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lorla, Smith. The floral part of the plant is purple, fading to 

 purplish or blue. 



Purple-topped Honeywort. PL 1 foot. 



5 C. ALPI'NA (Kit. in Schultes, fl. austr. etl. 2. vol. 1. p. 353. 

 no. 751.) stem erect, hairy?; leaves ovate- lanceolate, quite 

 entire; corollas 5-toothed: teeth bluntish, erectly spreading. 

 O- H. Native of Hungary, on the higher alps; and of the 

 Carpathian mountains. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 129. f. 7.? 

 This species differs from C. minor, in the leaves being much 

 narrower and longer ; in the calycine segments being linear- 

 lanceolate ; and in the bracteas and floral leaves being much 

 longer and closely imbricated. Corolla yellow at bottom and 

 violaceous at top. 



Alpine Honeywort. PI. 1 foot. 



2. Corolla 5-clfft, irr/A conniving tegments. 



6 C. MI'NOR (Lin. spec. 196.) stem solitary, branched; leaves 

 cordate-ovate, quite eniire, elabrous ; corollas 5-cleft, with con- 

 niving segments. . H. Native of Middle and South Europe, 

 and Barbary, in fields. Scop. fl. earn. ed. 2d. 1. p. 128. All. 

 pedem. no. 177. Vill. dauph. 2. p. 448. Roth. fl. germ. 2. p. 

 210. Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 160. Jacq. fl. austr. 2. t. 124. Smith, 

 prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 120. Lapeyr. abr. p. 88. Baumg. fl. trans. 

 1. p. 428. C. acuta, Mrench. meth. p. 520. Mor. hist. 3. 

 sect. 11. t. 29. f. 5. Clus. hist. 2. p. 162. icone. Root 

 branched. Stem glabrous. Radical leaves obovate, tapering 

 into the petioles : cauline ones all stem-clasping : lower ones of 

 these spatulate, all glabrous and pale green, but densely beset 

 with minute white warts above. Bracteas distinct, acutish, much 

 longer than the pedicels, denticulately ciliated on the margins, 

 like the sepals. Corolla ventricose, 5-cleft almost to the middle, 

 yellow : segments lanceolate-linear. 



Smaller Honeywort. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1570. PI. I to 

 1 ^ foot. 



7 C. MACILA'TA (Lin. spec. ed. 1. p. 137. All. ped. 1. p. 

 178. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 134.) stems many from the same 

 root ; leaves cordate-ovate, quite entire, glabrous ; corollas 5- 

 cleft, 5-spotted, with connivent segments. %. H. Native of 

 Piedmont, Hungary, Tauria, and Caucasus. Lebm. asper. p. 

 393. C. minor, /3, maculata, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 196. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 772. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 180. C. quinquema- 

 culata, Wafal. fl. carp. p. 50. no. 171. Root branched. Stems 

 many, branched, purplish at bottom. Radical leaves oblong : 

 cauline ones stem-clasping, emarginate, all obtuse, and glaucous. 

 Bracteas or floral leaves acutish, finely and denticulately ciliated, 

 like the sepals. Pedicels one-half shorter than the bracteas, 

 pilosely hispid. Calyx and corolla like that of C. minor ; but 

 differs in the corolla being marked by 5 dark purple spots on 

 the tube, and sometimes these spots are so close as to form a 

 purple circle. 



Spoil ed- flowered Honeywort. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1804. 

 PI. 1 to lj foot. 



Cult. The seeds of all the species only require to be sown 

 in the open ground. The C. maculata is perennial, and re- 

 quires to be planted in a sheltered dry situation, or the roots, 

 which are fleshy, will be apt to rot. 



TRIBE III. 



LITHOSPE'RMEJE (this tribe contains plants agreeing with 

 the genus Litliospermum, in the characters indicated below.) 

 D. Don, in edinb. phil. journ. July, oct. 1832. Corolla open, 

 tubular, with broad, mostly rounded segments. Stamens in- 

 closed or exserted. Nuts 4, distinct, fixed to the bottom of 

 the calyx, imperforated at the base, except in Stribila. 



XV.' LITHOSPERMUM (from \.0oc, litkos, a stone ; and 

 , tpcrma, a seed ; in reference to the hard seeds or 



VOL. IV. 



nuts.) Tourn. inst. t. 55. Lin. gen. no. 181. Schreb. gen. 

 no. 241. Lam. ill. no. 255. t. 91. Gaertn. fruct. 1. no. 420. 

 t. 67. f. 8. Schkuhr, handb. t. 29. Trev. entw. des embryo, 

 t. 4. f. 61 67. Lehm. asper. p. 282. sect. 2. and 3. Buglos- 

 soides, Mosnch. meth. p. 418. Arnebia, Forsk. fl. aegvpt. 

 p. 62. 



