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plant is greyish from strigae. Leaves i an inch long. Flowers 

 small, size of those of H. partiflorum. Calycine segments une- 

 qual, lanceolate, acute. Corolla slender, pale, strigose outside ; 

 tube shorter than the calyx ; limb with a tooth between each 

 lobe. Carpels smooth. 



OceHate-fruheA Heliotrope. PI. i to f foot. 



72 H. HUMIFU'SUM (H. B. et Kunth, nov. gen. amer. 3. p. 85. 

 t. 205.) plant suffruticose, creeping, leafy ; leaves crowded, lan- 

 ceolate-oblong, acute, 1 -nerved, stiff, hispid ; flowers in the 

 axils of the superior leaves, fj . S. Native of Cuba, near 

 Havana, in dry places. Lithospermum humifusum, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 548. Leaves 3 lines long, on short petioles, which 

 are dilated and sheathing at the base. Calyx hispid, rather 

 unequal. Corollas size of those of Myosotis arcensis, hispid 

 outside ; tube inflated in the middle, hardly equal in length to 

 the calyx ; limb plicate, 5-lobed. Stigma capitate, depressed. 

 Fruit hispid. Said 10 be nearly allied to H, orientate, Lin. 

 Perhaps a proper genus. 



Trailing Heliotrope. Shrub creeping. 



73 H. FILIFORME (H. B. et Kunth, 1. c. p. 86. t. 204.) pro- 

 cumbent, hispid from strigae ; leaves lanceolate-spatulate, 

 obtuse ; spikes terminal and lateral, solitary and conjugate, 

 filiform, bracteate ; bracteas minute, linear. If. S. Native on 

 the sandy banks of the river Apures, between El Diamante 

 and San Fernando. H. tenue, Willd. herb, ex Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 737. Stems diffuse. Leaves i inch long, with the peti- 

 oles. Spikes revolute at top. Calyx unequal, hispid. Corolla 

 white ; tube about equal in length to the calyx. Carpels downy. 



Filiform Heliotrope. PI. procumbent. 



SECT. III. HELIOTROPHY'TUM (derivation the same as that of 

 the genus, with the addition of <JIVTOV, phyton, a plant.) Cham. 

 in Linnaea, 4-. p. 458. Carpels 2, 2-celled, 2-seeded. This sec- 

 tion joins this genus with Tournefortia. 



7-t H. TOMENTOSUM (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) plant clothed 

 with white tomentum ; stem shrubby ; leaves ovate, obtuse, on 

 long petioles, nerveless ; spikes lateral, twin, bracteate. 'j . S. 

 Native of the East Indies. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 39. 

 Stem branched from the base. Leaves 8-10 lines long. Spikes 

 an inch lon<r, a little revolute at apex. Calyx hispid, acute, a 

 little shorter than the corolla, which is small. 



Tomentose Heliotrope. Shrub. 



75 H ?. NICOTIAX.EFOLIA (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) stem herba- 

 ceous, villous ; leaves broad-lanceolate, nearly glabrous, with 

 undulated margins ; spikes twin, terminal, bracteate. O ? H. 

 Native of Buenos Ayres. Leaves petiolate, 3-4 inches long, 

 and 2 broad ; petioles an inch long, pilose, with usually a pair 

 of smaller leaves in the axils of the larger ones. Peduncles 

 compressed, pilose, length of petioles. Calyx hispid, a little 

 smaller than the corolla, which is small. Perhaps a species of 

 Tiaridium. 



Tobacco-leated Heliotrope. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



76 H ?. ANCHrsiFOLiuM (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) stem shrub- 

 by ; leaves stem-clasping, linear-lanceolate, roughish ; pedun- 

 cles terminal, solitary ; spikes bifid, or trifid ; flowers spicately 

 capitate, bracteate. ^ . S. Native of Buenos Ayres, and 

 Brazil. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 40. The whole plant is 

 velvety from strigose canescent tomentum. Leaves crowded, 

 2 inches long, and 6-8 lines broad, obtuse. Peduncles villous. 

 Spikes 2-3 together, crowded into a head. Calyx hispid. 

 Corollas blue, size and form of those of H. Perutianum ; tube 

 clothed with viscid villi outside. Perhaps the same as H. 

 amjAexicaule, Vahl. symb. 3. p. 21. 



Bugloss-leaicd Heliotrope. Shrub ^ tolg foot. 



