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stem shrubby ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, and are, as well as the 

 branches, silky ; calycine segments linear, bluntish ; racemes or 

 panicles ovate ; style hairy. I? . G. Native of Madeira. Flowers 

 blue or purple ? 



Ner ced-leaved. Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1777. 

 Shrub. 



. 2. CAPE'XSES. Shrubby plants, natives of the Cape of Good 

 Hope. Flon-ers solitary, axillary or tpicate. Stamens ex- 

 serted or inclosed. 



18 E. FORMOSUM (Pers. ench. 1. p. 163. Lehm. asper. p. 

 418.) stem branched above, glabrous ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, 

 very scabrous above ; racemes subcymose ; corollas tubular, 

 very long. fj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 E. tubiferum, Poir. diet. 8. p. 663. E. grandiflorum, Desf. arb. 

 1. p. 177. Vent. malm. p. 97. t. 97. Andr. boL rep. t. 20. 

 Ker. bot. reg. 1 24. Kerner, semp. 5. t. 205. Leaves clasping 

 the stem at the base, grass-green, 3-4 inches long, with spinu- 

 losely denticulated margins. Bracteas subcordate at the base. 

 Calyx hairv, sub-bilabiate ; segments unequal. Corolla equal, 

 red, 1|- inch long. Stamens equal in length to the corolla. 



..a emarginate. 



Beautiful Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1787. Shrub 

 2 to 3 fe 



19 E. SCA'BRUM (Lehm. asper. p. 419.) stem hairy above ; 

 leaves elliptic-lanceolate, scabrous, hispid ; spikelets terminal, 

 bipartite ; bracteas falcate, hispid. 1? . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. Stem much branched at top ; branches sca- 

 brous ; branchlets hairy. Leaves beset with adpressed strigae, 



1 to ly inches long. Calycine segments acute, lanceolate, rather 

 unequal, hairy. Corolla irregular, large, blue. Stamens length 

 of corolla. 



Scabrous Viper's Bugloss. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 



2 to 3 feet. 



20 E. FRUTICOSUM ^Lin. spec. p. 199.) stem tomentose ; 

 leaves lanceolate-spat ulate, acutisb, clothed with silky villi ; 

 spikelets crowded, corymbose. 17 . G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Berg. pi. cap. p. 39. Willd. spec. 1. p. 781. 

 Ait. hort. kew, ed. 1st, vol. 1. p. 186. Ker, bot. reg. 86. 

 E. Africanum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 163. Comm. hort. 2. p. 107. 

 t. 54-. Stem branched. Spikelets usually bipartite, hairy. Caly- 

 cine segments acute, nearly equal. Corolla purple, with rather 

 unequal segments. Stamens a little longer than the corolla. 



far. /3, majus (Thunb. fl. cap. prod. p. S3.) stem, as well as 

 the leaves, which are oblong, silky ; spikelets alternate, pedun- 

 culate. ^ . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 

 more spatulate, bluntish, and twice the size of those of the species. 



Shrubby Viper's Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1759. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



21 E. ARGE'XTECM (Lin. mant. p. 202. Lehm. asper. p. 421.) 

 stem branched ; leaves lanceolate, acute, reflexed at the apex, 

 clothed with silky pi.i : margins of the floral ones setosely 

 prickly ; spikes terminal, simple, leafy. Jj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Berg. cap. p. 40. Lam. ill. p. 413. no. 

 1862. Andr. bot. rep. 154. Thunb. prod. fl. cap. p. 33. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 783. E. fruticosum, Jacq. schcenbr. 1. t. 34. 

 Branches hoary, from copious adpressed pili, hispid above from 

 stiff bristles. Lower leaves H inch long. Calyx hispid, with 

 unequal segments ; the two lateral ones larger, and keeled. 

 Corolla blue, campanulately tubular ; segments unequal, obtuse. 

 Stamens unequal ; the 2 lower ones longer than the corolla, the 

 rest inclosed. Plant canescent. 



I'ar.p.ferox (Lehm. asper. p. 422.) stem shrubby; branches 

 and leaves prickly ; flowers spicate ; corollas nearly equal. 

