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BORAGINEjE. XXVI. ANCMUSA. 



33.) stems diffuse ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, attenuated at the 

 base, bluntly-toothed, hispid from strigae ; pedicels axillary, 

 conjugate ; flowers equal. Native in Egypt. Lehm. asper. p. 

 216. Stem hispid, from retrograde pili. Calyx hispid. Corolla 

 small, nearly the length of calyx ; segments ovate, short. 

 Hispid Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1817. PI. diffuse. 



10 A. CILIA'TA (Cham in Linnaea, 4. p. 440.) leaves tufted, 

 large, obovate, elliptic-lanceolate, but usually linear-lanceolate, 

 exceeding the stems, which are erect or ascending, and furnished 

 with small leaves ; cymes scorpioid, bracteate, forming terminal 

 panicles ; flowers sessile. I/ . F. Native of Brazil, both 

 within and without the tropic. Habit of Myosotls. Plant 

 beset with short strigose hairs. Radical leaves a foot long ; 

 cauline ones 3 inches long, half stem-clasping, ciliated with 

 longer strigae, all acuminated. Calycine segments equal, lance- 

 olaie, acute, pilose on the back. Corolla tubular, hairy outside ; 

 segments of the limb lanceolate, acute ; processes of the throat 

 fringed, bearded. Stigma capitate, hardly emarginate. Nuts 

 usually solitary by abortion, chartaceous, shining. 



Ciliated Bugloss. PI. 1 foot. 



11 A. TENE'LLA (Lehm. asper. 217.) stems depressed, dicho- 

 tomous, weak ; leaves on short petioles, ovate, hispid ; pedicels 

 solitary, interfoliaceous, nodding, while bearing the fruit; flowers 

 equal. O- H. Native of China. Horn. hafn. 1. p. 176. A. 

 Zeylanica, Jacq. eclog. p. 47. t. 29. Horn. enum. 1807. Plant 

 hairy. Corolla small, glabrous, white ; tube shorter than the 

 calyx ; segments of the limb roundish-obovate, purplish at the 

 base ; processes of the throat emarginate, yellowish. Nuts 

 somewhat kidney-shaped, verrucose. 



Weak Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. PI. foot. 



12 A. TINCTORIA (Lin. spec. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 192. exclusive 

 of the syn. edit. 1st.) stems diffuse; leaves oblong, hispid 

 from pili ; bracteas exceeding the calyx ; processes of corolla 

 shorter than the stamens. %.. H. Native of the Peloponnesus, 

 Island of Cyprus, and in deserts about Alexandria. Sibth. et 

 Smith, fl. graec. t. 166. Desf. atl. 1. p. 156, exclusive of many 

 synonymes. Willd. spec. 1. p. 758. Lehm. asper. p. 218. 

 Plant pilose. Root woody, descending, of a dark blood colour. 

 Spikes or racemes usually twin, rarely 3 or 4 terminal, many- 

 flowered. Corolla with a deep blood-coloured tube, which is 

 inflated at the base and the length of the calyx ; processes 

 inserted near the middle of the tube ; limb deep blue ; seg- 

 ments roundish, obovate. This plant is cultivated in the South 

 of France for the deep purplish red colour of its roots. It 

 imparts a fine deep red colour to oils, wax, and all unctuous 

 substances, as well as to spirits of wine. The spirituous tinc- 

 ture on being inspissated changes to a dark brown. Its chief 

 use is for colouring plasters, lip-salves, &c. 



Dyer's Bugloss. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1596. PI. \ foot, diffuse. 



13 A. AGGREGA'TA (Lehm. asper. p. 219.) stems diffuse, stri- 

 gose ; leaves linear-oblong, obtuse, very hispid ; flowers sessile, 

 aggregate, 4 times shorter than the bracteas; nuts hemispherical. 

 Q. H. Native near Athens. A. parviflora Smith, prod. fl. 

 graec. 1. p. 117. fl. graec. t. 167, but not of Willd. Plant very 

 hispid. Flowers sessile, crowded in dense, solitary, terminal, 

 leafy spikes. Corolla with a pale tube, which is twice as long 

 as the calyx ; limb deep blue, with ovate flattened segments ; 

 processes of the throat pencil-formed. Calyx subglobose, with 

 conniving segments. Perhaps a species of Nonea. 



Aggregate-flowered Bugloss. PI. -J foot. 



14 A. PARVIFLORA (Willd. spec. 1. p. 759.) stem much 

 branched, hispid ; leaves linear, bluntish, hispid ; racemes few- 

 flowered, crowded. ? H. Native of the Levant. Lehm. 

 asper. 220. 



