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30. hORAGlNACE.E. 



leavt's soft, Avavy on tlu> cdjj;os, oljloufi-laiiccMilatc (yi\r. 

 an{iiistifo1iinn , DC.), wrinkled transversely boUnv ; flowers 

 lilac; peduncle bearino; li-S spikes; calyx glandular-hairy, 

 shorter than the corolla-tube, whicli is yellow and has 5 

 longitudinal rows of hairs inside; stigma ses-sile, broadly 

 conical, hairy, with a fleshy rinf^ at base ; fruit compresscd- 

 gloliular, drupelike, shorter than the enlarged calyx, carpels 

 2, smooth, glabrous, cadi uornuilly with 2 seeds: receptacle 

 almost flat. Totrrurliirt'i'i hcHnfnipin'iilcii, Vlookei'. 



Occasional near Adelaide. — Nov. -Jan. — Argentina . 

 Flowers like those of garden heliotrope, but have an un- 

 pleasant smell. 



3. Pk'HiuAr, L. 



1. Echium plantagrineum, L. (including E. 

 violaceum, L.). PUmtaiii-lcdrrd ]'iijci\s-hitqlfiss. Biennial, 

 covered with stiff, spreading haii's seated on tubercles; 

 steni.s erect or ascending, branched ; radical leaves in a 

 rosette, A'cry large, oval, stalked. 



the up- 

 widened 

 floweis 

 in long 



stern-leaves oval-oblong, 

 per ones .sessile, acute, 

 and cordate at base ; 

 large purplish - red, 

 racemes, Avith a bract at the base 

 of each short pedicel, the whole 

 forming a spreading panicle; 

 calyx deeply cut into 5 lanceo- 

 late, rough-villous lobes; corolla 

 campanuiate, nearly equal in 

 length and breadth, and about 

 3 times as long as the cal.yx, 

 with an oblique limb ; stamens 

 unequal, anthers purple; style 

 long, bifid; carpels subtriangular, 

 covered with rough tubercles and 

 inserted by their bases on the 

 almost flat receptacle. 



l?oadsides. pasture. — Sept.- 

 Dec, sometimes also in winter. — 

 Mediterranean region, extending 

 up the west coa.st of France to 

 Jersey. Kn()\\n as Sulrdfian .Taut 

 cultural area.s, and as lilnc-in id 

 New South "Wales. 



Echium plantag:ineum. 



oui 



northern agri- 

 ;'.so/i'.s Curse, in 



(Greek lithos, 



4. LiriiosPERMUM, L. 



stone, and speniKi, seed; alluding to the 

 hard carpels.) 



1. Lithospermum a.rvense, L. Com Gromwell. 

 Erect annual, usually blanching, covered with white, stiff 

 appressed hairs; lea\es 1-nerved, lower ones oblong- 



