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BORAGINE.E. XXI. ECHIUM. 



acutish ; superior ones smaller, all imbricate at the base, and 

 clasping the stem, with revolute edges. Flowers on short pedi- 

 cels, disposed in short pedunculate spikelets, the whole consti- 

 tuting a terminal, compact, oblong raceme. Calyx hoary and 

 pilose ; with linear, nearly equal segments. Corolla funnel- 

 shaped, blue, beset with long white hairs ; segments unequal. 

 Style bifid at apex. 



Mertenss Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 

 | to 1 foot. 



66 E. SPATULA'TUM (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 8. t. 9. f. 1.) plant 

 shrubby, strigose ; leaves long-spatulate ; corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx ; stamens inclosed, fj . F. Native of Libya, on 

 the shores of the Great Syrtus. Stem branched from the base. 

 Leaves tapering into the petioles ; upper ones oblong, sessile. 

 Flowers disposed in short terminal spikes. Calyx very hispid ; 

 with linear, acute segments. Corolla violaceous, hairy outside, 

 ciliated. Stigma emarginate. 



Spatulate-leaved Viper's Bugloss. Shrub. 



67 E. SETOSUM (Vahl. symb. 2. p. 35.) stems woody at the 

 base, procumbent, branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, very his- 

 pid, hoary; stamens a little longer than the corolla. 1. H. 

 Native of Egypt. Willd. spec. 1. p. 784. Lehm. asper. p. 

 464. E. rubrum, Forsk. descr. p. 41. icon. 2. t. 17. f. 2. 

 The whole plant is hoary, and strigosely hispid. Leaves blunt- 

 ish, sessile : lower ones more than an inch long. Spikelets ter- 

 minal, solitary ; bracteas ovate-lanceolate. Calycine segments 

 linear-lanceolate, rather unequal. Corolla irregular, red inside, 

 and canescent from villi outside. Style bifid at apex. 



Bristly Viper's Bugloss. PI. procumbent. 



68 E. SEIUCEUM (Vahl, symb. 2. p. 35.) stems woody at the 

 base, ascending, branched, diffuse ; leaves linear, cuneated, 

 hoary on both surfaces from incumbent hairs ; stamens much 

 longer than the corolla. 1. H. Native of Egypt. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 783. Lehm. asper. p. 465. The whole plant is 

 hoary and pilose. Leaves obtuse : lower ones crowded, petio- 

 late, 2-3 inches long ; petioles ciliated, stem-clasping ; upper 

 leaves gradually shorter, stem-clasping at the base. Flowers 

 sessile, disposed in terminal, simple, compact spikelets. Caly- 

 cine segments equal, lanceolate. Corolla irregular, villous out- 

 side. Style bifid at apex. 



Silky Viper's Bugloss. PI. ascending. 



69 E. DISTA'CHYUM (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 8. t. 5. f. 1.) stem 

 shrubby, decumbent, hispid from adpressed bristles ; leaves 

 linear, and are, as well as the calyxes and bracteas, strigose ; 

 corolla twice as long as the calyx ; stamens exserted. ^ F- 

 Native of Libya, in the Great Syrtus, on the shores of Penta- 

 poli. Leaves sessile, with subrevolute edges. Calycine seg- 

 ments linear. Spikes conjugate. Floral leaves length of 

 calyxes. Corolla blue, hairy outside, with roundish lobes. 

 Stigma deeply bifid. Allied to E. sericeum, and E. setbsum. 



Two-spiked Bugloss. PI. decumbent. 



70 E. MAIUTIMUM (Willd. spec. 1. p. 788. Lehm. asper. p. 

 466.) stems herbaceous, ascending, simple ; leaves spatulate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, villously strigose, cinereous ; stamens about 

 equal in length to the corolla, which is large. O- H. Native 

 of Italy and Sicily, near the sea side ; and in corn-fields of 

 Tunis. E. maritimum stoechadum, flore maximo coeruleo, 

 Tourn. inst. p. 136 Barrel, icon. t. 1012. Bocc. mus. 2. t. 

 78. f. 1. Root quite simple. Lower leaves tapering into 

 petioles, 3 inches long ; superior ones sessile, lanceolate, obtuse. 

 Spikelets terminal, and from the axils of the upper leaves, dense, 

 pedunculate. Calyx hoary from numerous hairs, with unequal, 

 lanceolate segments. Corolla blue, irregular, downy outside ; 

 segments unequal. Style bifid at apex. 



