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CYNOGLOSSUM ccelestinum. 

 Blue and White Hounds-tongue. 



PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 



Nat. ord. Boraginace^. 



CYNOGLOSSUM, Linn. Calyx 5-partitus. Corolla hypogyna, In- 

 fundibuliformis, fauce fornicibus 5 clausa, limbi qulnquefidl laciniis obtusis. Ova- 

 rium 4-lobum. Stylus simplex. Stigma subcapitatum. Nuces 4, distinctaj, 



depressa;, echinatae, umbilico dorsali styli basi pyrainidatas insertae. Herbs 



in extratropicis,primis hemisphferce borealis obvioe; racemis S(spiils e brae tea- 

 tisy nunc bracteatis, bractels inter duvi foliiformibus. Endlich. gen. 650. 



C. ccelestinum ; pubescens, foliis caulinis ovatis acutis basi cuneatis radicalibus 

 cordatis ovatis longe petiolatis, racemis ebracteatis, calycis laciniis tubum 

 corollse asquantibus, nucibus marginatis : basi et marglne (et interdum linea 

 dorsali) glochidiatis. 



Herba perennis, \h-'2.-pedalis, pubescens, subscaber, maleolens. Folia 

 radicalia cordat.a, ovata, suprcl callis subepidermoidalibus scabra ; caulina 

 ovato-oblonga, acuta, basi cuneata, nullo modo amplexicaulia. Racemi 

 seepiils bisbijidi, ebracteati, Jiore solitario subsessili in dichotomiis. Calyx 

 pubescens, laciniis obtusiusculis tubi corolla: longitudine. Corolla cyanea, 

 margine alba; laciniis undulatis obtusis, dorso pallidis. Nuces membrana- 

 ceo-marginalce ; cavitate dorsali glabrd v. glochidibus quibusdam minutis 

 sparsis aut lineatis conspersd ; margine lateribusque glochidibus majoribus 

 obsiiis. 



This plant is a hardy biennial, and probably inhabits 

 some part of the North of India, though it does not appear 

 in the collections of either Dr. Royle or Dr. Wallich. It 

 was raised by the Horticultural Society from seeds presented 

 by John Nimmo, Esq. of Bombay, and flowered for the first 

 time in August, 1838. It is a very pretty species, but its 

 smell is heavy and unpleasant. 



It differs from C. uncinatum in its fruit, and in the leaves 

 not being at all acuminate ; from C. microglockin, longifloruniy 

 and grandiflorum in the cauline leaves not being rounded at 



July, 1839. o 



