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BORAG1NE/E. XXXV. HELIOTROPIUM. 



FIG. 37. 



3 H. CORYMBOSUM (Ruiz, et 

 Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 2. no. 1. t. 



107. f. a.) stem shrubby; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the base, acute, deflexed ; spikes 

 collected into corymbs ; tube 

 of corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx, fj . G. Native of Peru. 

 Bonpl. malm. t. 32. Sims bot. 

 mag. t. 1609. H. grandiflo- 

 ruro, Schrank, hort. mon. fasc. 

 1. p. 2. t. 2. Branches downy. 

 Leaves white from hairs be- 

 neath, and downy above, but in 

 the cultivated plant they are 

 hairy on both surfaces, and not 

 white beneath. Corolla of a 

 lilac-purple colour, with 5 pli- 

 catures, and greenish throat. 



Corymbose-flowered Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Fl. May, Sept. 

 Clt. 1808. Shrub 2 to 6 feet. 



4 H. OPPOSITIFOLIUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 2. no. 2. t. 



108. f. b.) stem shrubby ; leaves broad-ovate, acute, quite 

 entire, clothed with retrograde asperities ; spikes dichotomously 

 corymbose. *j . G. Native of Peru, in arid places in Muna. 

 Lelim. asper. p. 28. Plant densely hispid. Branches clothed 

 with rusty tomentum. Calyx small. Corollas white, hispid 

 outside, twice as long as the calyx. 



Opposite-leaved Turnsole. Shrub 3 to 6 feet. 



5 H. INCA'NUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 2. no. 4. t. 108. 

 f. a.) stem shrubby ; leaves thick, ovate, acute, crenulated, very 

 much wrinkled above, and lined with retrograde asperities, but 

 softer and hoary beneath ; spikes dichotomously corymbose. 

 J? . G. Native of Peru, at Huanuca, on arid hills. Lehm. 



asper. p. 29. Branches villous, hoary. Peduncles hairy. Calyx 

 villous. Corolla white, twice as long as the calyx, rather hispid 

 outside. Carpels wrinkled. 



Hoary Turnsole. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 



6 H. viRiDiFi.6RUM (Lehm. asper. p. 30.) stem shrubby, 

 erect, rather hispid ; leaves thickish, petiolate, ovate, quite 

 entire, rather scabrous above, and velvety beneath ; peduncles 

 bifid, divaricate ; spikes terminal, sub-corymbose. Tj . S. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Lithospermum viridifl6rum, Roxb. 

 Calyx hispid. Corolla green, nearly twice as long as the calyx, 

 densely clothed with hairs outside. 



Green-flowered Turnsole. Shrub 



7 H. LANCEOIA'TUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 4. no. 9. t. 

 111. f. a.) stem shrubby, erect ; leaves on short petioles, lance- 

 olate, wrinkled, rough ; spikes terminal, dichotomously corym- 

 bose. Ij . G. Native of Peru, in the groves of Pillao and 

 Huanaco. Lehm. asper. p. 31. Plant hispid. Corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx, pale blue. 



Lanceolate-leaved Turnsole. Shrub 



8 H. CITRIFOLIUM (Lehm. asper. p. 32.) stem shrubby, erect, 

 glabrous ; leaves thick, petiolate, oblong, glabrous, shining 

 above ; spikes terminal, aggregate, disposed in sub-capitate 

 corymbs. Jj . S. Native of South America. Corolla twice 

 or thrice as long as the calyx, hairy outside. 



Citron-leaved Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub. 



9 H. LATIFOLIUM (Willd. herb, ex Lehm. asper. p. 33.) stem 

 shrubby, erect, glabrous ; leaves alternate, on very short peti- 

 oles, ovate, acute, nearly glabrous, narrowed at the base, cili- 

 ated ; spikes elongated, conjugate and solitary, terminal and 

 lateral. ^. S. Native of Cumana, in arid places. H. scor- 

 pioides, H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. 3. p. 89. Stem branched, 



angular at top, beset with adpressed hairs. Leaves nearly 

 opposite and alternate, green above and paler beneath, beset 

 with adpressed hairs. Peduncles and calyxes hispid. Corollas 

 small, white. Carpels roundish, scabrous. 



