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BORAGINE^E. XXXV. HELIOTROFIUM. 



ovate-roundish, plicate, strigose above, and rather tomentose 

 beneath; spikes pedunculate, solitary, and conjugate; calyx 

 closed, with 5 short connivent segments, falling off in the fruit- 

 bearing state. Q. H. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 

 Plant hoary and downy. Leaves undulately plicate. Spikes 

 axillary. Carpels large, wrinkled, glabrous. 



Cape Turnsole. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



SO H. EUROPIUM (Lin. spec. p. 187. hort. ups. p. 33.) stem 

 herbaceous, erect ; leaves ovate, flat, lined, finely tomentose ; 

 lateral spikes solitary : terminal ones conjugate ; calyx stel- 

 lately spreading in the fruit-bearing state. Q. H. Native of 

 the South of Europe, and in the regions of Caucasus. Gmel. 

 sib. 4. p. 74. no. 11. Scop. fl. earn. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 120. 

 Poll. pal. l.p. 177. All. ped. 1. no. 187. Vill. dauph. 2. p. 

 450. Jacq. fl. austr. 3. p. 4. t. 207. Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 33. 

 Regn. bot. 1. t. 32. Roth. tent. fl. germ. 2. p. 211. Sut. fl. 

 helv. l.p. 101. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 118. Lapeyr. fl. pyr. p. 

 84. Baumg. fl. trans, l.p. 115. Hoffm. et Link. fl. port. 1. p. 

 166. D. C. fl. fr. no. 2705. H. suplnum, Pall. ind. taur. H. 

 canescens, Mcench. meth. p. 415. H. erectum, Lam. fl. fr. 2. 

 p. 281. Hall. helv. no. 593. Plenck. off. t. 74. Mor. hist. 3. 

 sect. 11. t. 31. f. 7. Tourn. inst. p. 139. Stem grey from 

 villi. Leaves smoothish above, canescent, obtuse or terminated 

 by a small acumen. Corolla white, plicate above, intersected by 

 5 teeth. Stigma bifid at top. Carpels rugose, warted. 



Var. ft ; flowers larger, sweet-scented. Q. H. Native of 

 Caucasus, Tauria, and Switzerland. Bieb. fl. cauc. l.p. 118. 

 Suter, 1. c. Haller, 1. c. H. Europas'um, Pall. ind. taur. 



European Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1562. 

 PI. i to i foot. 



81 H. OBLONGIFOLIUM (Link. enum. 1. p. 163.) leaves petio- 

 late, oblong, obtuse, quite entire, rough, beset with scattered 

 hairs. Q. H. Native of the South of Europe. Very like H. 

 Europce'iim, and hardly distinct. Corolla white. 



Oblong-leaved Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 

 18:34. PI. |to 1 foot. 



32 H. jEoYPTi v ACUM (Lehm.in. sem. hort. hamb. 1820. p. 8.) 

 stem erect, branched, soft, downy, pale green ; branches spread- 

 ing ; leaves elliptic, or ovate, quite entire, clothed with fine 

 tomentum ; spikes terminal, much branched. Q. H. Native 

 of Egypt. H. pallens, Cailliaud voy. pi. meroe. no 55. t. 3. f. 

 4. Habit of H. Europium and H. suaveolens, but differs in 

 the much greater stature. Corollas large, white. Nuts glab- 

 rous, reticulated, scabrous, ex Cailliaud. 



Egyptian Heliotrope. Fl. June, July. Clt. ? PI. 



33 H. COMMUTA'TUM (Rcem. et Schultes. syst. 4. p. 29.) 

 leaves ovate, wrinkled, petiolate ; corolline segments obtuse. 

 O- H. Native of Galicia. H. humile, Schultes, obs. bot. p. 

 27. This is much smaller than H. Europceum, but otherwise 

 much like it. 



Changed Turnsole. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1800. PI. \ foot. 



34 H. VILLOSUM (Willd. spec. 1. p. 744.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, very villous ; leaves ovate, flat, villous ; spikes lateral 

 and terminal, solitary and conjugate ; corollas large ; calyx 

 spreading in the fruit-bearing state. O- H. Native of the 

 Islands in the Archipelago. Desf. ann. mus. 10. p. 427. t. 33. 

 Lehm asper. p. 53. H. hirsutissimum, Weber, pi. kil. 1783. no. 

 1. Heliotr. majus, flore magno inodoro, Tourn. cor. inst. p. 

 7. Habit of H. Europceum. Plant densely villous ; hairs 

 yellowish. Corollas large, white, with a yellow throat, densely 

 villous outside. Fruit wrinkled, glabrous. 



Villous Turnsole, or Heliotrope. PI. 2 feet. 