Sea-side Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1815. PI. 

 ascending, to 1 foot long. 



71 E. TE'NUE (Roth. cat. bot. fasc. 2. p. 16.) stems herba- 

 ceous, erect, branched, slender ; leaves linear-lanceolate, se- 

 tosely pilose ; stamens unequal, shorter than the corolla, which 

 is small. Q. H. Native of Barbary, in sandy places. Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 164. exclusive of the syn. of Schousb. Lehm. asper. 

 p. 467. The whole plant, with the exception of the corollas, is 

 beset with tubercles, and stiff, dense hairs. Leaves acute, 2-3 

 inches long, and 3-4 lines broad. Racemes terminal, usually S, 

 alternate, dense. Calycine segments lanceolate-linear, nearly 

 equal, acuminated, connivent. Corolla small, fine blue, re- 

 ticulately veined, downy outside ; limb oblique, unequal, ob- 

 tuse. 



Var, /3, liiimile (Lehm. asper. p. 467.) leaves narrow-lanceo- 

 late, pilose, scabrous, running into the petioles at the base ; 

 calyxes very hairy. Q. H. Native of Barbary, in sandy 

 places. E. humile, Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 165. Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 164. Plant tufted, 3-4 inches high. Calycine segments linear- 

 subulate. 



Slender Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 

 foot. 



72 E. PU'MILUM (Lehm. pug. 1. p. 18.) stem herbaceous, 

 simple ; leaves linear-lanceolate, hispid, hoary ; spikes terminal, 

 simple, very short ; stamens a little longer than the corolla, 

 which is large. I/. H. Native of Egypt. Root rather woody. 

 Stems 2 inches "high, simple, hispid. Leaves obtuse. Spikes 

 simple, dense, 8-12-flowered, at first revolute. Calyx hispid ; 

 segments equal, linear, bluntish. Flowers large for the size of 

 the plant, irregular, violaceous, pilose outside, 3 times as long as 

 the calyx. Stigma bifid. 



Dwarf Bugloss. PI. 2 inches. 



73 E. PARVIFLORUM (Mcench. meth. p. 423. Roth, catal. 

 fasc. 2. p. 14.) stems herbaceous, ascending, branched ; leaves 

 obovate-oblong, bluntish, strigosely pilose ; stamens one half 

 shorter than the corolla, which is small. Q. H. Native along 

 the shores of the Mediterranean sea, &c. Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 164. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 183. Willd. enum. 1. p. 187. 

 E. calycinum, Viv. fragm. fl. ital. fasc. 1. p. 2. t. 4. D. C. fl. 

 fr. 4. p. 419. Lois, journ. bot. 2. p. 262. E. prostratum, 

 Tenore. fl. neap. prod. p. 14. fl. neap. 1. p. 60. t. 12. E. ova- 

 turn, Poir. diet. 8. p. 666. E. micranthum, Schousb. beob. 

 maroc. p. 75. E. Lusitanicum, All. ped. no. 182. E. mariti- 

 mum, Tenore. Till. hort. pis. p. 56. t. 23. f. 3. Bocc. mus. 

 p. 163. t. 132. Root fibrous. Stems many from the same 

 root, strigosely hispid. Tubercles white, from which hairs rise. 

 Radical leaves more than 2 inches long, petiolate, as well as the 

 lower cauline ones : upper cauline ones sessile. Flowers nearly 

 sessile, disposed in simple, terminal spikes. Calyx hispid, in- 

 flated, and larger in the fruit-bearing state ; with unequal, lanceo- 

 late segments. Corolla rather irregular, pale blue, tubular, 

 pilose outside ; segments roundish-cordate. Style bifid at 

 apex. 



Small-flowered Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1798. 

 PI. procumbent. 



74 E. DIFFU'SUM (Smith, prod. fl. grsec. 1. p. 125. fl. grasc. 

 t. 1 82.) stems herbaceous, prostrate, diffuse, nearly simple ; 

 leaves linear-subspatulate, setosely strigose ; stamens a little 

 shorter than the corolla, which is large. O- H. Native of 

 Candia. Root thick, rather woody. Stems numerous, hispid. 

 Leaves 1-2 inches long. Flowers sessile, disposed in terminal, 

 simple, many-flowered elongated spikes ; bracteas obovate-spa- 

 tulate, recurved. Calyx bristly, with nearly equal, linear, acute 

 segments. Corolla irregular, scarlet, beset with white pili out- 

 side. Style bifid at apex. 



Diffuse Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1817. PI. 

 prostrate. 



