oNosMODiuM. PENTANDRIA. MONOGYNIA. 206 



hispida L e km. Jsperif. p. 382. L. coraliarum laciniis acu- 

 minatis hirsuds, Gron. Virg. 140. 



Jiooc perennial. Stem 1—2 feet high, branched. Leaves 2 — 3 

 inches long, varying from oblong-lanceolate to ovate-lanceolate, 

 sessile, somewhat triply-nerved, hairy, the hairs proceediiig 

 from minute papillae. Flowers in terminal leafy race'.iies, at 

 first recurved and nodding, but ei-ect wiien in fruit. Calyx 

 cleft to the base ; segments subulate, acute. Corolla yellowish 

 white, pubescent, longer than the calyx. F'damenta very short j 

 anthers sagittate. Style filiform, about twice as long as the co- 

 rolla ; stigma simple. Seeds ovate, gray, shining v^ith numer- 

 ous depressions on the surface, angular on the inner side. 



Hab. On dry lulls, particularly in calcareo\is soils. Kings- 

 bridge, New-York. Near New-Haven, Connecticut. Eaton. 

 In Pennsylvania. Muhlenberg. August. 



2. O. molh M ic h. : whole plant white-villose ; leaves 

 oblong-oval, somewhat triply-nerved ; segments of the corolla 

 semi-oval. M ich. Fl, 1. p. 133. P\irsh FL 1. p. 132. 

 Roem, ^ Schult. IV. p. 397. Lithospermum moUe 

 Muhl. Cat. p. 18. L. caroUnianum Lam. III. p. 397. 

 PuRSHiA mollis L e km. A'iperif. p. 383. 



Hab. In the western countries, from Pennsylvania to Tennesec. 

 P ur s h. 



Resembles the preceding species very much, but is distin- 

 guished by its soft white pubescence, broader segments of the 

 corolla. Sec. O. scabrum R. (Sf S. 1. c, appears to be nothing 

 more than O. his/iidum. 



I have adopted Mi c haux' s name of this genus, although 

 objectionable; Purshia being applied by Dc Candolle to the 

 TiGAREA trideritata Ph. 



135. ECHIUM. /.. 



Calyx 5-parted ; segments subulate, erect. Corolla 

 subcanipanulate ; tube \ery short; border unequally 

 5-lobed; the lower segment acute and reflexed ; orifice 

 pervious. Stigma bifid. Seeds tuberculate, imper- 

 forate at the base. hehm. Asperif. '^. A. Gen.pl. 

 251. Nil 1 1. Gen. I. p. 116. Ju s s. p. 130. L a ;/?. 

 ///. t. XCIV. Roe m. 'd' Sc/iu It. Gen. 624. *Nat. 

 Ord. BoR AGiNEiE Ju s s. Viper's Biigloss. 



E. vulgare L. : stem tuberculate-hispid ; leaves linear- 

 lanceolate, hispid; spikes lateral; staniens longer than the 

 corolla. Lehm. JJsperif. p. 419. IV 1 1 1 d. Spec. p. 787. 

 Eng. Bid. t. 181. Pursh Fl. 1. p. 1.30. .1/ /.■ h I. Cat. p. 

 19. Roe m. 4: S chilli. iV. p. 23. 



