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or lanceolate, erectly spreading. Nuts beset with hooked bris- 

 tles at the sides, nevertheless shining. 



Peduncular Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, June. 

 Clt. 1821. PI. i to i foot. 



37 M. TEStiFLoRA~(Viv. fl. libyc. 9. t. 1. f. 2.) plant stri- 

 gose ; stem erect ; lower leaves spatulate : superior linear- 

 oblong : calyx 5-parted, equal in length to the corolla, erect 

 when bearing the fruit ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, exceeding 

 the flowers. 0. H. Native of Cyrenaica, in dry, exposed 

 parts of mountains. Stem sparingly branched. Flowers dis- 

 posed in short, imbricate, solitary, terminal spikes. Calyx 

 hispid ; with linear, acute, connivent segments. Corolla fur- 

 nished with 5 fascicles of hairs inside. Nuts triquetrous, having 

 the margins and back tubercled. 



Thin-JioTcered Mouse-ear. PL i foot. 



38 M. NA'SA (Vill. dauph. 2. p. 459.) leaves oblong-lanceo- 

 late, villous ; racemes few-rlowered, leafy at bottom ; nuts den- 

 ticulately crenulated on the margins. 11. H. Native of the 

 alps of Dauphinr, Piedmont, Switzerland, Tyrol, Carinthia, 

 Carniola, and Savoy. Vill. delph. 4. t. 13. prosp. p. 41. t. 23. 

 f. 3. All. ped. no. 189. Wulf. in Jacq. coll. 1. p. 261. Schmidt, 

 fl. boh. cent. 2. p. 27. Lam. ill. 1. p. 396. no. 1780. D. C. 

 syn. fl. fr. no. 2726. Lois. fl. gall. 1. p. 104. Sut. fl. helv. 1. 

 p. 102. Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. M. pauciflora, Vittm. summ. 

 1. p. 382. M. Terglovensis and M. nana, Vittm. summ. 1. p. 

 382. M. Terglovensis Hacq. pi. alp. earn. p. 21. t. 2. C 6. 

 Aretia Hacq. in act. soc. hist. nat. berol. 17SO. p. 128. Lithos- 

 permum alpinum tomentosum minimum Tourn. inst. p. 137. 

 Plant tufted, the smallest species of the genus. Root blackish. 

 Stems numerous, simple, leafy. Radical leaves rosulate. Ra- 

 cemes simple, with hardly ever more than 4 flowers. Calyx 

 villous ; segments lanceolate, bluntish. Corollas large, sweet- 

 scented ; tube pale, about the length of the calyx ; limb blue ; 

 throat yellow ; segments ovate-roundish. 



Dttarf Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. Fl. May, July. Clt. 

 1800. "PI. 1 to 3 inches. 



39 M. PECTISA'TA (Pall. itin. vol. S. append, no. 71. t. E. f. 

 4.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, villous ; racemes erect, strict, brac- 

 teate ; nuts truncate at the apex, pectinated by erect marginal 

 bristles. 1. H. Native among frigid, mossy rocks, at the 

 Jenissee ; also about the Baical. and in Kamtschatka. Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 157. Willd. spec. 1. p. 750. Lam. ill. p. 396. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 105. Root fibrous, adhering to the fissures of 

 rocks. Stems erect, pilose, many from the same root, divided 

 into simple racemes at top. Calyx pilose, with lanceolate, 

 acute segments. Corolla blue, with a pale throat ; tube length 

 of calyx. 



Pec/inate-fruited Mouse-ear. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



40 M. CILIA'TA (Rudolph, in mem. acad. st. petersb. 1809. 

 vol. 1. p. 352. t. 11. Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 191. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 215.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, canescent, strigose, as well as 

 the stems ; racemes many, bracteate, loose : nuts truncate at the 

 apex, girded by a toothed margin, having the teeth erect and 

 ciliated. "%.. H. Native of Siberia, in exposed places at the 

 Jenissee, especially near Krasnajar*k ; also of the Altaian moun- 

 tains, near Salair. Root perpendicular, fibry. Stems simple, 

 many from the same root, divided into numerous loose racemes 

 at top, strigose and canescent. Pedicels S times as long as the 

 flowers. Calyx pilose, with linear segments. Corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx ; throat closed by 5 peculiar scales. 

 Habit of Echinotpermum bar datum. 