Broad-leaved Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Shrub 1 to 1 1 foot. 



10 H. STENOPHY'LLUM (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. bot. 

 p. 38.) shrubby, densely leafy ; leaves in fascicles, very narrow- 

 linear, fleshy, obtuse, with revolute edges, scabrous from short 

 strigae ; spikes conjugate, bractless, hardly longer than the 

 superior leaves. Tj . F. Native of Chili, about Coquimbo. 

 Allied to H. Curassdvicum, but that has plane and somewhat 

 spatulate, glaucous leaves, and is quite glabrous. 



Narrow-leaved Heliotrope or Turnsole. Shrub. 



11 H. CURASSA'VICUM (Lin. spec. 188.) stem herbaceous; 

 leaves nearly opposite and alternate, narrow-lanceolate, or ob- 

 long-lanceolate, obsoletely veined, glabrous, glaucous ; spikes 

 conjugate, compound, or solitary. Q. H. Native of South 

 America, by the sea-side ; Sandwich Islands ; North Ame- 

 rica, on the sandy banks of the great salt river, and similar 

 situations on those of the Arkansas. Forsk. fl. arab. p. 38. 

 Swartz. obs. bot. p. 56. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 153. Ruiz. 

 et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 4. no. 10. Horn. hort. hafn. 1 p. 172. 

 Willd. enum. 1. p. 175. Lehm. asper. p. 34. H. glaucophyl- 

 lum, Mcench. meth. suppl. p. 147. Sloane. hist. 1. t. 132. f. 3. 

 Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 31. f. 12. Plant quite glabrous, 

 glaucous-green. Corolla a little longer than the calyx, white, 

 with a yellowish-green bottom. Carpels ovate, rugose. 



Var. jy, chenopodioldes (Lehm. 1. c.) leaves lanceolate, spatu- 

 late, glaucous, glabrous, obsoletely veined, opposite and alter- 

 nate ; spikes conjugate. G. H. H. chenopodioides, Humb. 

 et Bonp. ex Horn. hort. hafn. 2. p. 956. Willd. enum. 1. p. 

 175. Pluk. aim. t. 36. f. 3. Herm. par. bat. t. 138. 



Curacoa Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1731, 

 ft, 1823. PI. procumbent, or \ to 1 foot. 



12 H. CANE'SCENS (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 

 88.) erect, clothed with adpressed villi ; leaves obovate, obtuse; 

 spikes terminal and lateral, by threes. Tf.. S. Native near 

 Cumana, Bordones, and Cumanacoa, in woody places. Plant 

 canescent. Leaves having the veins and nerves prominent 

 beneath. Spikes woolly. Corolla white. Very nearly allied 

 to H. Coromandeliana, Retz. 



Canescent Turnsole, or Heliotrope. PI. erect. 



13 H. CINE'REUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 89. 

 t. 206.) erect ?, clothed with spreading villi ; leaves petiolate, 

 obovate, obtuse ; spikes terminal and lateral by threes, bract- 

 less. 1J. . S. Native on the banks of the river Apures, near 

 Arichuna. Stem branched. Branches and leaves white from 

 villi. Calyx hispid, unequal. Corollas small, white. Fruit 

 hispid. 



Gny Turnsole, or Heliotrope. PI. erect ? 



14 H. PARTIBILCE'NSE (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 87.) erect? ; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, acute, hispid from pili on both sur- 

 faces ; spikes terminal and lateral, solitary or twin. I/ . S. 

 Native on the shores of the Pacific Ocean, between Santa and 

 Partibilca. Stem and branches hispid. Calyx sub-strigose. 

 Corolla pilose outside. Fruit bipartible, scabrous. 



Partibilca Turnsole or Heliotrope. PI. erect. 



15 H. LANA'TUM (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 89.) shrubby, 

 clothed with white wool ; leaves ovate, acute, nearly sessile ; 

 peduncles lateral, dichotomously multifid, of many spikes. ^ . 

 S. Native of New Granada, near Loxa and Gonzanama, on 

 the eastern declivities of the Andes, at the altitude of 1000 

 hexapods. H. argenteum, Willd. herb, ex Lehm. asper. p. 73. 

 Corollas unknown. Perhaps a species of Tournejortia. 



Woolly Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub 