LIN. SYST. Pentaadria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, with a naked pervious throat. Anthers 

 oblong, inclosed. Nuts 4, 1-celled, fixed to the bottom of the 

 calyx, imperforated at the base. Rough plants, with usually 

 narrow leaves, and terminal white or blue flowers. Radical 

 leaves not increasing after the plants have done flowering. 



SECT. I. LEIOCA'RYOX (from \iioc, leios, smooth ; and topvov, 

 karyon, a nut ; the nuts or carpels are smooth and even.) Nuts 

 bard, stony, glabrous, shining, in most of the species hispid, and 

 beset with impressed dots. 



1 . Corolla blue, or purplish blue. 



1 L. GRAMINIFOLIUM (Viv. fragm. fl. ital. fasc. 1. p. 3. t. 5. 

 ann. bot. 1. p. 163.) stems herbaceous, erect; leaves long- 

 linear, scabrous above, but hoary and silky beneath, with revo- 

 lute edges; flowers terminal, somewhat corymbose. If. H. 

 Native of Italy, on the alps at Etruria, and Carrara, at the foot 

 of the mountains. Lehm. asper. p 297. Pulmonaria suffruti- 

 cosa, Lin. spec. 1. p. 1667. Willd. spec. 1. p. 769. Lois, 

 not. p. 37. journ. bot. 2. p. 261. Lithospermum angustifb- 

 liura umbellatum, C. Bauh. pin. p. 238. 517. Plukn. phyt. t. 

 42. f. 7. Bocc. sic. p. 77. t. 41. f. 2. B. C. Mor. hist. 3. 

 sect. 11. t. 31. f. 6. bad. Plant forming a dense tuft. Stems 

 numerous, simple, pubescently tomentose. Leaves sessile, ap- 

 proximate, green above : lower ones drooping : superior ones 

 erectly spreading, all acuminated, 3-6 inches long. Flowers 

 sessile, secund, forming 3-4 short spikes, which constitute a ter- 

 minal corymb. Calyx hispid ; segments rather unequal, acute. 

 Corolla blue, tubular. Stigma subcapitate. Nuts ovate, shining. 

 Bracteas linear, longer than the calyx. 



Grassy-leaved Cromwell. Fl. May, June Clt. 1825. PI. 

 g to f foot. 



2 L. PURPLJ'REO-COJRU'LEUM (Lin. spec. p. 190.) stems herba- 

 ceous : sterile ones creeping : floriferous ones erect ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, acute, attenuated at the base, scabrous ; flowers axillary 

 and at the sides of the leaves, disposed in terminal, short, twin 

 racemes, which are elongated at length. I^.H. Native of Middle 

 and South Europe ; and of Caucasus, in woody mountain places ; 

 in England, as in Somersetshire, near Taunton ; near Denbigh, 

 in Wales ; in chalky soil in several parts of Kent, in hedges. 

 Scop. fl. cam. ed. 2. 1. p. 122. All. pedem. 1. no. 186. 

 Vill. dauph. 2. p. 451. Jacq. fl. austr. 1. p. 11. t. 14. Roth, 

 tent. fl. germ. 2. p. 214. Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 103. Smith, engl. 

 bot. t. 117. Gmel. fl. bad. 1. p. 415. Smith, prod. fl. graec. 



1. p. 114. L. violaceum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 271. Hall. helv 

 no. 596. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 31. f. 2. Sabb. hort. rom. 



2. t. 28. Lob. icon. 458. f. 1. Bocc. sic. 75. t. 40. and 41. 

 Plukn. phyt. t. 76. f. 2. Root blackish. Stems pilose, sca- 

 brous. Leaves on short petioles, or sessile, dark green, witli 

 re volute margins, \\ inch long. Calyx hairy, scabrous, with 

 linear segments. Corolla showy, at first red, afterwards purple. 

 Nuts hispid, smooth, shiny, whitish. There is a variety of this 

 with white flowers. 



PurpIe-blue-fLovfeied Gromwell. Fl. May. England. PI. 

 1 foot. 



3 L. PROSTRA'TCM (Lois. fl. gall. 1. p. 105. t. 4.) stems suf- 

 fruticose, prostrate ; leaves lanceolate-linear, hispid ; tube of 

 corolla 3 times longer than the calyx, densely villous inside 

 above, t? . H. Native of France, in dry places, and by way 



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