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BORAGINE.E. XXXII. OMPHALODES. XXXIII. CYNOGLOSSUM. 



stolons from their base. Petioles ciliated at the base. Racemes 

 bructless. Flowers distant, on long pedicels. Calyx beset with 

 incumbent hairs. Corolla fine blue, with a white throat. 



Spring Venus Navel-wort. Fl. March, May. Clt. 1633. 

 PI. i foot. 



4 O. AMPLEXICAU'LIS (Lehm. new. schrift, gesell. berol. 8. 

 j>. 98. t. 6.) lower leaves spatulate : the rest cordate, stem-clasp- 

 ing, glabrous, with smooth margins ; racemes erect, many- 

 flowered. I/. H. Native of Spain and Portugal ; particularly 

 of Corduba. Lehm. asper. p. 185. O. Lusitanica, Schrank, 

 denks. acad. wiss. munch. 1811, 1812. p. 221. Cynoglossum 

 brassicsefbliuro, Lag. gen. et spec. 1816. p. 10. Cynogl. Lusi- 

 tanicum, Lin. spec. p. 193. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 34. exclusive of 

 all synonymes. Willd. spec. 1. p. 765. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes of Lin., Mill., and Tourn. Picotia brassicsefolia, Roem. 

 et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 85. Plant glabrous, glaucous-green. 

 Stem branched. Racemes bractless. Calyx glabrous, with 

 ovate-lanceolate segments. Corolla white. 



Stem-clasping-\ea\e<\ Venus Navel-wort. Fl. June, Aug. 

 Clt. 1823. PI. 1 to li foot. 



5 O. SEMPERVI'RENS (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 101. in a note) 

 leaves ovate, obsoletely denticulated, hispid : lower ones on long 

 petioles : superior ones sessile ; peduncles axillary, 2-leaved ; 

 racemes conjugate, subcapitate. If.. H. Native of the South 

 of Europe ; and in England, but a doubtful native. Anchusa 

 sempervirens, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 192. hort. cliff. 47. 

 HofFm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 178. Smith, engl. bot. t. 45. 

 Vill. dauph. 2. p. 456. Lehm. asper. p. 236. Mor. hist. 3. 

 sect. 11. t. 26. f. 2. Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 23. Lob. icon. 

 775. f. 2. Plant hispid. Stem erect, hispid from retrograde 

 strigae. Calycine segments lanceolate. Corolla blue, with a 

 short white tube. Perforations of nuts closed by a scale, ex 

 Lehm. 



Evergreen Venus Navel-wort. Fl. May, July. Britain. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



6 O. MYOSOTOI'DES (Schrank, densk. acad. wiss. munch. 

 1811, 1812. p. 222. Lehm. in new. schrift. gesell. berol. 8. p. 

 99.) radical leaves spatulate-lanceolate : cauline ones sessile, 

 linear-lanceolate, strigose, rough ; flowers loosely racemose. 

 "U. H. Native on the top of Mount Lebanon ; and of Candia, 

 on the Sphaciotic mountains. Lehm. asper. p. 188. Cynoglos- 

 sum myosotoides, Labill. pi. syr. dec. 2. p. 6. t. 2. Smith, 

 prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 118. Cynoglossum lithospermifolium, 

 Lam. diet. 2. p. 240. ill. no. 1805. Picotia lithospermifolia, 

 Roem. et Sehultes, syst. 4. p. 86. Stems many from the same 

 root, filiform, tufted, hairy. Corolla funnel-shaped, small, blue, 

 hardly longer than the calyx ; tube very short. Calyx pilose, 

 with subovate segment . Nuts flat, ovate, acute, glabrous. 



Mouse-ear-like Venus Navel- wort. PI. \ foot. 



7 O. INTERME'DIA ; leaves strigose, rough : radical ones spa- 

 tulate-lanceolate : cauline ones linear-lanceolate ; flowers loosely 

 racemose ; calyx equal in length to the tube of the corolla ; car- 

 pels girded by a ( toothed, membranous margin, muricated in the 

 centre. $ . H. Native of Arabia, on rocks. Cynoglossum 

 intermedium, Fres. fl. egypt. et arab. p. 169. Nearly allied to 

 Omph. myosotoides. 



Intermediate Venus Navel-wort. PI. \ foot. 



2. Annual, erect, glaucous plants, nithjlbrous roots, and termi- 

 nal racemes of white, or very pale blue flowers. 



8 O. LITTORA'LIS (Lehm. in new. schrift. gesell. berol. 

 8. p. 98. asper. p. 187.) radical leaves spatulate : cauline 

 ones sessile, oblong : superior ones ovate, dilated at the base, 



Gipillose, with strigose edges ; racemes bracteate. Q. H. 

 ative of the West of France, on the sea shore. Picotia litto- 



ralis, Rcem. et Schultes, 4. p. 186. Cynoglossum littorale, 

 Spreng. syst. 1. p. 567. Root simple. Plant glaucous-green. 

