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funnel-shaped, or subrotate ; throat furnished with erect pro- 

 cesses. Stamens inclosed. Stigma nearly simple. Carpels 4, 

 1 -celled, depressed, echinated, imperforated at the base, fixed to 

 the central column. Tall, robust, downy plants, soft to the 

 touch. Leaves large, broadest at top. Racemes usually bract- 

 less, secund, terminal, simple, bifid, or twin. The prickles on 

 the outside of the carpels are usually glochidate. 



1 . Stamens Inclosed. 



1 C. PAUCIFLORUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 6.) stem 

 erect ; leaves lanceolate, narrowed towards the base ; peduncles 

 usually 7-flowered ; flowers on short pedicels. . H. Native 

 of Chili, in fields about Conception. Lehm. asper. p. 139. 

 Plant densely hispid, canescent. Peduncles axillary. Corolla 

 twice as long as the calyx. 



Feir-flanered Hound's -tongue. PI. 1 to 2 feet? 



. JAPOKICVM (Thunb. fl. jap. p. 81. icon. dec. 3. t. 2.) 

 siems prostrate ; leaves oblong, stem-clasping, acute, villous, 

 finely serrulated. . H. Native of Japan. Lehm. asper. p. 

 139. Root fibrous. Calyx villous. Corolla purple, longer 

 than the calyx. 



Jaytan Hound's-tongue. PI. decumbent. 



3 C. DIFFU'SVM (Roxb. fl. ind. ed. Wall. 2. p. 7. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 140.) stems ascending, diffuse ; leaves obovate-spatu- 

 late, petiolate, strigosely pilose, terminated by a short acumen ; 

 racemes leafy. 0. H. Native of Bengal. Root fusiform, 

 fibrous. Calyx pilose, with ovate-lanceolate, acuminated seg- 

 ments. Stems and pedicels canescent from long hairs. Co- 

 rolla with a gibbous tube ; its mouth contracted by 5 broad, 

 emarginate scales. Carpels obovate, scabrous. 



Diffuse Hound's-tongue. PI. ascending. 



4 C. PROSTRA'TUM (Hamilt. mss. ex D. Don, prod. fl. nep. 

 p. 100.) plant hispid from bristles, prostrate; radical leaves 

 obovate, on long petioles : cauline ones elliptic, sessile ; flowers 

 on short pedicels, generally extra-axillary; nuts muricate. 0. 

 H. Native of Nipaul, at Baguanpur. 



Prostrate Hound's-tongue. PI. prostrate. 



5 C. FPRCA'TUM (Wall, in Roxb. fl. ind. 2. p. 6. D. Don, 

 prod. fl. nep. p. 100.) stem erect; leaves elliptic-oblong, acute, 

 half stem-clasping, silky on both surfaces, as well as the stem; 

 racemes erect, thin-flowered. 1. F. Native of Upper Ni- 

 paul. at Suembu. C. cseruleum, Ham. mss. Racemes twin, 

 woolly, bractless. Calycine segments ovate, obtuse, bristly. 

 Corolla blue. Carpels glochidate. Very like a species of 

 Myosctis. 



/brterf-racemed Hound's-tongue. PI. H foot. 



6 C. MARIFOLIUM (Roxb. fl. ind. ed. Wall. 2. p. 8.) plant 

 diffuse, hairy ; leaves bifarious, oblong ; flowers solitary, be- 

 tween the leaves ; corolla half the length of the calyx. 0. H. 

 Native of Bengal. Leaves 5 inch long. Flowers on short pe- 

 dicels, of a pale, whitish blue. Stigma emarginate. Nuts rough, 

 round, almost hid by the calyx. 



Marum-Uated Hound's-tongue. PI. procumbent, 



7 C. pAxicrtA'TUM (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, hot. p. 37.) 

 plant clothed with adpressed hairs ; leaves lanceolate, very 

 acute, gradually tapering into the petioles, ciliated, shining, 

 clothed with hoary, silky down beneath ; racemes terminal, 

 panicled, loose, few-flowered, bracteate ; fruit bearing pedicels, 

 very long, spreadingly deflexed ; carpels glochidate. $ . ? F. 

 Native of Chili, at Conception ; and of Peru, in Murilla Bay. 

 The base of the plant is frutescent. Leaves 3-4 inches long, 

 with slightly revolute edges. 



Panicled Hound's-tongue. PI. 1| to 2 feet. 