35 H. BOCCONI (Guss. sem. hort. Bocc. 1825. ex Linnaea, 4. 

 p. 37.) perhaps the same as H. suaveolens, from Buccone's 

 synonymes, but in Gussone's the leaves and calyxes are tomen- 



tose. Q. H. Native of the South of Europe. Calyxes not 

 subulate, nor the stem less divaricate, and the seeds smaller 

 than in H. Europce'um. 



Boccone's Heliotrope or Turnsole. PI. \ foot. 



36 H. OBOVA'TUM (Roxb. mss. ex D. Don. prod. fl. nep. p. 

 101.) herbaceous; stem decumbent, divided; leaves obovate, 

 petiolate, nerveless, flat, silky on both surfaces ; spikes conju- 

 gate; calyx shorter than the tube of the corolla. 0. H. Na- 

 tive of Nipaul, towards the banks of the river Morshidabad. 



06ot'a<e-leaved Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Fl. May, June. 

 Clt. 1825. PI. decumbent. 



37 H. GLANDULOSUM (R. Br. prod. p. 493.) stem suffruti- 

 cose ; leaves oval, obtuse, wrinkled, tomentose ; spikes conju- 

 gate ; calyx glandular. Fj . G. Native of New Holland, on 

 the south coast. 



Glandular-ca\yx.ed Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub. 



38 H. EROSUM (Lehm. in act. nat. scrut. hal. 3. p. 15. asper. 

 p. 54.) stem suffruticose, decumbent ; leaves oblong, obtuse, 

 tapering into the petioles, erosely denticulated, beset with retro- 

 grade stiff hairs ; spikes terminal, conjugate, rarely by threes. 



\j . G. Native of Teneriffe. Plant canescent. Spikes com- 

 pact. Peduncles and calyxes hairy. Corolla white ; tube 

 longer than the calyx, pilose ; limb curled. Fruit glabrous. 

 .Erase- leaved Heliotrope, or Turnsole. Shrub decumbent. 



39 H. ERIOCA'RPUM (Dehle, in litt. ex Lehm. asper. p. 55.) 

 stem shrubby, erect, much branched, hoary; leaves sessile, 

 ovate, villous, warted, with waved, repand, revolute margins ; 

 spikes conjugate. I? . G. Native of Egypt. Lithospermum 

 digynum, Forsk. fl. arab. descrip. p. 40. H. lineatum, Delile, 

 fl. segypt. p. 37. t. 16. f. 2. but not of Vahl. Branches dicho- 

 tomously divided, hoary, tomentose at top, spinescent and naked 

 in summer. Leaves canescent. Spikes sessile, terminal. Calyx 

 villous. Corolla glabrous, red ? ; tube ventricose above. Car- 

 pels hoary from very long villi. 



Hairy-fruited Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub. 



40 H. UNDULA'TUM (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 13.) stem shrubby, 

 procumbent ; leaves lanceolate, hispid, with undulately curled 

 margins ; spikes conjugate, axillary and terminal. J? . G. 

 Native of Egypt, in sandy places. Willd. spec. 1. p. 743. H. 

 crispum, Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 151. t. 41. Lithospermum hispi- 

 dum, Forsk. descr. p. 38. no. 24. Branches grey from short 

 tomentum. Leaves rather cinereous. Calyx pilose. Corolla 

 small, white, pilose outside, longer than the calyx, with teeth- 

 formed plicae between the segments of the limb. Carpels clothed 

 with white villi. 



Undulated-leaved Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Fl. July, Aug. 

 Clt. 1820. Shrub procumbent. 



41 H. LINEA'TUM (Vahl. symb. 1. p. 13.) stem shrubby, pro- 

 cumbent ; leaves petiolate, elliptic, villous, flat, with revolute 

 margins ; spikes conjugate, bracteolate, lateral and terminal. 



\l . G. Native of Egypt. Willd. spec. 1. p. 743. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 58. Lithospermum heliotropioides, Forsk, descr. p. 

 39. no. 25. Branches villous, tomentose above. Bracteas 

 linear, acute. Calyx villous. Corolla glabrous, longer than the 

 calyx, having teeth between the segments of the limb. Car- 

 pels villous. Stigma entire. 



Lined-leaved Turnsole, or Heliotrope. Shrub procum- 

 bent. 



42 H. ASPE'RRIMUM (R. Br. prod. p. 493.) plant strigose, 

 very rough ; spikes capitate ; leaves oblong, obtuse, sessile, 

 with revolute, undulated margins ; stem erect, tj ?. G. Na- 

 tive of New Holland, on the south coast. Lehm. asper. 

 p. 56. 



Very-rough Turnsole, or Heliotrope. PI. erect. 



43 H. MOROCCA'NUM (Lehm. asper. p. 56.) stem shrubby, 



