BORAGINE,E. XVI. BATSCHIA. XVII. MACROMEKIA. XVIII. MOLTKIA. 



Batsch, a German professor of botany.) Gmel. in Lin. syst. 2. 

 p. 315. Michx. fl. bor. amer. 1. p. 133. t. 14. Pursh. fl. amer. 

 sept. 1. p. 122. R. Br. in append. Frankl. journ. p. 732. 

 Anonymos, Walt. fl. car. p. 91. Lithospermum species, Lehm. 

 LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft. Corolla 

 salver-shaped ; tube longer than the calyx, bearded by a ring of 

 hairs inside at the base ; mouth naked. Anthers inclosed. Nuts 

 4, 1 -celled, ovate, smooth, shining, fixed to the bottom of the 

 calyx, imperforated at the base. Plants with the habit of Litho- 

 spermum. Flowers yellow or fulvous, almost fastigiate in short 

 bracteate spikes. Leaves narrow, without collateral nerves. 



1 B. LONGIFLORA (Pursh. fl. amer. sept. 1. p. 132.) plant 

 clothed with silky villi ; erect ; leaves approximate, long, and 

 linear : with revolute margins ; corolla with an elongated and 

 somewhat pentagonal tube, and crenately cut segments ; calycine 

 segments long, linear. I/ . H. Native on the banks of the 

 Missouri and Mississippi. Lithospermum incisum, Lehm. asper. 

 p. 303. Lith. angustifolium, Muhl. Lith. longiflorum, Spren<*. 

 syst. 1. p. 544. Flowers sulphur-yellow, disposed in fastigiate 

 fascicles. 



Long-flowered Puccoon. Fl. July. Clt. 1812. PI. | foot. 



2 B. DECU'MBENS (Nutt. gen. amer. 1. p. 114.) hirsutely 

 villous ; stems decumbent ; segments of the calyx and leaves 

 linear ; flowers scattered ; lobes of corolla fimbriately crenate, 

 shorter than the tube. 7. H. Native of North America, 

 around the Mandan village. Lithospermum Mandanense, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 544. Nearly allied to B. longiflbra. In 

 both these species the orifice of the corolla is nearly closed by 

 5 arched protuberances. All the species afford a crimson lac 

 from the root. 



Decumbent Puccoon. PI. decumbent. 



3 B. GMELINI (Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 180. Pursh. fl. 1. 

 p. 132.) plant hairy ; stems erect, simple; leaves linear-lanceo- 

 late, obtuse: floral ones ovate-lanceolate, obtuse ; tube of corolla 

 shorter than the calyx ; calycine segments long-lanceolate, acute, 

 unequal. T. H. Native of Lower Carolina, in dry sunny woods: 

 and in woods of the Arkansas and Red River. Anonymos Caroli- 

 niensis, Walt. fl. carol, p. 91. B. Caroliniensis, Pers. ench. 1. 

 p. 159. Anchusa hirta, Muhl. cat. p. 19. Lithospermum hir- 

 tum, Lehm. asper. p. 304. Leaves 2-3 inches long. Flowers 

 yellow, pilose outside. Nuts ovate, turgid, glabrous, shining. 



Gmelin's Puccoon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1812. PI. \ foot. 



4 B. CANE'SCENS (Michx. fl. amer. bor. 1. p. 130. t. 14 

 Pursh, fl. 1. p. 132.) plant clothed with white villi; stem erect, 

 nearly simple; leaves oblong, obtuse, emarginate at apex, at 

 length rather scabrous ; tube of corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx; calyxes very short, linear, acute. I/. H. Native of 

 Virginia, Carolina, Tenessee, on dry sunny hills, in a sandy soil. 

 Anchusa canescens, Muhl. cat. p. 19. Anchusa Virginiana, Lin. 

 syst. p. 191. Lithospermum canescens, Lehm. asper. p. 305. 

 Anchusa floribus sparsis, caule glabro, Gronov. virg. p. 24. 

 Anchusa lutea minor quam alii Puccoon vocant, Gronov. virg. 

 p. 19. Mor. hist. 3. p. 447. sect. 11. t. 28. f. 4. Stems divided 

 into two leafy racemes at top. Flowers nearly sessile. Corolla 

 fulvous. Nuts similar to those of Lithosp. officinale. The root 

 is covered with a red substance, which is the true Puccoon of 

 the Indians, and paints a beautiful red. 



Canescent Puccoon. Fl. Ju. July. Clt. 1826. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



5 B. CONSPICUA (R. Br. in Richards, append, to Frankl. journ. 

 p. 732.) stem beset with loose hairs ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 clothed with adpressed pili : floral ones secund, becoming gra- 

 dually smaller to the top of the spikes ; lobes of corolla entire. 