8 C. CHEIRIFOLICM (Roy. lugdb. p. 406. Lin. spec. p. 193.) 



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stem erect ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, tomentose, hoary ; ra- 

 cemes bracteate; corolla twice as long as the calyx. .? 2. F. ? 

 Native of the South of Europe, Levant, and Barbary. Horn, 

 hort. hafii. 1. p. 177. Lapeyr. abr. p. 87. Hoffm. et Link, fl. 

 port. 1. p. 191. Vill. dauph. 2. p. 457. All. ped. 1. no. 171. 

 Gouan. hort. monsp. p. 82. Lehm. asper. 141. -C. argenteum, 

 Lam. fl. fr. 2. p. 277. Dalech. hist. 2. p. 1261. f. 1. Stems 

 many from the same root, simple. Plant hoary from fine tomen- 

 tum. Racemes terminal, simple, rarely bifid. Calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, bluntish. Corolla rose-coloured ; processes 

 of the throat deep red. Carpels covered with glochidate 

 prickles. 



Far. /3, lanalum (Lehm. asper. p. 141.) leaves villous ; calyxes 

 hairy ; stamens rather longer than the corolla. $ . F. Native 

 of Barbary. Anchusa lanata, Lin. spec. p. 192. Desf. fl. 

 atl. 1. p. 158. Willd. spec. 1. p. 758. Lam. ill. gen. no. 

 1813. 



Var. ?, calcaratvm (D. C. fl. fr. 6. p. 422.) t . H. Native 

 of France. 



Wall-Jlotrer-leated Hound's-tongue. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1596. PI. i to 1 foot. 



9 C. DECU'RRENS (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 6. no. 1.) stem 

 erect, angularly winged ; leaves broad, lanceolate, acute, decur- 

 rent, veiny, hispid. Q. H. Native of Chili, in groves. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 143. Feulle, chil. 2. t. 49. Hook, et Arn. in Beech, 

 voy. pt. bot. p. 37. Plant hispid. Flowers distant. Corollas 

 whitish-blue. Carpels echinated with glochidate bristles. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, leafy. 



Z>ecurren/-leaved Hound's-tongue. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



10 C. MEXICA'SCM (Cham, in Linnaea, 5. p. 114.) stem 

 erect, hairy, leafy, branched at the top ; radical leaves elliptic, 

 mucronate, on long petioles, clothed with hair-like down, rough 

 above : cauline leaves similar to the radical ones : uppermost 

 ones lanceolate, sessile ; racemes loose, panicled ; carpels furnish- 

 ed with glochidate prickles on the outer sides. $ . H. Native 

 of Mexico, on Mount Macultipec. Flowers blue. Nuts size of 

 grains of pepper. 



Mexican Hound's-tongue. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



11 HI'SPIDCM (Thunb. in Schrad. journ. 1. p. 1806. p. 46. 

 prod. p. 34.) stem erect ; lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse : upper ones lanceolate, acute, hispid ; racemes bractless, 

 usually S-flowered ; stamens shorter than the corolla, which is 

 ventricose. 0. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 143. Stem hispid from adpressed hairs. 

 Racemes constituting a terminal panicle. Calyx hispid ; seg- 

 ments oblong, obtuse. Corolla rufescent ; processes of the 

 throat fleshy. 



Hispid Hound's-tongue. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



12 C. TOMENTOSCM (Lehm. asper. p. 144.) stem erect: 

 lower leaves oblong-lanceolate, bluntish : superior ones linear- 

 lanceolate, half stem-clasping, clothed with dense, yellow, golden 

 tomentum; racemes terminal, bractless, many-flowered, 11. H. 

 Native of Italy. Stems angular, canescent. Radical leaves 3-4 

 inches long. Racemes twin, terminal. Calycine segments oblong- 

 lanceolate, obtuse. Carpels covered with short glochidate prickles. 



Tomentose Hound's-tongue. PI. \ to 1 foot. 



1 3 C. LANCEOLA'TUM (Forsk. descr. p. 41 .) stem erect ; 

 leaves sessile, lanceolate, acute, entire, attenuated at the base, 

 hairy, veined, downy beneath ; racemes solitary, bractless ; 

 stamens inclosed. . H. Native of the Cape of Good 

 Hope, and Arabia. Vahl, symb. 2. p. 34. Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 701. Lehm. asper. p. 145. C. hirsutum, Thunb. in Schrad. 

 journ. 1. p. 1806. p. 47 48. prod. fl. cap. p. 34. Willd. spec. 

 1. p. 763. Stems hairy, canescent. Young branches densely 

 clothed with yellow hairs. Leaves hairy or strigose above. 



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