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elatum Mcench. meth. p. 418. Bugl. angustifblium, All. ped. 

 no. 163 ? Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 28. f. 2. and t. 26. f. 1. 

 Tourn. inst. p. 134. Buglossum amoenum, Gaertn. fruct. 1. 

 p. 323. t. 67. f. 2. Roots creeping. Plant hispid, large. 

 Racemes twin, with a flower in the fork, constituting panicles 

 at the tops of the stems. Bracteas linear, length of pedicels. 

 Calycine segments subulate, unequal. Corolla blue, or violace- 

 ous, with a '.\hite throat ; processes of the throat erect, pencil- 

 formed ; segments of the limb unequal, obovate-roundish, ob- 

 tuse. This is a very showy plant when in blossom. 



Panicled-fiovered Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1777. PI. 

 3 to 5 feet. 



20 A. MICROCA'LYX (Vis. in bot. zeit. 1829. p. 8.) hispid; 

 stems weak, nearly simple ; leaves flat : radical ones obversely- 

 lanceolate, attenuated at the base, obtuse, repand : cauline ones 

 lanceolate, sessile, acute, entire ; racemes pedunculate, conju- 

 gate, alternate, leafy at the base, loose ; calyx very hispid, 5- 

 cleft, shorter than the tube of the corolla, but twice as long as 

 the bracteas ; processes of the throat thickened at tops, trun- 

 cate, smoothish. !. H. Native of Dalmatia, about Verlika, 

 on the edges of fields. Calyx smaller than in A . semperxirens. 

 Tube of corolla straight. Nuts wrinkled, acutely bicostate at 

 the apex, and umbilicate. Peduncles erect in the fructiferous 

 state. 



Small-catyxed Bugloss. PI. 1 foot? 



21 A. DASYA'XTHA (Cham, in Linnasa, 4. p. 437.) leaves of 

 the floriferous branches oblong-cuneated, sometimes acute, and 

 sometimes bluntish at apex, and short-acuminated : upper ones 

 dilated at the base, and more acute ; bracteas subcordate-ovate, 

 acute, length of flowers ; cymes or spikes glomerate ; flowers 

 sessile ; calyx hardly 5-cleft to the middle ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; tube exceeding the calyx ; throat villous ; stigma 2- 

 lobed. 2|. F. Native of Tropical Brasil. Said to have the 

 habit of Anchusa sempervirens ; but the flowers are smaller, 

 the calyx hardly 5-c!eft to the middle, the corollas hairy out- 

 side, the processes of the throat small and bearded. The upper 

 portion of a branch is the only part of this plant which has been 

 examined. 



Thick-fon-ered Bu-loss. PI. ? 



22 A. MILLE'KI (Willd. enum. 1. p. 179.) stems ascending, 

 diffuse ; leaves oblong, bluntish, obsoletely denticulated, hispid ; 

 racemes solitary, leafy ; calyx length of the tube of the corolla, 

 with linear-obtuse segments; corolla equal. 0. H. Native 

 country unknown, Levant. ? Lycopsis Milleri, Horn. hort. hafn. 

 1. p. 182. Plant strigose, hispid. Corolla flesh-coloured; 

 throat oblique, incurved ; segments of the limb obovate, round- 

 ish ; processes of the throat erect, yellow, pilose at the base. 

 Perhaps a species of Lycopsis from the oblique, incurved throat 

 of the corolla. 



Miller's Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1713. PI. \\ foot. 



23 A. MACROPHY'LLA (Lam. ill. no. 1816. Lehm. asper. p. 

 233.) stem weak, branched at top ; radical leaves oval : cauline 

 ones lanceolate, acute, quite entire, strigose ; racemes somewhat 

 panicled, loose, bracteate ; calyxes length of the tube of the 

 corolla, with acutish segments ; flowers regular. !?. H. Native 

 of the kingdom of Morocco. Desf. all. 1. p. 157. Lycopsis 

 macrophylla, Lam. diet. 3. p. 657. Plant strigose. Radical 

 leaves large, disposed in an orb: cauline ones half stem-clasp- 

 ing. Corolla tubular, pale yellow, small, a little longer than the 

 calyx, glabrous ; segments of the limb obtuse ; processes of the 

 throat erect, obtuse, tomentose. 



Long-leated Bugloss. PI. lj foot. 



