BORAGINE.E. XV. LITHOSPERMC*. 



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the calyx. TL. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 753. Lehm. asper. p. 309. Stem and branches 

 hairy. Leaves sessile, bluntish, 1J to 2 inches long. Racemes 

 usually bifid, terminating the stem and branches ; bracteas lan- 

 ceolate. Corolla salver-shaped, white ; throat marked by 5 ob- 

 tuse gibbosities. Stigma obtuse. Nuts half ovate, acuminated, 

 shining, white. Habit of L. officinalis. 

 Scabrous Cromwell. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



13 L. ASGVSTIFOLIUM (Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 130.) 

 Pursh, fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 137.) stems herbaceous, procum- 

 bent ; leaves linear, clothed with adpressed pubescence ; flowers 

 as if they were lateral ; nuts beset with impressed dots. 0. H. 

 Native of shady woods, on the banks of the river Ohio. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 309. Flowers white. Nuts turgidly ovate, shining. 



Narrow-leaved Gromwell. Fl. July, Aug. PI. 1 foot. 



14 L. siRicTUM (^Lehm. asper. p. 303.) stem herbaceous, 

 very simple, thick ; leaves linear, acute, adpressed to the stem, 

 strigose above, and almost glabrous beneath ; spikes terminal, 

 solitary ; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx. 0. H. 

 Native of tropical America. Stem terete, canescent at top. 

 Lower leaves i inch long, very blunt: upper ones 1-J inch long. 

 Flowers on short pedicels from the axils of linear bracteas. 

 Calyx pilose, with linear-lanceolate segments. Corolla villous 

 outside, pale yellow. Anthers sagittate. Nuts ovate, turgid. 



Straight Gromwell. PI. 1 to H foot. 



15 L. CUNEIFOLIUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 5. no. 4.) 

 stems herbaceous, prostrate, hoary ; leaves cuneiform, hoary; 

 flowers sessile, axillary, solitary. 0. H. Native of Peru, on 

 arid hills. Pers. ench. 1. p. 158. Lehm. asper. p. 307. Root 

 fusiform, fibry. Stems numerous. Leaves sessile. Corolla 

 white. Nuts ovate, acuminated, shining. 



Wedge-leated Gromwell. PI. prostrate. 



16 L. MICRA'NTHUM (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 10. t. 1. f. 4.) hispid 

 from strigae ; leaves linear-lanceolate; flowers disposed in short, 

 terminal, secund spikes, the whole forming a kind of cyme ; 

 hairs on the calyx spinescent when bearing the fruit ; tube of 

 corolla filiform. . H. Native of Libya, in the great Syrtus. 

 Root simple. Stem a finder in height. Calycine segments 

 linear, acute. Corolla yellowish green, longer than the calyx, 

 with a naked throat. Nuts ovate, acute, convex on the 

 back. 



Small-Jlorcered Gromwell. PI. \ foot. 



SECT. II. DEIXOSPE'RMUM (from Itn'os, deinos, rough; and 

 tnrepfia, sperma, a seed ; the nuts are rough.) Nuts very hard, 

 wrinkled, callosely dotted, rough, or muricated. 



1 . Flowers white or yellow. 



17 L. A'pvLrM (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 33.) stems herbaceous; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, acute, pilose ; spikes terminal, secund ; 

 bracteas lanceolate ; nuts muricated. . H. Native of Por- 

 tugal, south of France, Italy, Samos, and other islands of the 

 Archipelago ; in the kingdom of Tunis, near CafFan ; as well 

 as of North America, in Virginia, Ohio, and Mississippi, in 

 dry woods. Willd. spec. I. p. 752. Sibth. et Smith, fl. 

 graec. t. 158. Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 169. Pursh, fl. 

 amer. sept. 1. p. 131. Lehm. asper. p. 317. Myosotis A'pula, 

 Lin. spec. 189. All. pedem. no. 192. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 158. 

 Lapeyr. abr. p. 83. Myosotis lutea, Lam. fl. gal. 2. p. 282. 

 Mor. hist. S. sect. 11. t. 28. f. 8. Column, ecph. 1. p. 185. f. 

 1 Plukn. phyt. t. 16. f. 5. Lob. icon. t. 587. f. 1. Buglos- 

 surn luteum annuum minimum, Tourn. inst. p. 134. Root 

 branched. Stems rarely more than one from the same root, 

 pilose. Leaves sessile, deep green, an inch long. Spikes 3-5 



together, terminal, many-flowered. Calyx very hairy. Corolla 

 yellow, longer than the calyx. Nuts gibbous on both sides, 

 beaked, marked with 4 elevated subinuricated lines. 



