



324 



BORAGINEjE. XV. LITHOSPERMUM. 



hairy, with unequal linear segments. Corolla yellow. Flowers 

 almost sessile. Stigma simple. 

 Rubbish Cromwell. PI. 1 foot. 



23 L. SCHREBERIA'NUM (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 546.) stems 

 nearly simple ; leaves all ovate, hispid: radical ones petiolate : 

 cauline ones sessile ; calyx hairy, equal in length to the tube of 

 the corolla. TJ.. H. Native of Kamtschatka. Pulmonaria 

 pumila, Schrank. 



Sckreber's Gromwell. PI. dwarf. 



24 L. CRASSIFOLIUM (Lehm. asper. p. 324.) stems herba- 

 ceous, ascending, hoary ; leaves lanceolate-spatulate, obtuse, 

 canescent from incumbent hairs ; floral leaves cordate, acute, 

 nearly glabrous ; corolla a little longer than the calyx ; nuts 

 rugose. If. . F. Native of the Levant. Stems numerous. 

 Radical leaves petiolate : cauline ones sessile. Flowers disposed 

 in terminal, leafy, conjugate spikes. Corolla glabrous, the 

 colour not known. 



Thick-leaved Gromwell. PJ. J ascending. 



25 L. ORIENTALS (Lin. syst. ed. 12. vol. 2. p. 145.) stems 

 ascending, herbaceous, branched from the base ; leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate, bluntish, repand, pilose : floral ones ovate-lanceolate; 

 corollas longer than the calyxes, which droop in the fructiferous 

 state; nuts tubercular. If.. H. Native of the Grecian Islands; 

 and in sandy places of Cafsa. Vahl, symb. 1. p. 14. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 753. exclusive of the syn. of Forsk. Desf. fl. atl. 

 1. p. 158. Curt. bot. mag. t. 515. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. 

 t. 160. Anchusa orientals, Lin. spec. ed. 1st. p. 133. ed. 2d. 

 p. 191. Dill. hort. elth. 1. p. CO. t. 52. f. 60. Buxb. cent. 3. 

 t. 29. Root fusiform, black outside. Plant pilosely hispid. 

 Leaves soft, pale green. Flowers golden yellow, on short pedi- 

 cels, disposed in long, leafy, terminal racemes. Corolla with a 

 cylindrical tube, which is contracted in the middle, longer than 

 the calyx ; limb short, recurvedly convex, with roundish seg- 

 ments, and rather elevated recesses. Nuts incurvedly gib- 

 bous, rather reniform, brown, shining. Habit of Lycopsis 

 lutea. 



Eastern Gromwell. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1713. PI. ascend- 

 ing. 



26 L. DECU'MBENS (Vent. eels. t. 37.) stem herbaceous, de- 

 cumbent ; leaves lanceolate, acute, strigose ; calyx pentagonal 

 at the base, with subulate, erect segments ; tube of corolla 

 much longer than the calyx ; nuts tubercular. Q. H. Native 

 of the Levant, near Bagdad. Lehm. asper. p. 326. Root fusi- 

 form, fibry. Stems hispid, dichotomously branched ; brandies 

 ending in very long spike-formed racemes. Flowers nearly 

 sessile, shorter than the bracteas. Calyx hispid. Corolla yel- 

 low, downy outside ; segments rounded, erectly spreading. 

 Nuts pyramidal, angular, acute, truncate at the base. 



Decumbent Gromwell. PI. decumbent. 



27 L. CORNU'TUM (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 175. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 25.) hairy; stem herbaceous, erect ; leaves oblong, callous, cili- 

 ated ; calyxes, when bearing the fruit, furnished with 5 horns at 

 the base : segments lanceolate-linear, erect ; tube of corolla one 

 half longer than the calyx ; nuts tubercled. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of Siberia, in dry places ; at the river Irtysch ; between 

 the river Kurtschum and the lake called Noor-Saisan ; as well 

 as on the Arkaul and Dolenkara mountains. Stems simple. 

 Plant strigose. Racemes erect, bracteate. Calyx hairy. Co- 

 rolla yellow, pilose outside. Stigmas 4, capitate. Calyx struc- 

 ture of that of L. decumbent. 



Horned-ca\y\ed Gromwell. Fl. May. Plant | to f foot. 



28 L. MURICA'TUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 4. no. 2. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 327.) stems herbaceous, prostrate; leaves lan- 

 ceolate-linear, obtuse, downy : lower ones opposite ; calyx equal 

 in length to the corolla, expanded while in fruit; nuts muricated. 