 Racemes axillary and terminal, rather strigose. Calycine seg- 

 ments ovate-lanceolate. Corolla white, as in O. linifolia. Nuts 

 with an inflexed, ciliated membrane. 



Sea-shore Venus Navel-wort. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1826. 

 PI. i foot. 



9 O. MNirduA (Mcench. meth. p. 419. Schrank, densk. 

 acad. wiss. munch. 1811, 1812. p. 221. Lehm. in new. schrift. 

 gesell. berol. 8. p. 99. asper. p. 187.) radical leaves cunei- 

 form : cauline ones linear-lanceolate, glabrous, with denticu- 

 lately ciliated margins; racemes bractless. Q. H. Native of 

 Portugal, France, and Italy, on the sea shore. Hoffm. et Link, 

 fl. port. 1. p. 193. Cynoglossum linifblium, Lin. spec. p. 193. 

 hort. cliff, p. 43. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 35. Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 

 324. t. 67. f. 4. Cynogl. Lusitanicum, Mill. fig. 2. t. 190. f. 1. 

 Picotia linifolia, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 86. Sabb. hort. 

 rom. 2. t. 38. Barrel, icon. 1234. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 

 30. f. 11. Omphalodes Lusitanica lini folio, Tourn. inst. 140. 

 Plant glaucous-green, glabrous. Branches terminating in loose 

 racemes. Calyx strigose at the base; segments lanceolate, with 

 denticulately ciliated edges. Corolla white, rarely with a tinge 

 of blue ; processes of the throat nearly globose. Nuts with a 

 toothed, inflexed margin. 



Flax-leaved, or Common Venus Navel-wort. Fl. June, Aug. 

 Clt. 1748. PI. i to 1 foot. 



10 O. SCORPIOIDES (Schrank, 1. c. Lehm. 1. c. t. 8. asper. 

 p. 189.) stem prostrate, dichotomous ; leaves scabrous: radical 

 ones spatulate : cauline ones lanceolate, sessile : lower ones op- 

 posite, the rest alternate; pedicels axillary. 0. or <$ . H. 

 Native of Bohemia, in shady places ; and in the valley of 

 Oycow, about Cracow. Cynoglossum scorpioides, Hsenke, in 

 Jacq. coll. 2. p. 3. Wulf, in Room. arch. 3. p. 336. Schmidt, 

 fl. boh. 3. no. 220. Sturm, fl. germ. fasc. 21. icon. Bess. fl. 

 gall. 2. p. 149. Picotia scorpioides, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 87. Root branched, fibrous. Plant glabrous, pale green. 

 Stems somewhat tetragonal. Flowers solitary, in the axils of 

 the upper leaves. Calyx rather strigose, with lanceolate-acute 

 segments. Corolla small, of a watery-blue colour ; processes 

 of the throat yellow. Nuts glabrous. Habit of Myosbtis palus- 

 tris. 



Scorpion-like Venus Navel-wort. PI. prostrate. 



11 O. ? FORTI'SII ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, quite entire, vil- 

 lous, ciliated at the base ; stem obsoletely striated, scabrous ; 

 flowers opposite the leaves ; seeds small, muricated. $ . H. 

 Native of the Island of Cherso. Cynoglossum Lusitanicum, 

 Fortis, osserv. cherso, ed. osero. p. 68. Lehm. schrift. gesell. 

 berol. 2. p. 97. Picotia Fortisii, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 

 87. Root woody. Flowers small, bluish white. 



For/is's Venus Navel-wort. PI. ? 



Cult. All the species are elegant border flowers, and of the 

 most easy culture. The perennial kinds grow well under the 

 shade of trees or shrubs, and are increased by division. The 

 seeds of annual species should be sown in spring, in the open 

 border. 



XXXIII. CYNOGLO'SSUM (from KVWV KWOS, kyon leunos, 

 a dog ; and yXwaaa, glossa, a tongue ; from the form of the 

 leaves of most of the species ; in English, however, the generic 

 name is Hound' s-tongue, instead of Dog's-tongue.') Tourn. inst. 

 t. 57. Lin. gen. no. 183. Schreb. gen. no. 243. Juss. gen. 

 131. ed. Usteri, p. 147. Lam. ill. no. 256. t. 94. Gaertn. 

 fruct. 1. no. 416. t. 67. f. 4. A. B. Lehm. asper. p. 134. ex- 

 clusive of Mattia and Rindera. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 



