Elliott SA;. 1. p. 227 . Anghusa hirta M u h I. Cat. 

 p. 18. Anomymos caroliniensis fV all. Car. p. 91. 



RqoC perennial. Stems 8 — 12 inches high, sin*ple, several from 

 the same root. Stem leaves linear-nblong, obtuse ; tliose near 

 the flowers broader and rounded. Floivers crowded in a ter- 

 minal raceme. Calyx nearly as long as the tube of ti.e co- 

 rolla, deeply 5-parted. Corolla orange, witii rouiided seg- 

 ments. Stamens included; stigma minute, 2-lobed. Seed^ 

 ovate, polished. 

 Hab. In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. 



134. ONOSMODIUM. Michaux. 



Calyx deeply 5-parted; segments linear. Corolla 

 subcampanulate ; border ventricose, half 5-cleft; seg- 

 ments connivent, acute; orifice naked. Style much. 

 exserted. Seeds ovate, shinhij^, irnperfonite at the 

 base. Mich. FL I. p. 132. Purshia Spreng. 

 itiLeh?n. Asperif. ^. A. Onosmodium Mich. ■ Li- 

 THOSPERMi spp. L. Nat. Ord. Boragine^ Ju ss. 



1. O. hispidnm Mich.: plant hispid; leaves obovate- 

 lanceolale, papillose-punctate ; segments of the corolla subu- 

 late. Mich. FL I. p. 132. 'Elliott Sk. I. p. 22G. 

 Roem. ^Schult. IV. p. 57. Lithosfermum riV^intonMm L. 

 Willd. Spec. I. p. 762. Walt. Car. p. 91. Purshia 



