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BORAGINE^l. XXXV. HELIOTROPIUM. 



sessile, strigose ; spikes solitary, bracteate ; bracteas longer 

 than the calyx. Jj . F. Native of the Levant. Habit of 

 Myosotis. Stern beset with adpressed, stiff hairs, as well as 

 the calyx and pedicels. Young branches hoary from copious 

 haivs. Leaves deep green. Spikes lateral and terminal. Flow- 

 ers pedicellate. Carpels rather hispid. 

 Mouse-ear-like Heliotrope. Shrub erect. 



56 H. ROTTLE'RI (Lehm. asper. p. 66.) stem shrubby, erect ; 

 leaves oval-lanceolate, hispid ; spikes lateral and terminal, 

 solitary ; bracteas lanceolate, nearly the length of the calyx, 

 tj . S. Native of the East Indies. Root fusiform, woody, 

 with horizontal fibres. Stems many from the same root, beset 

 with small white hairs or strigae. Flowers on short pedicels. 

 Calyx hispid, length of the tube of the corolla. Corolla pilose 

 outside. Carpels hispid when examined by a lens. 



Rattler's Heliotrope. Shrub J to 1 foot. 



57 H. THYMIFOLIUM (Vahl, in litt. ex Lehm. in act. nat. 

 scrut. hal. 3. p. 17.) stem shrubby, depressed; leaves oblong, 

 strigose ; spikes solitary, terminal, elongated, leafy. ^ . S. 

 Native country unknown. Lehm. asper. p. 67. Stem hispid 

 at top ; branches floriferous. Bracteas lanceolate, on short 

 petioles, length of the cauline leaves. Calyx hispid, length of 

 the tube of the corolla. Corolla small, downy outside. Nuts 

 rather villons. 



Thyme-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub depressed. 



58 H. PAUCIFLORUM (R. Br. prod. 493.) annual, erect, much 

 branched, strigose ; hairs decumbent ; leaves lanceolate, linear, 

 shorter than half an inch, with recurved margins ; spikes few- 

 flowered ; bracteas linear, length of calyx, equalling the tube 

 of the corolla, which is acutish. Q. H. Native of New 

 Holland, within the tropic. 



Fen-flowered Heliotrope. PI. erect. 



59 H. PE'RSICUM (Lam. diet. 3. p. 94. ill. p. 393. no. 1761.) 

 stem shrubby, branched ; leaves linear-lanceolate, oblique, re- 

 curved, silky, hoary ; spikes terminal, leafy. f? . F. Native 

 of Persia. Lehm. asper. p. 68. Heliotropium Persicum inca- 

 num, floribus variegatis, Burm. fl. ind. p. 41. t. 19. f. 1. 

 Branches grey from adpressed hairs. Leaves hoary from copi- 

 ous, prostrate hairs. Flowers on short pedicels. Carpels minute, 

 rather hispid. 



Persian Heliotrope. Shrub | to 1 foot. 



60 H. FASCICULA'TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 494.) suffruticose, 

 much branched, strigose ; hairs spreading ; leaves linear, acute, 

 sessile, with recurved margins, a line and a half long, in fasci- 

 cles ; flowers scattered, ^ . G. Native of New Holland, 

 within the tropic. 



Fascicled-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub. 



61 H. CAMPECHIA'NUM (Willd. herb, ex Lehm. asper. p. 69. 

 H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 86.) stem shrubby, 

 branched, procumbent ; leaves lanceolate, strigose, acute at both 

 ends ; spikes terminal, solitary, elongated, leafy ; calyx sub- 

 bilabiate, with unequal segments. 1? . or I/ . S. Native about 

 Campeachy. Branches filiform, strigose. Lower flowers on 

 short pedicels : upper ones sessile. Tube of corolla length of 

 the larger calycine segments, pilose outside ; segments acutish. 

 Carpels hispid when examined by a lens. 



Campeachy Heliotrope. Shrub procumbent. 



62 H. BRACTEA'TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 493.) annual, strigose 

 from decumbent hairs ; branches erect ; leaves lanceolate, flat ; 

 spikes few-flowered ; bracteas lanceolate, nearly sessile, a little 

 longer than the calyx. 0. H. Native of New Holland, within 

 the tropic, on the sea-shore. 



-Bracfea/e-flowered Heliotrope. PI. erect. 



