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1C H. CORIA'CECM (Lehm. pug. 1. p. 20.) stems shrubby, 

 erect ; leaves petiolate, broad-lanceolate, acute, scabrous, canes- 

 cent beneath, coriaceous ; spikes terminal, aggregate ; tube of 

 corolla 3 times longer than the calyx. F; . G. Native of 

 Mexico. Stem branched. Spikes sub-corymbose, many-flow- 

 ered ; flowers sessile, secund, aggregate. Calycine segments 

 linear. Corolla lilac. Segments roundish, obtuse. Carpels 4, 

 oblong, wrinkled. 



Coriaceous-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub 



17 H. LINIFOLIDM (Lehm. in act. soc. scrut. hal. 3. p. 8.) 

 stems shrubby, panicled, glabrous ; leaves linear, nearly glab- 

 rous ; spikes racemose, solitary, filiform, lateral and terminal, 

 elongated ; flowers distant, pedicellate, fj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Myosotis fruticosa, Lin. mant. p. 201. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 748. Lam. ill. 1. p. 395. no. 1773. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 35. Leaves glaucous green, beset with minute, incum- 

 bent strigee on both surfaces. Corolla white, twice or thrice 

 longer than the calyx. Fruit hispid. This differs from H. 

 Zeytdnicum, particularly in the stem and leaves being nearly 

 glabrous, and in the flowers being pedicellate. 



Flax-leaved Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Fl. June, Sept. Clt. 

 1815. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



18 H. ZEYLA'XICUM (Lam. diet. 3. p. 94. ill. p. 393. no. 

 1762.) stem shrubby, branched, pilose; leaves linear, scabrous 

 above and villous beneath ; spikes terminal, filiform, solitary, 

 elongated ; flowers sessile. F? . S. Native of Ceylon and 

 Arabia Felix. Willd. spec. 1. p. 744. Lehm. asper. p. 37. 

 H. Curassavicum, p, Zeylanicum, Burm. ind. p. 41. t. 16. f. 2. 

 H. fruticosum, Forsk. descr. p. 38. Flowers small, white. 



Ceylon Turnsole. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. Shrub 1 foot. 



19 H. WILLDENOWH ; stem shrubby, erect; leaves lanceo- 

 late, narrowed at the base, mucronate at the apex, clothed with 

 strigose down, hoary while young ; spikes conjugate, or by 

 threes, axillary. Fj . S. Native of Brazil. H. canescens, 

 Willd. herb, ex Lehm. asper. p. 38. but not of Kunth. Stem 

 strigose above ; young branches hoary. Corollas small, white. 

 Carpels rather hispid. 



Willdenorv's Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Shrub. 



20 H. INUNDATUM (Swartz, prod. p. 40. fl. ind. occ. 1. p. 

 343.) stem frutescent ; leaves oblong, obtuse, canescent from 

 hairs ; spikes terminal, erect, by fours. ^ S. Native of the 

 West Indies, Mexico, and Brazil, along the sea-shore. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 741. Lehm. asper. p. 39. H. procumbens, Lehm. 

 H. canescens, Willd. and H. cinereum, Willd. are said to be 

 the same, ex Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 456. Stem and branches 

 canescent from adpressed villi. Spikes sessile. Flowers white ? 



Inundated Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub. 



21 H. DECL'MBENS (Lehm. in act. nat. scrut. hal. 3. p. 16.) 

 stem shrubby, decumbent ; leaves elliptic, roundish-obovate, 

 obtuse, strigose ; spikes filiform, solitary, conjugate, or by threes, 

 lateral or terminal. (7 . S. Native of Cumana, Bardones, and 

 Cumanocoa, in woody places, where it is called Kara de /floras. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 39. H. procumbens, H. B. et Kunth, nov. 

 gen. amer. 3. p. 88. Stem and branches beset with incumbent 

 hairs at top, as well as the leaves. Calyx unequal. Flowers 

 small, white, much crowded. Carpels rugose, hispid. 



Decumbent Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Shrub decumbent. 



22 H. GRA'CILE (R. Br. prod. p. 493.) stem erect ; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, flat, acutish, greyish on both surfaces from 

 adpressed hairs ; spikes conjugate or solitary ; calyxes une- 

 qual, fj . S. Native of New Holland, and of Brazil, on the 

 sea-shore. Lehm. asper. p. 40. The var. /3, depressum, Cham, 

 in Linnaea, 4. p. 457. a native of Brazil, may be a distinct 

 species. Stem decumbent. 



