173G 



* LITHOSPERMUM rosmarinilblium. 



Rosemary -leaved GromwelL 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Boragine/E Juss. {Introduction to the Natural System of 

 Botany, p. 241.) 



LITHOSPERMUM L. Ca^t/x 5-partitus. CoroZ/a infundibularis, pervia, 

 fauce .5-gibboso-impressa, plicata aut Isevi. Nuculce osseae basl truncate. 

 Reichenb.fi. excurs. 1. 336. 



§ 3. Margarospermum. Faux laevls, nuculae laevissimae. Rchb. 

 L. rosmarinifolium ; fruticulosum, follis linearibus demum revolutis subtus albis 



utrinque subtlliter pilosis, coroUis subhypocrateriformibus pilosis, antheris 



styloque inclusis. 

 L. rosmarinifolium Tenore fi. Neap, prodr. suppl. II. p. 65. Synopsis p. 33. noii 



Rchb. 

 L. gramlnifolium, Romer et Schultes syst. veg. vol. 4. p. 47 ? non Viv. 



Caulis suffruticosus, diffusus , palmaris ad bipedalem, pilis appressis sub- 

 tilibus pubescens. Folia linearia v. lineari-lanceotata, margine revoluta, 

 supra subpilosa, infra pilis pallidis siccatione albis dense vestita. Gynjlorum 

 axillares, pedunculati, pauciflori.,foliis multo breviores. Calyx 5-partitus, 

 corolla triplb brevior ; laciniis subulatis appresso-pilosis. Corolla i?tter hy- 

 pocrateriformem et infundibular em, tubo pallida purpurascente apice piloso 

 basi glabro ; limbo intense coeruleo piano, extus dense piloso. Antherse et 

 stylus inclusa. 



A native of the south of Italy ; it was found by Tenore 

 growing on the limestone rocks of the island of Capri. 



Our drawing was made from a fine plant flourishing in the 

 rich collection of Mrs. Marryat, to whom the seeds had been 

 brought by Mrs. Pallisser. It is a beautiful and liighly inte- 

 resting species, and one of the best adapted lor rockwork in 

 a mild climate. It appears to require no particular care in 



* Literally Stoneseed ; a most appropriate name, the little nuts, or seeds as 

 they used to be called, being extremely hard, and having as smooth a surface as a 

 polished pebble, 



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