24 A. LATIF6LIA (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1821. p. 2. pug. 1. 

 p. 6.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, undulated, hairy ; bracteas ovate- 

 lanceolate, equal in length to the calyx; calyx 5-cleft, bluntish ; 

 processes of the throat bearded. $ . H. Native country 



unknown. Anchusa versicolor Hortul. Stems many from the 

 same root, erectish, hairy, much branched. Flowers imbricate, 

 on short pedicels, disposed in conjugate, bracteate, terminal 

 racemes. Corolla with a violaceous tube, equal in length to 

 the calyx; constricted below the throat ; limb deep rose-co- 

 loured, having the edges variegated with white. 



Broad-leared Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1826. PI. If 

 to 2| feet. 



25 A. VILLOSA (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 560.) stem branched; 

 leaves lanceolate, quite entire, villous ; racemes axillary ; flow- 

 ers remote ; bracteas exceeding the calyxes ; calycine segments 

 bluntish, shorter than the tube of the corolla. If.. H. Native 

 country unknown. Calyx 5-parted, erect. 



Villous Bugloss. PI. 



26 A. MYOSOTIDIFLORA (Lehm. asper. p. 234.) stem erect, 

 simple ; radical leaves on long petioles, reniformly cordate : 

 cauline ones sessile, ovate, hairy ; racemes terminal, panicled, 

 bractless ; flowers equal. Tf.. H. Native of Siberia, among 

 rocks. Myosotis macrophylla, Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 119. Adams 

 and Web. et Mohr, cat. 1. p. 46. no. 7. Bieb. cent. pi. ross. t. 

 1 4. Root oblique, covered by the remains of the leaves at top. 

 Leaves large, canescent while young. Calycine segments linear. 

 Corolla having the tube the length of the calyx ; limb fine 

 blue ; and the throat closed by yellow processes. 



Mouse-ear-jfowered Bugloss. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1825. PI. 

 1 foot. 



27 A. TUBEROSA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 92.) root 

 tuberous ; stem erect, nearly simple ; leaves scattered, sessile, 

 linear, quite entire, hispid from strigae ; spikes leafy, terminal. 



g . F. Native of Mexico, in bushy places, between Moran 

 and Regla, at the altitude of 1300 hexapods. Root tuberous, 

 turnip-formed, globose, size of a cherry, furnished with fibres. 

 Plant strigose. Leaves an inch long, and 1 line broad. Calyx 

 hispid, with linear, bluntish segments. Spikes 1-2 inches long. 

 Corolla pale yellow, ex Bonpl. downy outside, sweet-scented. 

 Ovaria glabrous. 



Tuberous-rooted Bugloss. PI. 1 foot. 



$ 2. Calyx 5-cleft, or deeply 5-toolhed, campanulate when in 

 fruit, and more or less inflated and nodding. Corollas equal. 



28 A. AMPLEXICAU'LIS (Sibth et Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 

 116. Lehm. asper. p. 237.) cauline leaves cordate-oblong, 

 stem-clasping, repand ; spikes dichotomous, 2-leaved ; calyx 5- 

 cleft. }(.?. H. Native in fields about Constantinople. Ac- 

 cording to the diagnosis given this plant would appear to 

 approach the Anchusa sempertlrens, now Omphalbdes semper- 

 virens. 



Slem-clasping-\eaved Bugloss. PI. 1 foot. 



29 A. VERRUCOSA (Lam. ill. p. 403. no. 1819. Horn. hort. 

 hafn. 1. p. 176. Lehm. asper. p. 238.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, repandly- toothed, hispid from strigae, which rise from 

 white warts : upper ones subcordate at the base ; pedicels inter- 

 foliaceous. O- H. Native of Egypt. A. flava, Forsk. descr. 

 p. 40. no. 30. Lycopsis jEgyptiaca, Lin. spec. 1. p. 138. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 163. Asperiigo .^gyptiaca, Lin. spec. ed. 

 2. p. 198. mant. 334. Vanl. syinb. 1. p. 14. Jacq. vind. 3. 

 p. 15. t. 21. Willd. spec. 1. p. 778. Plant very hispid from 

 strigse. Stems branched at top. Upper leaves sometimes sub- 

 cordate at the base. Calycine segments unequal, lanceolate- 

 linear, acute. Corolla yellow ; tube shorter than the calyx ; 

 segments of the limb rounded ; processes of the throat yellow. 



/Parted-leaved Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1821. PI. 

 to 1 foot. 



30 A. DEFLE'XA (Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1823. p. 17. pug. 



