BORAGINACEJS. 2S8 LITHOSPEBMUM. 



inches long and a fifth as wide, lower ones petiolate, upper ones amplexicaul, 

 ill numerous, crowded, axillary, recurved spikes, appearing in June and July. 



yipf.r s Bugloss. 



5. ONOSMO'DIUM, 

 Calyx deeply 5-parted, with linear segments; corolla sub- 

 campaiuilate, having a ventricose, half 5-cleft limb, with the 

 segments converging and the orifice open; anthers sessile, 

 sagittate, included ; style much exserted ; achcnia imperfor- 

 ate, shining. 



From oraosmrt, another genus of this order and £i5os. appearance; because 

 it resembles that genus in habit. Perennial herbs. Style twice as long as 

 the corolla. 



0. Hi'SPIDUM. Muh. Lithospermum Virginianum. L. 

 Plant hispid, branched; leaves obovate- lanceolate, pappiUose-punctate ; 



segments of the coroZ/a lanceolate. A very rough plant, found in dry, hilly 

 grounds, N. Y. Stem about 1^ feet high. Leaves about 3-nerved, large, 

 twice as long as wide, often oval and even ovate-lanceolate. Flowers green- 

 ish white, in leafy racemes which are recurved at first but finally erect. 

 Aug. Per. False Gromwell. 



6. BA'TSCHIA- 

 Calyx 5-parted ; corolla hypocrateriform, with a hairy ring 

 at the base of the tube inside, an open orifice and rounded 

 segments; stigma emarginate ; achenia hard, shining. 



Named in honor of Prof Batsch, a German botanist. Fls. rather large, 

 yellow. Tube of cor. much longer than cal. Limb nearly flat. 



B. CANE'SCENS. Gmel. Lithospermum canescens. Lehm. 



Leaves oblong, obtuse, silky-canescent above, villous beneath ; flowers 

 axillary ; tube of the corolla thrice as long as the very short caly.x. A small, 

 handsome plant, but raie. Found on dry hills, N. Y. Stem 8 — 12 inches 

 high, erect, simple, rarely a little branched above, hoary-villose. Leaves 

 sessile, '2 — 3 lines wide and 4 times as long, 1-neived. Flowers crowded 

 near the summit of the stem. Calj'x segments lanceolate, acute. Corolla 

 bright orange-yellow, inrluding the subsessile stamens and short style. June, 

 July. The root is used to dye red by the Indians, who call it Puccoon. 



7. LITHOSPE'RMUM. 



Calyx S-parted, persistent, corolla small, funnel-form ; limb 

 5-lobed, oritice open; stamens included; stigma obtuse, bitid ; 

 achenia bony, rugose or smooth, imperforate at ba>e. 



Gr. Xt^os, a stone, and a-TriQfio-, seed ; the seeds being hard and shining like 

 little pebbles. Small, weed-lilie plants. Style shorter than the tube. 



1. L. officina'le. 



Leaves broad-lanceolate, acute, veiny; calyx nearly equal to the tube ot 

 the corolla ; achenia smooth. A rough, weed-like plant, introduced from 

 Europe. Grows in dry, gravelly soils, common. Stem much branched, 

 arising 1 — 2 feet, from a white, fusiform root. Leaves grayish green, .ruugti 