Slender Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub erect. 



23 H. SYENITES (Spreng. syst. 1. p. 539.) stem shrubby, 

 branched, very villous ; leaves ovate-oblong, attenuated at both 

 ends, entire, villous, on long petioles ; spikes conjugate, lateral; 

 tube of corolla equal in length to the calyx. fj . F. Native of 

 Upper Egypt. H. villosum, Sieb. H. cinereum, R. Br. H. 

 Kunzii, Lehm. 



Syenite Heliotrope. Shrub. 



24 H. PILOSUM (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 3. no. 7. t. 110. 

 f. a.) stem suffruticose,, procumbent ; leaves broad-lanceolate, 

 pubescently pilose ; spikes short, usually by fours. fj . G. 

 Native of Peru, on arid hills about Lima. Lehm. asper. p. 41. 

 Plant canescent. Spikes lateral and terminal. Calyxes une- 

 qual. Corolla white ; tube pilose outside, longer than calyx. 

 Fruit hispid. 



Pilose Turnsole, or Heliotrope. PL procumbent. 



25 H. MICROCA'LYX (Ruiz, et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 3. no. 5. t. 

 109. f. b.) stem shrubby, erect; leaves oblong-lanceolate, sub- 

 acuminated ; spikes dichotomous, opposite the leaves ; calyx 

 small, 5-toothed. Fj . G. Native of Peru, on hills. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 42. Plant very downy. Corolla white, twice as long 

 as the calyx. 



Small-calyxed Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub erect. 



26 H. HC'MILE (Lam. ill. p. 393. no. 1757. Lehm. in act. 

 nat. scrut. hal. 3. p. 11.) stem suffruticose, depressed; leaves 

 petiolate, lanceolate- ovate, acute, repand, villous ; spikes soli- 

 tary, lateral, pedunculate. F? . S. Native of the West Indies. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 43. Branches pilose. Leaves green above, 

 and paler beneath. Flowers crowded. Corolla white ; tube 

 length of calyx. Nut rugose from numerous dots. 



Humble Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1752. Shrub 1 foot. 



27 H. PARVIFLORCM (Lin. mant. p. 201.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect ; leaves opposite, petiolate, oblong-ovate, hairy ; spikes 

 solitary and conjugate; flowers small. () S. Native of the 

 East Indies, and of the West Indies, in St. Thomas, by way- 

 sides. Willd. spec. 1. p. 741. enum. 1. p. 174. Horn. hort. 

 hafn. 1. p. 172. H. angiospermum, Murr. prod, goett. p. 217. 

 Dill. elth. p. 178. t. 146. f. 175. Stem pilose. Lateral 

 spikes usually solitary : terminal ones conjugate. Calyxes 

 unequal. Corollas small, a little longer than the calyx ; tube 

 green, ventricose ; limb white ; segments intersected by plicae ; 

 throat pilose. Carpels rugose and hispid. 



Small-flowered Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Fl. July, Sept. 

 Clt. 1732. PI. 1 1 foot. 



28 H. CoROMANDELiA'ifA (Retz. obs. 2. p. 9. Vahl. symb. 1. 

 p. 13.) stems herbaceous, prostrate; leaves petiolate, obovate- 

 oblong, canescent from incumbent hairs ; spikes solitary or 

 conjugate, lateral or terminal ; calyxes unequal. O- S. Native 

 of Coromandel and Bengal. Willd. spec. 1. p. 743. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 46. Roxb. in Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 2. Root simple, 

 woody. Stems many from the same root, at first prostrate, then 

 ascending, grey from adpressed hairs. Spikes and calyxes pilose. 

 Corolla white, pilose outside ; tube longer than the calyx. 



Var. /?, ovalifolium (Lehm. asper. p. 47.) leaves oval, villous, 

 silky ; spikes conjugate and simple ; calyxes unequal ; stigma 

 nearly sessile, bearded at apex ; stem erect or decumbent. 0. 

 H. Native of Arabia Felix, and New Holland, within the 

 tropic. H. ovalifolium, Forsk. descrip. p. 38. R. Br. prod. p. 

 493. This variety differs from the species in its larger stature ; 

 in the branches and leaves being densely villous and silky ; and 

 in the carpels being pilose. Perhaps a distinct species. 



Coromandel Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 

 1812. PI. prostrate. 



29 H. CAPE'NSE (Swartz, in litt. Lehm. in act. nat. scrut. hal. 

 3. p. 13, asper. p. 50.) stem herbaceous, erect, branched; leaves 



