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ANCHUSA PANICULATA. 



Panicled Bugloss. 



Pentandria. Monogynia. 



Class 5. Order 1. 



Anchusa. Ayy^ova-a., itapa. To ayysiv, from its supposed constrin- 

 gent quality j or, as others say, because it strangles serpents. 



Linn. gen. n. 182, Jit. Hort. Kew. 1. 177. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Cal. Perianth five-parted, oblong, round, acute, permanent. Cor. 

 monopelalous, funnel-shaped ; tube cylindrical, the length of the 

 calyx J limb semiquinquefid, erect, expanding, obtuse 3 throat 

 closed with five small scales, convex, prominent, oblong, con- 

 verging. Stam. Filaments very short, in the throat of the corolla; 

 anthers oblong, incumbent, covered. Pist. Germs four. Style 

 filiform, the length of the stamens. Stigma obtuse, emarginate. 

 Per. none ; but the calyx, enlarged and erect, contains the seeds 

 in its bosom. Seeds four, oblongish, obtuse, gibbose. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Leaves lanceolate, strigose, quite entire. Panicle dichotomous, di- 

 varicate. Flowers peduncled. Calyxes five-parted, with subulate 

 segments. 



Root biennial or pereimial. Stem round, hirsute ; branches 

 alternate. Leaves lanceolate, entire, rough, very hairy. 



