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BORAGlNEjE. XLIII. MESSERSCHMIDTIA. XLIV. CANALA. 



f Species doubtful or hardly known. 



22 M. ? MONTA'NA (Lour. coch. p. 122. ed. Willd. 1. p. 150. 

 under Tournefortia) branches scandent, hairy ; leaves ovate- 

 lanceolate, wrinkled, glabrous ; spikes nearly simple, recurved, 

 terminal, fy . w . G. Native of Cochinchina, in mountain 

 woods. Leaves incurved, reflexed, on short petioles. Flowers 

 pedicellate. Corolla white ; tube urceolate at the base ; limb 

 acutely 5-cleft. Anthers and stigma sessile. Berry inversely 

 pear-shaped, 2-celled, 2-seeded, imperforated at top. 



Mountain Messerschinidtia. Shrub climbing. 



23 M. ? ROSMARINIFOLIA (Willd. herb, ex Roem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 844.) stem branched, herbaceous, hispid from villi ; 

 leaves sessile, linear, with revolute edges ; corollas funnel- 

 shaped. T/ . F. Native of Siberia, Pallas. Lower leaves al- 

 ternate : superior ones opposite : uppermost ones aggregate, 

 pilose above, and clothed with white villi beneath. Cymes ter- 

 minal, few-flowered. Calyx one half shorter than the corolla ; 

 calycine segments acute, villous. Tube of corolla downy ; limb 

 5-parted, spreading. Fruit elliptic, globose, woody, striated, 

 tomentose, 2-celled. 



Rosemary-leaved Messerschmidtia. PI. \ foot. 



24 M. MINOR ; stem erect ; leaves lanceolate-linear, obtuse, 

 scabrous ; spikes bifid, few-flowered, fy . S. Native of Ja- 

 maica. Tournefortia minuta, Bertero, ex Spreng. syst. 1. p. 

 644. 



Smaller Messerschmidtia. Shrub small. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Tournefortia, p. 369. 



XLIV. CANALA (named in honour of Joseph Count Mala- 

 baila de Canal, Chamberlain, and one of the Privy Council to the 

 King of Bavaria, a promoter of botany.) Pohl, pi. bras. 2. 

 p. 62. 



LIN. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogy'nia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla tubularly ventricose, 5-toothed, constricted at the base into 

 a short tube. Stamens inclosed ; anthers sagittate. Style in- 

 closed ; stigma capitate, warted. Nuts 2, combined, stony, 

 roundish. Seeds 4 in each cell. Small shrubs. Leaves ovate 

 or oblong, opposite, entire. Spikes axillary and terminal, 

 unilateral, revolute at apex, bracteate. Flowers beautiful 

 pure red or scarlet. The species have the habit of Spi- 

 gelia. 



1 C. HELIOTROPIOI'DES (Pohl, pi. bras. 2. p. 63. t. 142.) 

 leaves ovate, beset with stellate hairs above, and yellowish 

 tomentum beneath; corolla 5-toothed ; calyx beset with stellate 

 hairs. I? . S. Native of Brazil, in the province of Minas 

 Geraes, in fields about Villa St. Joao d'el Rey. Flowers large, 

 scarlet. 



Turnsole-like Canala. PI. 2 feet. 



2 C. MACROCA'RPA (Pohl, 1. c. p. 64.) leaves oblong, acute, 

 glabrous above, and rather pilose beneath ; corolla 5-toothed ; 

 calyxes pilose. ^ . S. Native of Brazil, about Rio Janeiro. 



Large-fruited Canala. Shrub 2 feet. 



3 C. RUBiF6i,iA (Pohl, 1. c. p. 65.) leaves twin : superior 

 ones 4 in a whorl, lanceolate, acuminated, and are, as well as the 

 calyxes, glabrous ; corolla 5-toothed. Tj . S. Native of Bra- 

 zil, in the province of Goyaz, on Mount Clara, and on Serra 

 de Cristaes. 



Rubia-leaved Canala. Shrub 2 feet ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Tournefortia, p. 369. 

 All the species are extremely elegant when in blossom. 



Additional Boragineous plants. 