Ciliated-toothed Mouse-ear. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 



41 M. A'LBIDA (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer.3.p. 91.) stem 

 erect, much branched, and are, as well as the leaves, hispid, white ; 

 leaves sessile, linear, acutisb ; spikes terminal, leafy : flowers 

 sessile; calyx closed; nuts scabrous. () H. Native of 



Mexico, near San Juan del Rio, and Hacienda de Lira, at the 

 altitude of 1000 hexapods. Lithospermum ramosum, Lehm. 

 a<per. p. 328. ex Lam. Leaves 1 to 1| inch long, and one line 

 broad. Corollas very minute, yellow, glabrous ; and the pro- 

 cesses of the throat orange-coloured. Calyx hispid, with 

 linear-lanceolate segments. 



Whitened Mouse-ear. PI. 1 foot. 



42 M. GRAXCLOSA (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 5. no. 1.) stem 

 erect ; leaves linear-lanceolate, bluntish, rather hispid ; corolla 

 twice longer than the calyx ; nuts granular. 0. H. Native of 

 Peru, in sandy places in the provinces of Lima and Chancay. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. Lehm. asper. p. 108. Plant hispid, or 

 strigose. Root fusiform, 6bry. Branches disposed in a 

 corymbose manner. Racemes terminal. Flowers distant. 

 Calyx hairy, with obtuse segments. Corolla white. Nuts 

 ovate. 



Grauu/ar-fruited Mouse-ear. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



43 M. HV'MILIS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 5. no. 4.) stems 

 procumbent ; leaves linear, hispid ; flowers lateral, secund ; 

 nuts rugose. If. . G. Native of Peru, in fields. Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 157. Lehm. asper. p. 108. Plant hispid from pili. 

 Root fusiform, fibry. Middle stems erect. Flowers on short 

 pedicels. Calycine segments lanceolate. Corolla white, longer 

 than the calyx. Nuts ovate. 



Humble Mouse-ear. PI. procumbent. 



44 M. FC'LVA (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. p. 38.) 

 hispid ; stem erect, nearly simple ; leaves remote, broad-linear, 

 bluntish ; racemes spike-formed, conjugate, bractless ; calyx 

 densely pilose, deeply 5-parted ; nuts only 2, and one of which 

 is abortive. () H. Native of Chili, about Conception. Stem 

 slightly branched upwards. Root fusiform, simple. Pedicels 

 and calyxes clothed with fulvous hairs. Leaves strigose. Co- 

 rolla white. Nuts wrinkled. 



.Ftt/coM-haired Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. 1 foot. 



45 M. MICRA'NTHA (Pall, in litt. ex Lehm. asper. p. 109.) 

 stems diffuse, decumbent ; leaves narrow-lanceolate, obtuse, 

 strigose ; flowers nearly sessile, interfoliaceous ; nuts rugose, 

 with prominent ribs. Native of Siberia, at the Volga. Stems 

 strigose, branched, many from the same root. Flowers distant, 

 secund, axillary, and interfoliaceous. Calyx hairy ; segments 

 lanceolate, elongated and spreading when in fruit. Corolla 

 small, a little longer than the calyx. Nuts ovate. 



SmaU-Jlomered Mouse-ear. PI. procumbent. 



46 M. CHORISIA'NA (Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 444.) plant beset 

 with white strigose pili ; radical leaves linear, acute, obscurely 

 3-nerved ; stems filiform, ascending, usually simple, bearing 

 racemes from the base ; segments of calyx, bearded at apex ; 

 stigma capitate; nuts wrinkled. G- ? H. Native of New 

 California, at port St. Francisco. Calyx beset with adpressed 

 strigae. Radical leaves 3 inches long, and 2 lines broad. Co- 

 rolla rotate. Calycine segments lanceolate, acute. Said to 

 agree in hairiness and duration with M. ceespitina, Schultes, and 

 in the racemes being leafy at bottom with M. parctflora, but the 

 nuts are wrinkled, and the habit peculiar. 



Ckor'u't Mouse-ear, or Scorpion Grass. PI. 5 to 1 foot, 



47 M. GLOMERA'TA (Nutt. gen. atner. 1. p. 112.) stem erect, 

 simple ; leaves spatulate-linear, those on the stem rather acute, 

 hairy ; spikes pedunculate, axillary, conglomerate, bifid, sessile 

 above ; calyx extremely hispid ; lobes of corolla entire. $ . 

 H. Native of the Missouri, on arid, argillaceous hills, around 

 the great Bend. Cynoglossum glomeratum. Pursh. fl. aroer. 2. 

 p. 729. Rochelia glomerata, Torrey. Radical leaves villous, 

 obovate-spatulate. Corolla white ; tube constricted near the 

 base. Stigma capitate. Stamens included beneath the arched 

 protuberances of the orifice. Nuts rugose, with an elevated, 

 scabrous, or minutely crenulated ridge in the centre. 



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