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officinalis, Garden Alkanet, or Bugloss; 2. A. undulata, Waved Al- 

 kanct; 3. A. Virginica, Virginian Yellow Alkanet; 4. A. sempervi- 

 rens, Evergreen Alkanet. 



The first has the stems from a foot to eighteen inches in height 

 and more, the thickness of a finger, slightly angular, hairy and 

 rough. The leaves slightly decurrent, seven inches long, above an 

 inch broad, hairy and rough. The spikes conjugate, terminating 

 the stem; the flowers sessile, in a double row: the caljx hirsute: 

 the corollas purple, near half an inch in diameter. At first opening 

 they are red, but afterwards become purple. Sometimes they are 

 white. It flowers in June, July, and August; and the seeds ripen 

 in a month. It is a native of Italy, Spain, &c. 



There are several varieties of it; as, Common Bugloss with blue 

 flowers, with white flowers, with red flowers. 



The second species is in height three feet, with many strong la- 

 teral branches, produced from the main stem near the ground. The 

 leaves stiff and rough, six or seven inches long, and about half an 

 inch broad at the top, closely embracing the branches at the base, 

 where they are two inches broad ; indented and waved on their 

 edges; the upper surface beset with hairs, and very rough to the 

 touch. The spikes of flowers axillary, a foot or more in length, and 

 reflex. The corollas fine blue. It is a native of Spain, &c. 



The third seldom rises a foot in height where the soil is good; 

 and where it is poor not more than half that height. Its flowers grow 

 in loose spikes upon a smooth stalk. It is perennial, flowers eailj r , 

 and is a native of North America. 



The fourth species has the stems at the sides of the crown of the 

 root, hispid. The leaves ovate, marked with lines, petiolate, and 

 remote. The peduncles axillary; with two bractes, opposite, sessile, 

 lanceolate-ovate, many-flowered : the corollas blue, with a short 

 tube, rather salver-shaped than funnel-shaped: the calyx thick set 

 with long, white, bristly hairs: the segments rather longer than the 

 tube of the corolla: ihe germs imbedded in a hollow, glandular re- 

 ceptacle, one or two generally abortive: the seeds rough, of a bony 

 hardness. It is found native in Spain and Italy. 