 VOL. nr. 



G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. ferox, Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 163. E. ferocissimum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 39. E. ar- 

 genteum, Roth. bot. abh. p. 25. 



SUtery Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1789./3. 1794. 

 Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



22 E. GLACcopHY'LLrjM (Jacq. coll. 2. p. 325. icon. rar. 2. 

 p. 10. t. 312.) stem branched ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, with 

 callosely scabrous edges, glaucous ; spikelets bipartite, bracteate. 

 Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lehm. asper. p. 

 423. Andr. bot. rep. t. 165. E. lasvigatum. Lam. ill. p. 413. 

 no. 1863. but not of Thunb. E. glabrum, Thunb. in Schrad. 

 journ. bot. 1803. p. 38. prod. fl. cap. p. 33. Stein quite 

 glabrous. Leaves sessile, acute, 1-y inch long, scabrous from 

 white callous dots on the edges. Spikelets panicled, terminal, 

 and from the axils of the leaves. Calyx glabrous, with lance- 

 olate segments, which are edged with callous dots. Corolla 

 violaceous ; limb almost regular. Stamens unequal, longer than 

 the corolla. 



Glaucous-leaned Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 

 2 to 3 feet. 



23 E. LiviGA v TCM (Lin. spec. p. 199. Thunb. prod. p. 33.) 

 stem simple, glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, spinu- 

 losely ciliated on the margins ; spikes terminal, compound ; 

 spikelets simple, very short. ^ G. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Lehm. asper. p. 424. Willd. spec. 1. p. 785. ex- 

 clusive of the syn. of Jacq. Leaves ciliated with distant white 

 bristly strigae, and with callous dots along the midrib beneath. 

 Calycine segments strigose along the margins and middle nerves. 

 Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb nearly equal, obtuse. Stamens 

 much exserted, declinate, unequal. Stigma simple. Corollas 

 blue. 



Smooth Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1774. Shrub 

 1 to 2 feet. 



24 E. PAKICCLA'TUM (Thunb. in Schrad. journ. 1806. p. 41. 

 prod. p. 33.) stem branched ; branches elongated, angular, and 

 downy above ; leaves lanceolate, hispid, spinulosely ciliated ; 

 spikelets panicled. Tj . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 784. Lehm. asper. p. 425. Branchlets sub- 

 fastigiate, hispid, and compresscdly angular. Leaves about an 

 inch long, with diaphanous ciliae, which rise from papillae. Pani- 

 cle terminal. Calyx 5-angled ; segments acute, having the an- 

 gles and edges hispidly ciliated. Corolla white, regular ; limb 

 bluntish. Stamens unequal, twice as long as the corolla. 



Ponicferf-flowered Viper's Bugloss. Fl. May, Julv. Clt. 

 1815. Shrub 2-3 feet. 



25 E. SWA'RTZII (Lehm. asper. p. 426.) stem branched at 

 top, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous, furnished with 

 callous dots on the margins, but when young hispidly ciliated ; 

 spikelets terminal, bi6d or trifid. J? . G. Native of the Cape 

 of Good Hope. E. angustifblium, Swartz in litt. Branchlets 

 scabrous. Leaves sessile. Bracteoles hispid. Calyx hispid, 

 with unequal lanceolate segments. Corolla irregular, blue, 

 rather large. Stamens exserted. 



Sirartzs Viper's Bugloss. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



26 E. GLA'BRCM (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 22.) stem branched ; 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, somewhat falcate, glabrous above, but 

 beset with callous dots beneath : uppermost leaves, as well as 

 the calyxes pilose, or strigose ; spikelets alternate. T; G. Na- 

 tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Lehm. asper. p. 427. Andr. 

 bot. rep. t. 165. E. falcatum, Lara. ill. p. 413. no. 1864. E. 

 Vahlii, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 14. Branches purplish, 

 be.set with adpressed villi. Leaves an inch long. Spikelets 

 erect, 2 inches long, leafy, from the axils of the upper leaves. 

 Calvx pilose, with lanceolate unequal segments. Corolla irre- 



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