63 H. MARIFOLIUM (Retz. obs. 2. p. 8-9. no. 8.) stem fruti- 

 culose, procumbent, filiform ; leaves petiolate, lanceolate, acute, 



pilose ; spikes usually solitary ; bracteas linear-lanceolate, 

 shorter than the calyx, fy . S. Native of India. Willd. spec. 

 1. p. 742. Lehm. asper. p. 70. Stem beset with incumbent 

 hairs. Leaves figure of those of Teucr'mm Marum, but narrower 

 and smaller. Flowers distant, on short pedicels. Nuts hispid, 

 or prickly at the base. 



Cat-thyme-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub procumbent. 



64 H. SCA V BRUM (Retz, obs. 2. p. 8. no. 7.) stem herbaceous, 

 depressed, branched; leaves linear-lanceolate, oblique, strigose, 

 with revolute edges ; spikes solitary, lateral and terminal ; 

 bracteas lanceolate, longer than the calyx. Q. H. Native of 

 India, in rice-fields. Lehm. asper. p. 70. Plant small. Root 

 fusiform, simple. Stem nearly simple, strigose from adpressed 

 hairs. Leaves nearly sessile : upper ones opposite. Flowers 

 small, distant. Calyx hispid. Carpels villous at apex. 



Var. ft, humile (Lehm. asper. p. 71.) stem more humble and 

 more branched. O- H. Native of India, in waste places. 

 Scabrous Heliotrope. PI. small. 



65 H. VENTRICOSUM (R. Br. prod. p. 494.) annual, erect, 

 branched, strigose from rather spreading hairs ; leaves linear, 

 acute, with recurved margins ; spikes many-flowered ; bracteas 

 equalling the acuminated calyxes ; tube of corolla exserted near 

 the top, and ventricose. Q. H. Native of New Holland, 

 within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 



yentricose-Aowered Heliotrope. PI. erect. 



66 H. PANICULA'TUM (R. Br. prod. p. 494.) suffruticose, 

 much branched, strigose from rather adpressed pili ; leaves nar- 

 row-linear, with recurved margins; spikes alternate, panicled ; 

 bracteas shorter than the acute calyxes. Tj . S. Native of 

 New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 



Panic led-spiked Heliotrope. Shrub. 



67 H. TENUIFOLIUM (R. Br. 1. c.) plant erect, clothed with 

 hoary tomentum ; leaves linear-filiform ; spikes alternate or 

 solitary ; bracteas subulate, shorter than the calyx, which is 

 silky. Q. H. Native of New Holland, on the sea-shore, 

 within the tropic. 



Thin-leaved Heliotrope. PI. erect. 



68 H. GLABE'LLUM (R. Br. 1. c.) suffruticose, much branched, 

 glabrous ; leaves linear-filiform, with recurved margins, beset 

 with a few hairs beneath ; spikes few ; bracteas subulate, hardly 

 equalling the calyxes, which are ciliated ; limb of corolla shorter 

 than the tube. J? . S. Native of New Holland, within the 

 tropic. 



Glabrous Heliotrope. Shrub. 



69 H. PROSTRA V TUM (R. Br. 1. c.) annual, prostrate, strigose 

 from adpressed pili ; leaves lanceolate, acuminated, flat, nearly 

 sessile; bracteas hardly equal in length to the calyx. Q. H. 

 Native of New Holland, within the tropic, on the sea-shore. 



Prostrate Heliotrope. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1826. PI. 

 prostrate. 



70 H. HUMISTRA'TUM (Cham, in Linnsea, 4. p. 462.) tufted 

 and trailing ; stems simple, many from the same root, villous ; 

 leaves densely imbricate, villous, lanceolate, acute ; racemes 

 leafy ; flowers pedicellate, extrafoliaceous, equal in length to 

 the leaves ; pedicels length of calyx. Q. F. Native of tropi- 

 cal Brazil, in argillaceous soil. Habit of Paronychia, or Her- 

 niaria. Flowers size of those of H. paniflbrum. Calycine 

 segments equal, lanceolate, acute, rather villous. Corolla 

 villous outside, bearded in the throat. Anthers bearded at 

 apex. 



Trailing Heliotrope. PI. trailing. 



71 H. OCELLA'TUM (Cham, in Linnsea, 4. p. 463.) erect, cine- 

 reous, strigose ; leaves lanceolate, bluntish, sub-cuneated, petio- 

 late ; spikes simple, terminal, bracteate ; bracteas equalling or 

 exceeding the flowers. Q. H. Native of Brazil. The whole 



