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75 E. LONGIFOLIUM (Delile. descrip. egypt. 2. t. 16. f. 8.) 

 erect, simple ; leaves linear-lanceolate, elongated, strigose ; co- 

 rolla large ; stamens exserted. If. . H. Native of Egypt. 



Long- leaved Viper's Bugloss. PI. 



76 E. AREXA'RIUM (Guss. sem. hort. Bocc. 1825. ex Linnaea, 

 4. p. 37.) stem diffuse ; leaves obtuse ; corolla small, tubular ; 

 calyx hispid from strigae, by which it differs from E. dijfusum, 

 andE.tenue. Tj.. H. Native of the South of Europe. 



Sand Bugloss. PI. diffuse. 



j- Species doubtful or hardly known, many of which are probably 

 synonymous nitli some of those described above. 



77 E. SALMA'NTICUM (Lag. gen. et spec. nov. diagn. 1806. 

 p. 10.) radical leaves lanceolate ; stamens very long, glabrous ; 

 throat of corolla impervious. 1. H. Native of Spain, about 

 Salamanca. Plant hispid. 



Salamanca Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1811. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



78 E. VALEKTINUM (Lag. 1. c.) plant strigose; leaves lanceo- 

 late ; corollas campanulately funnel-shaped, nearly equal, longer 

 than the calyx ; stamens about equal in length to the corolla. 

 I/ . H. Native of Spain, in the province of Valentia, where it 

 was gathered by Cavanilles. 



I alentia Viper's Bugloss. PI. 



79 E. SCHIFFE'RI (Lang, in syll. soc. reg. ratisb. vol. 2. with 

 a figure, ex Bull. phil. 18. p. 240.) We know nothing of this 

 species. 



Schiffer's Viper's Bugloss. PI. 



80 E. LAGA'SC.E (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 27.) strigose; 

 stem panicled at top ; branchlets alternate, terminated by a bifid 

 spike ; corolla shorter than the calyx ; upper leaves lanceolate, 

 subpetiolate. If . H. Native of Spain, near Hispalim. E. pa- 

 niculatum, Lag. 1. c. but not of Thunb. 



Lagasca's Viper's Bugloss. PI. 



81 E. ELONGA'TUM (Lam. ill. no. 1855. Poir. diet. 8. p. 

 669.) stem herbaceous, erect, pilose, forming a long spike at 

 top ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx ; stamens exserted. 



$ .1 H. Native country unknown. This species is said to 

 differ from E. asperrimum, and E. Pyrenaicum, in the long spike ; 

 in the sessile flosvers, small, obliquely truncate corollas, with 

 short, obtuse, white lobes. 



fongataf-spiked Viper's Bugloss. PI. 



82 E. SPINE'SCEXS (Med. bot. beob. des jahres. 1783. no. 36. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 474.) Nothing is known of this plant but the 

 name. 



Spinescent Viper's Bugloss. PI. 



83 E. MEGALA'NTHUM (Lapeyr. abr. suppl. p. 39.) stem her- 

 baceous, simple, elongated, pilose ; leaves lanceolate, strigose ; 

 corolla unequal, rather villous outside, much longer than the 

 calyx ; pistil longer than the stamens, which are exserted. $ . 

 H. Native of the Pyrenees ; as well as of Galicia and Jacca, 

 on the mountains. E. grandiflorum, Lapeyr. abr. p. 90. fl. pyr. 

 ined. t. 65. E. longistamineum, Pourr. chlor. hisp. no. 611. 

 Habit of E. alti<;simum, Jacq. ; but the stem is only floriferous 

 at the apex. Corolla irregular, 4 times longer than the calyx, 

 white, ciliated on the edges. Perhaps only a var. E. cioldceum. 

 See D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 418. 



Large-flonered Viper's Bugloss. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



84 E. AUSTRA'LE (Lam. ill. no. 1860. Poir. diet. 8. p. 692.) 

 stem herbaceous, pilose ; leaves ovate, attenuated at both ends ; 

 corollas equalling the stamens, which are villous at the apex. 