 %. H. Native of North-west America, on the banks of the 

 Saskatchawan. Lithospermum conspicuum, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 

 548. Stems many from the same root, di-trichotomous at top. 



Spikes divaricate. Calyx hairy ; segments subulate, three times 

 shorter than the corolla. Corolla of an orange-yellow colour, 

 pilose outside. 



Conspicuous Puccoon. PI. 1^ foot. 



6 B. SERICEA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 743.) stem suffru- 

 ticose, erect, trichotomously branched, villous at top ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, silky above, but somewhat villous 

 beneath, canescent; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx. 

 %. H. Native of Virginia. Lithospermum sericeum, Lehm. 

 asper. 206. Anchusa Virginica, Lin. spec. 191. Gron. virg. p. 

 24. Willd. spec. 1. p. 7580. Mor. hist. 3. p. 447. sect. 11. 

 t. 28. f. 4. Stem divided at top into 3-6 floriferous branches. 

 Leaves 2 inches long. Flowers pedicellate from the axils of the 

 floral leaves. Calyx villous, with unequal linear segments. Co- 

 rolla yellow, downy outside. Nuts ovate, glabrous. 



Silky Puccoon. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1825. PI. 1 foot. 



7 B. DISTICHA ; stem herbaceous, erect, branched at top ; 

 leaves clothed with adpressed pili : lower ones spatulate, obtuse : 

 superior ones oblong-lanceolate, acute : floral ones ovate, in 2 rows ; 

 tube of corolla length of calyx. I/ . S. Native of Cuba. Li- 

 thospermum distichum, Orteg. dec. p. 8. Jacq. fragm. t. 48. f. 

 3. Willd. enum. 1. p. 177. Lehm. asper. p. 308. Stems nu- 

 merous, strigose or pilose, divided into 3-6 leafy spikes at top. 

 Flowers axillary, distich, on short pedicels, shorter than the 

 floral leaves. Calyx pilose, with lanceolate-acute segments. 

 Corolla white ; throat yellow, marked by 5 obtuse gibbosities. 

 Nuts small, ovate, turgid, hard, shining, white. 



Z>t^ic/i-leaved Puccoon. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1806. PI. 

 I to 1 foot. 



Cult. The species grow well in common garden soil, but best 

 in a peat border. They are increased by dividing at the root, 

 or by seed. 



XVII. MACROMEDIA (from fiaKpog, macros, long, and 

 /ipie> meris, a part ; the flowers are by far the largest of the 

 whole family, of which it may justly be reckoned the most 

 showy genus). D. Don, in edinb. pliil. journ. July, Oct., 1832. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx deeply 5-parted, 

 rather unequal. Corolla funnel-shaped, much longer than the 

 calyx ; limb 5-lobed : lobes erect, acutish. Stamens nearly 

 equal, with capillary glabrous filaments, and linear-oblong, in- 

 cumbent, versatile anthers; cells of anthers parallel, dehiscing 

 lengthwise. Style capillary, glabrous ; stigma a pruinose dot. 

 Ovaria 4, connate. Perennial Mexican herbs. Stems erect, 

 very simple. Leaves alternate, sessile, lanceolate, nerved. 

 Racemes few-flowered bracteate. Calycine segments linear. 

 Corolla white ? 2-3 inches long ; tube attenuated at the base ; 

 throat dilated ; lobes of limb oblong ; imbricate in aestivation. 

 The long filaments distinguish this genus from Lithospermum 

 and Bdtschia, to which it otherwise comes nearest in affinity. 



1 M. LONGIFLORA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated, smoothish ; genitals inclosed. 11 . F. Native of Mexico. 

 Lithospermum longiflorum, Sesse et Mocino, mss. in herb. 

 Lamb. 



Long-flonered Macromeria. PI. 



2 M. EXSE'RTA (D. Don, 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, mucronate, 

 scabrous; genitals exserted ; stem hispid. 7.H. Native of 

 Mexico. E'chium species, Sesse et Mocino, mss. in herb. Lamb. 



Exserted-stamened Macromeria. PI. 



Cull. For culture and propagation see Bdtschia above. 



XVIII. MO'LTKIA (named by Dr. Lehmann in honour of 

 Count Gadske Moltke, a Danish prince, founder of a Museum 

 of Natural History at Copenhagen). Lehm. in act. soc. nat. 

 scrut. hal. 3. p. 3. asper. p. 339. 