0. H. Native of Chili, in waste places, and on walls. Plant 

 downy. Stems many. Flowers lateral and terminal, sessile. 

 Corolla white. 



Muricated- seeded Gromwell. PI. prostrate. 



29 L. HISPIDUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 5. no. 5.) stems 

 herbaceous, ascending, strigosely hispid ; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, acute, revolute at apex, strigosely hispid ; calyx setosely 

 hispid, length of the tube of the corolla; nuts granular. Q. 

 H. Native of Peru, in stony places. Lehm. asper. p. 328. 

 Plant hispid, whitish. Root fusiform, fibry. Stems numerous, 

 rather angular, branched. Leaves sessile, an inch long. Spikes 

 long ; flowers nearly sessile, secund : superior ones more crowd- 

 ed and bractless. Corolla yellow. Nuts ovate, acute. 



Hispid Gromwell. PI. 1 foot, ascending. 



30 L. CALYCINUM (Moris, in acad. del Torino, vol. 37. p. 98. 

 t. 22.) hispid from bristles ; stem herbaceous, erect, branched ; 

 leaves lanceolate : superior ones dilated at the base, sessile, un- 

 dulated : spikes dense, secund, bractless, revolute at apex ; 

 calyx equal in length to the corolla, expanded in the fruit-bear- 

 ing state; nuts wrinkled from tubercles. If.. F. Native of 

 Chili. Root fusiform, fibrous at bottom. Calyx hispid, like the 

 rest of the plant. Corolla yellow, funnel-shaped. Nuts ovate, 

 gibbous outside, conniving at top. Perhaps the same as L. his- 

 pidum. 



Large-calyxed Gromwell. PI. 1 foot. 



31 L. RAMOSUM (Willd. herb, ex Lehm. asper. 328.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect, much branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 bluntish, strigose, with ciliated, hispid margins ; calyx hispid, 

 length of the tube of the corolla; nuts granular. () H. Na- 

 tive of Mexico. Stem hairy, canescent. Leaves \ an inch or 

 more long. Spikes lateral, and at the tops of the branches, all 

 lateral, conjugate, sometimes solitary, leafy. Flowers sessile, 

 distant, opposite the bracteas, or from the axils of the bracteas. 

 Corolla white, downy under the limb. Nuts ovate, subtrigonal, 

 acuminated, granular outside. 



Branched Gromwell. PI. 1 foot. 



32 L. PAPILLOSUM (Thunb. in Schrad. journ. 1806. p. 44 

 45. prod. fl. cap. p. 34.) stem herbaceous, assurgent, nearly 

 simple ; leaves oblong -lanceolate, papillose, hairy, with revolute 

 margins; calyxes hairy, length of the tube of the corolla, spread- 

 ing in the fructiferous state; nuts wrinkled. Q. ? H. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope. Lehm. asper. p. 329. Stem bear- 

 ing 2 flowering branches at top, hispid. Leaves sessile, strigose, 

 canescent. Racemes bracteate : bracteas longer than the flow- 

 ers. Calycine segments obtuse, concave, lanceolate. Flowers 

 distant. Corolla white ; tube a little longer than the calyx. 

 Nuts ovate. 



Papillose Gromwell. PI. -3- foot. 



33 L. LYCOPSOIDES (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 28.) stems herbaceous, 

 procumbent, branched, hairy ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, denticu- 

 lated, setosely ciliated, hairy on both surfaces ; flowers scatter- 

 ed, lateral and axillary ; nuts ovate-trigonal, emarginate, convex 

 and wrinkled on the back. .? H. Native of North-west 

 America. Stems terete, di-trichotomous. Flowers on short pe- 

 dicels. Calyx very hispid, drooping when in fruit, somewhat 

 inflated ; segments lanceolate. Corolla yellow, glabrous ; limb 

 small, erect. 



Lycopsis-like Gromwell. PI. 1 foot ? 



34 L, TENUIFLORUM (Lin. fil. suppl. p. 130.) stem herbace- 

 ous, erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, hairy, scabrous : 

 lower ones opposite ; calyxes shorter than the filiform tube of 

 the corolla, conniving when bearing the fruit. 0- H. Native 

 of Egypt, and the island of Cyprus. Lehm. asper. p. 320. 

 Jacq. icon. rar. 2. p. 10. t. 313. Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 

 159. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 175. Buglossoides ramosissima, 