 0. H. Native about the Nile, in fields. Poir. diet. 8. p. 692. 

 D. C. syn. fl. fr. no. 2710. Pers. ench. 1. p. 164. This spe- 



cies is joined by Loiseleur, in fl. gall. 1. p. 111. with E. Lusita- 

 nicum ; others have joined it with E. violdceum, E. Creticum, 

 and E. grandflbium. It is often to be found in gardens and 

 Herbaria under the names of E. violaceum, and E. Creticum; and 

 is probably the E. Creticum of Schultes, obs. bot. p. 33. of which 

 he gives the following diagnosis : "Stem 1-2 feet high, clothed 

 with canescent hairs. Superior leaves acuminated. Spikes 

 elongated, leafy, very hispid. Calycine segments straight, acute. 

 Corolla twice as long as the calyx, rather pilose, violaceous or 

 purple, irregular. Stamens and style rather pilose ; stigma 

 bifid. Q. H. Native of the south of Europe." 



Southern Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1824. PI. 

 ]| foot. 



85 E. LONGIFLORUM (Du Mont de Courset, bot. cult. 7. suppl. 

 p. 147. to vol. 3. p. 198.) Nothing is known of this plant but 

 the name. I? . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Long-flowered Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1806. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



86 E. PYRAMIDA'TUM (Du Mont de Courset, 1. c.) ^ . G. 

 Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Nothing is known of this 

 plant but the name. 



Pyramidal Viper's Bugloss. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



87 E. BRACHYSTA'CHYUM (Pall, ex herb. Willd. see Roam, et 

 Schultes, syst. 4. p. 726.) corollas nearly equal, twice longer 

 than the calyx ; stamens longer than the corolla ; spikes axil- 

 lary, usually 5-flowered, sessile ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, 

 rough from dots or tubercles. %. H. Native of Siberia. 

 Pallas. 



Short-spiked Viper's Bugloss. PI. 



88 E. A'LBICANS (Schott. fil. ex Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 726.) stem erect, simple, hairy, mixed with long strigae ; 

 radical leaves broad-lanceolate : cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 densely strigose ; bracteas and leaves of calyx hispid from long, 

 ciliated strigae ; corolla pale red, hairy. $ . ? H. Native near 

 Tarifa, Schott. Plant white from strigae. Spikes lateral, 

 much shorter than in E. Itdlicum. 



Whitish Viper's Bugloss. PI. erect. 



Cult. All the species of Kchium are very elegant when in 

 flower ; and are, therefore, worth cultivating in every collection, 

 particularly the hardy species. The shrubby kinds, being all 

 greenhouse plants, grow very well in a mixture of loam, sand, 

 and peat ; and cuttings of them will strike root in the same kind 

 of soil, under a hand-glass ; but they are more readily increased 

 by layering down the young shoots, making a small incision with 

 a knife on the back of each shoot so laid before pegging it down ; 

 they may be also raised from seeds, which are sometimes pro- 

 duced in this country. The hardy species grow very well in 

 common garden soil, in a dry situation ; and they are only to be 

 increased by seeds, which should be sown in the open ground in 

 spring ; their treatment is that of other hardy, perennial, bien- 

 nial, and annual plants. All the hardy kinds are well fitted for 

 decorating flower borders, from the different shades of their ele- 

 gant blossoms. 



XXII. ECHIOCHrLON (from t-^ov, echion, Bugloss ; and 

 X<Xoe, cheilos, a lip ; in reference to the bilabiate limb of co- 

 rolla, and its affinity with Bugloss.) Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 166. t. 

 47. Lehm. asper. p. 477. 



Lix. SYST. Pentdndria, Mcnogynia. Calyx 4-parted. Co- 

 rolla with a slender arched tube, a naked throat, and a bilabiate 

 limb ; upper lip 2-lobed : lower one somewhat 3-lobed. Sta- 

 mens 5, inclosed. Nuts 4, 1 -celled, glabrous, tubercled, imper- 



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