 1 MKRTE'NSIA ALPINA ; smoothish ; stem simple, assurgent ; 



leaves ovate-spatulate : lower ones acute : superior ones acu- 

 minated, rather pilose above, minutely ciliated on the margins ; 

 flowers in terminal fascicles, on short pedicels ; corolla hardly 

 twice as long as the calyx ; calycine segments oblong, bluntish, 

 ciliated. Tf.. H. Native of the Rocky Mountains. Pulmo- 

 naria alpina, Torrey, in ann. lye. 2. p. 224. Corolla sub-cam- 

 panulate, with 5 minute scales in the throat; border 5 -lobed ; 

 lobes obtuse. Stamens inclosed ; anthers linear-oblong. This 

 species is said to be nearly allied to M. parviflora. 

 Alpine Mertensia. PI. \ foot assurgent. 



2 MERTE'NSIA CILIA'TA ; glabrous, erect ? leaves ovate-lance- 

 olate, attenuated at both ends, with ciliated margins ; flowers 

 fasciculately-panicled, pedicellate ; corolla tubularly campanu- 

 late ; calyx short, 5-parted, with ovate-obtuse segments. "H . 

 H. Native of the Rocky Mountains, in the crevices of rocks 

 along streams. Pulmonaria ciliata, James, cat. ex Torrey, 

 ann. lye. 2. p. 224. Stems smooth, simple. Leaves dotted 

 above. Corolla blue ; border erect, 5-lobed ; tube slightly 

 ventricose ; throat partially closed by 5 yellowish protuberances. 

 Stamens inclosed ; anthers linear. Allied to M. paniculata. 



Ciliated-leaved Mertensia. PI. 1 foot. 



3 MERTE'NSIA OBLONGIFOLIA ; smooth; stem simple, erect; 

 leaves lanceolate-oblong, bluntish : superior ones acute ; flow- 

 ers panicled, pedicellate ; calyx short, with linear, acute, ciliated 

 segments ; corolla tubularly campanulate. I/ . H. Native of 

 North America, towards the sources of the Columbia river. 

 Pulmonaria oblongifolia, Nutt. in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. 

 p. 43. Leaves all more or less pubescent above : upper ones 

 sessile. Panicle formed of axillary approximate clusters of 

 flowers. Corolla bright blue, similar to those of M. Pirgtnica, 

 except in size ; the lobes obtuse. 



Oblong-leaved Mertensia. PI. | to f foot. 



4 BA'TSCHIA PILOSA ; simple, pilosely hairy ; leaves linear, 

 acuminated, sessile, approximate ; flowers fascicled, sessile, 

 small, yellow ; segments of the corolla oblong, entire. %. H. 

 Native of North America, at Flat Head river. Lithospermum 

 pilosum, Nutt. in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 43. Leaves 

 almost hoary, strigosely pubescent. The flowers sessile, and 

 similar to other species of the genus. Stem clothed with brown 

 scales at the base, which gradually become the leaves as they 

 ascend the stem. 



Pilose Puccoon. PI. | to f foot. 



5 BA'TSCHIA TORRE' YI ; plant strigosely hispid ; leaves oblong- 

 linear, bluntish, scattered ; stem dwarf, branched ; fascicli-s 

 terminal, few-flowered ; lobes of corolla oblong, entire. I/ . H. 

 Native of North America, at Flat Head river ; and of the 

 Rocky Mountains. Lithospermum decumbens, Torrey, in ann. 

 lye. 2. p. 225, but not of Nutt. Lithospermum Torreyi, Nutt. 

 1. c. Stem a span high, without any brown scales. Leaves 

 less crowded than in the preceding ; the stem at length branched, 

 and not near so hairy. Segments of the calyx linear, a little 

 shorter than the tube of the corolla. 



Torrey' s Batschia. PI. | to f foot. 



6 NONEA SORDIDA (Fiscti. et Meyer, sem. cat. hort. petrop. 

 1836. p. 43.) annual, diffuse, clothed with glandular down, in- 

 termixed with stiff strigae or bristles ; leaves lanceolate, acute, a 

 little toothed ; tube of corolla 3 times shorter than the calyx, and 

 hardly longer than the campanulate limb ; carpels downy, de- 

 pressed, sub-plicate at the base, and entire. H. Native of 

 the eastern shore of the Caspian Sea. Very nearly allied to 

 N. picta. Corolla dirty, yellowish-red. 



Z)trfy-flowered Nonea. " Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PI. diffuse. 



7 MYOSOTIS CALIFORNICA (Fisch. et Meyer, sem. cat. hort. 

 petrop. 1836. p. 42.) annual, strigose, much branched, procum- 

 bent ; leaves linear, acute, ciliated ; racemes elongated, leafy at 