77 H ?. POLYSTA'CHYUM (Poir. suppl. 3. p. 23.) plant yellow ; 

 leaves ovate-lanceolate, on long petioles, tomentose beneath ; 

 spikes numerous, terminal. Jj . S. Native of Pondicherry. 

 Commerson in herb. Desf. Rosm. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 40. 

 Branches spreading, villous. Leaves thickish, 1-2 inches long, 

 rather pilose above. Spikes 3-4 together, unequal, very long. 

 Calyx hispid. Corolla small, white. Carpels involucrated by the 

 undurated angular calyx, form of a capsular pericarp. 



Many-spiked Heliotrope. Shrub. 



78 H. SID.EFOLIUM (Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 460.) stem 

 shrubby ; leaves lanceolate and ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, acute, 

 or bluntish ; spikes terminal, and from the axils of the upper 

 leaves. tj . F. Native of Brazil. This species agrees with 

 H. anchusesfolium in the stature, habit, hairiness, inflorescence, 

 flowers, and fruit, but differs in the leaves. Plant strigose. 

 Flowers nearly sessile. Corolla hairy outside. Fruit tubercled. 



Sida-leaved Heliotrope. Shrub to 1| foot. 



79 H. PHYLICOIDES (Cham, in Linnaea, 4. p. 460.) shrubby, 

 clothed with white villi ; lower leaves ovate, acute, becoming 

 narrower as they ascend, until they are almost linear ; spikes 

 terminal, trifid, or twice bifid. 1? . F. Native of the South of 

 Brazil. Leaves with reflexed margins. Corolla having the 

 tube viilous outside ; limb blue. Stigma depressedly conical. 

 Carpels tubercular. Very nearly allied to H. anchuscefotium. 



Phylica-like Heliotrope. Shrub | to lg foot. 



f- Species hardly known. 



80 H ?. ASOMALUM (Hook, et Arn. in Beech, voy. pt. hot. p. 

 66.) plant suffrutiCose ; leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at 

 the base, hispid from strigae ; racemes glomerate ; calycine 

 segments very unequal ; carpels 5. Ij . G. Native of the Society 

 Islands. Root fusiform. Racemes usually bifid. Plant stri- 

 gose. Corolla 5-6 cleft, plicate. Stamens 5-6. Stigma capi- 

 tate, pencilled. Perhaps the same as Lilhospe'rmum incanum, 

 Forst. or perhaps a new genus. Two of the calycine segments 

 are spatulate, the others linear. 



Anomalous Heliotrope. Shrub. 



81 H. TOMENTOSLM (Burm. prod. fl. cap. p. 4. Lehm. asper. 

 p. 73.) stem shrubby ; leaves linear, repand, villous ; spikes 

 lateral, conjugate. Ij . G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 



Tomentose Heliotrope. Shrub. 



82 H. ORIENTA'LB (Houtt. pfl. syst. 5. p. 402.) leaves linear, 

 glabrous, veinless ; flowers scattered, lateral. G. H. Native 

 of Asia. Lin. spec. 1. p. 188. Willd. spec. 1. p. 745. Li- 

 thospermum Javanicum, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 547. Plant small, 

 procumbent, creeping. Flowers nearly sessile, solitary among 

 the leaves. 



Eastern Heliotrope. PL procumbent. 



83 H. BACCIFERVM (Forsk. descrip. p. 38.) stem frutescent, 

 prostrate ; leaves oblong, or roundish, hispid, with reflexed 

 margins ; spikes bracteate. f? . G. Native of Arabia. Vittm. 

 summ. 1. p. 379. Lehm. asper. p. 74. H. villosum, Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 541. Corolla with a yellowish tube, which is twice 

 as long as the calyx ; limb white ; throat naked. Style thick- 

 ened in the middle with a broad ring under the bifid stigma. 

 Seeds contained in an umbonate 4-angled berry. 



Berry-bearing Heliotrope. Shrub. 



84 H. TETRA'NDRCM (Lour. coch. p. 103. ed. Willd. 1. p. 

 183.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, opposite ; spikes 

 crowded, terminal. IJ. . F. Native of Cochinchina, among 

 luxurjant herbs. Stems erect, multiple, diffuse, whitish, bluntly 

 tetragonal. Flowers reddish, in long dense spikes. Corolla 

 campanulate, 5-cleft. Stamens 4, about equal in length to the 



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