Apulian Gromwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1768. PL ^ 

 foot. 



18 L. PD'MILUM (Lehm. asper. p. 319.) stems herbaceous, 

 ascending, branched ; leaves imbricate, linear, obtuse, strigosely 

 pilose ; flowers solitary, sessile, interfoliaceous ; segments of the 

 limb of corolla acute ; nuts rugose. Ij. . H. Native of North 

 America. Habit of Anchuta ccespitosa, but smaller. Root 

 thick, with filiform fibres. Stems many, 2-3 inches long. 

 Leaves crowded, an inch long, and more. Calyx pilose, with 

 ciliated segments. Corolla yellow ? ; tube a little longer than 

 the calyx. 



Dwarf Gromwell. PI. foot. 



19 L. MYOSOTOIDES (Lehm. asper. p. 319.) stems herbaceous, 

 procumbent, filiform ; leaves linear-lanceolate, pilose ; flowers 

 solitary, lateral ; tube of corolla longer than the calyx ; limb 

 obtuse; nuts rugose. . H. Native of Chili, in sandy places 

 about Conception ; and at Santiago. L. tinctorium, Ruiz, et 

 Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 4. t. 114. L. tingens, Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 44. Plant pilose. Root slender, fusiform. Stems 

 numerous ; middle ones erect. Flowers on short pedicels. 

 Calyx closed in the fructiferous state. Corolla white, exceeding 

 the calyx. This plant tinges paper in which it has been pressed 

 of a violet colour. 



^louse-ear-like Gromwell. PI. procumbent. 



20 L. ARVE'NSE (Lin. spec. 190. fl. suec. no. 160. ed. 2d.) 

 stems herbaceous, erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, narrowed 

 at the base, acutish, hairy, subciliated ; calyxes a little shorter 

 than the corolla, spreading in the fructiferous state ; nuts wrin- 

 kled, scabrous. Q. H. Native of Europe, Asia, Africa, and 

 North America, in cultivated fields, and sterile or waste places; 

 plentiful in some parts of Britain. Oed. fl. dan. t. 456. Smith, 

 engl. bot. t. 1:23. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 121. Hall. helv. no. 

 594. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 31. f. 7. Riv. mon. tab. 9. f. 

 1 . Root perpendicular, branched, red outside. Stem scabrous 

 from adpressed hairs. Leaves sessile, scabrous, \\ inch long. 

 Flowers nearly sessile, solitary, disposed in leafy racemose 

 spikes. Calyx hispid or pilose. Corolla white, pilose outside, 

 with a violaceous ring inside. Nuts scabrous, black. 



Var. p ; flowers blue. . H. Native of Iberia. Bieb. fl. 

 cauc. 1. p. 121. 



far. y; flowers purplish. . H. Native of France. L. 

 arvense, p, D. C. 'fl. fr. no. 2713. 



Corn-field Gromwell, or Bastard Alkanet. Fl. May, June. 

 Britain. PI. | to 1^ foot. 



21 L. PLEBB'IUM (Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 446.) stem erect 

 or prostrate, trichotomous at the nodi, clothed with spreading 

 pili ; leaves opposite ; spikes elongated, leafy ; leaves linear, or 

 linear-lanceolate, obtuse, nearly naked above and strigose be- 

 neath, irregularly ciliated with twin pili ; calyx densely pilose ; 

 nuts rugose, glabrous. . H. Native of Unalaschka and the 

 Aleutian Islands, on the sea shore. Stems rarely solitary and 

 erect ; but generally many from the same root, and trailing. 

 Flowers nearly sessile. The largest leaves are 3 inches long 

 and 4 lines broad. Calyx 5-cleft or 5-parted, with lanceolate 

 acutish segments. Corolla salver-shaped, hardly exceeding the 

 calyx, glabrous, white or pale yellow. 



Plebeian Gromwell. PI. ^ to f foot. 



22 L. RUDER.A'LE (Oougl. mss. ex Lehm. pug. 2. p. 28.) 

 stem herbaceous, erect, hairy ; leaves linear, acuminated, stri- 

 gose ; spikes leafy ; corolla villous : tube length of calyx. 0. 

 H. Native of North-west America. Stem angular, furrowed, 

 branched at top. Leaves scattered, crowded, sessile. Calvx 



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