Small-flowered Bugloss. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



15 A. ECHINA'TA (Lam. diet. 1. p. 505. ill. no 1821.) stems 



ascending, nearly simple, bristly ; leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 attenuated at the base, acute, very hispid from bristles ; spikes 

 leafy ; flowers equal. Native of Syria, near Tripoli. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 221. Root woody, twisted. Bristles on the plant stiff 

 and white. Spikes of flowers lateral and terminal, simple, or 

 bifid. Calyx white, from bristles. Corolla having the tube 

 longer than the calyx ; segments of the limb obtuse. 

 Echinated Bugloss. PI. 1 foot. 



16 A STYLOSA (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 123.) stem erect, branched 

 at top ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at the base, undulately 

 denticulated, hispid ; bracteas subulate ; calyxes nearly equal, 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla, with subulate segments. 



0. H. Native of Tauria, on stony hills, on the banks of the 

 Karasu, and among corn. Bieb. cat. pi. t. 23. A. annua Pall, 

 ind. taur. Buglossum Orientale erectum, foliis undulatis, flore 

 amcene coeruleo Tourn. cor. p. 6. Barrel, icon. 578. Bocc. 

 mus. t. 77. Root perpendicular, branched, white. Plant hispid. 

 Racemes axillary, and terminal, usually twin. Flowers regular, 

 a little smaller than those of A. officinal is. Corolla fine blue ; 

 segments of the limb roundish : processes of the throat naked. 

 Style equal, filiform, about equal in height to the corolla. 



Long-styled Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 foot. 



17 A. BARRELIE RI (D. C. syn. fl. fr. 2731.) stems erect, 

 nearly simple ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, denticulated, hispid ; 

 racemes conjugate, panicled, bracteate ; calyxes very blunt, 

 longer than the tube of the corolla; corolla regular. I/. H. 

 Native of the South of Europe, by road sides, among rubbish, 

 and in shady places ; as of Piedmont, Naples, &c. Baumg. 

 trans. 1. p. 122. Bess. fl. gal. 1. p. 147. Lehm. asper. 227. 

 Lois. fl. gall. 1. p. 106. Vittm. summ. 1. p. 288. Bell, ap- 

 pend, fl. pedetn. p. 15. Tenor, fl. neap. p. 46. Buglossum 

 Barrelieri, All. pedem. no. 161. Pentagn. inst. 2. p. 314. My- 

 osotis obtusa, Waldst. et Kit. pi. rar. hung. 1. p. 103. t. 100. 

 Schultes, fl. austr. no. 792. Horn. hafn. 1. p. 173. Willd. 

 enum. 1. p. 176. Barrel, icon. 333. Root woody, branched. 

 Cauline leaves half stem-clasping. Calyx pilose ; segments 

 obtuse. Corolla with a white tube ; limb blue, with roundish 

 obtuse segments ; throat yellow ; processes of the throat erect, 

 white. The flowers are very like those of a species of Myosb- 

 tis, both in colour and form. 



Barretter's Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1820. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



18 A. sTRia6sA (Labill. icon. pi. syr. dec. 3. p. 7. t. 4.) stem 

 erect, branched at top ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, denticulated, 

 prickly ; racemes conjugate, furnished with bracteoles at the 

 base, which are shorter than the pedicels ; calyxes obtuse, 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla ; flowers regular ; processes 

 of the throat papillose. y.. H. Native of Syria, about Tri- 

 poli. Lehm. asper. p. 229. Plant covered all over with white 

 bristles, which rise from white papillae or glands. Racemes 

 twin, secund. Corolla blue ; processes of the throat nearly 

 orbicular. 



Strigose Bugloss. PI. 1^ foot. 



19 A. PANICULA'TA (Ait. hort. kew. 1. p. 177.) stem erect, 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, undulated, strigose, lucid ; racemes 

 conjugate, divaricate, panicled, bracteate ; flowers equal ; calyxes 

 longer than the tube of the corolla, with subulate segments ; 

 processes of the throat pencil-formed. T. H. Native of the 

 South of Europe, North of Africa, Island of Madeira, and 

 Siberia. Willd. spec. 1. p. 756. Sibth et Smith, fl. graec. t. 

 163. Lehm. asper. p. 230. A. Italica, Retz, obs. 1. p. 

 12. Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 4. p. 302. Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 



1. p. 176. Sut. fl. helv. 1. p. 104. Trew. dec. 2. p. 14. t. 15. 

 Tratt. arch. p. 105. t. 120. A. officinalis, Gouan, monsp. p. 

 81. Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 197. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 157. Sav. fl. 

 pis. 1. p. 204. mat. med. p. 37. t. 2. Jaume St. Hil. pi. fr. 1. 

 t. 63. Buglossum officinale, Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 278. Bugl. 



