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the base ; pedicels very short ; calyxes rather longer than the 

 corolla, spreading in the fruit-bearing state ; carpels wrinkled. 

 Q. H. Native of New California, about the Russian colony, 

 Ross. Corolla white, with 10 yellow glands at the throat ; seg- 

 ments of the limb roundish, hardly emarginate. Very nearly 

 allied to M. Chorisiana, Cham. ; but differs in the flowers being 

 nearly sessile. 



Californian Scorpion-grass. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PL | foot. 



S MYOSOTIS SUFFRUTICOSA (Torrey, in ann. lye. 2. p. 225.) 

 stem suffruticose, much branched, hairy ; leaves linear-lance- 

 olate, hispidly pilose ; spikes terminal, numerous ; flowers pedi- 

 cellate ; calyxes closed ; nuts smooth, depressed. ?2 H. Na- 

 tive of North America, in barren deserts along the river Platte. 

 Flowers unilateral, on short pedicels. Corolla as large as that 

 of M. palustris, blue, salver-shaped ; lobes obtuse, entire. This 

 is the onlv frutescent species. 



Suffruticose Scorpion Grass. Shrub -| to f foot. 



9 ECHIXOSPE'RMUM LEIOCA'RPUM (Fisch. et Meyer, cat. sem. 

 hort. petrop. 1836. p. 36.) annual, branched, diffuse, rather 

 hoary from erectly spreading hairs; leaves rather linear, obtuse; 

 racemes leafy ; fructiferous calyx closed ; carpels unarmed, very 

 smooth. . H. Native of New California, about the Russian 

 colony, Ross. Flowers minute, white, with small yellow scales 

 in the throat. This species differs from others in habit, and the 

 closed calyx and smooth carpels. 



Smooth-fruited Echinospermum. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PL | 

 foot. 



10 ECHIKOSPE'RMUM SZOVITSIA'NCM (Fisch. et Meyer, sem. 

 cat. hort. petrop. 1836. p. 36.) annual, hairy from spreading 

 pili ; leaves linear-lanceolate ; racemes leafy ; calyxes oblique, 

 spreading while bearing the fruit, shorter than the spreading 

 thickened pedicels ; corollas length of calyx ; carpels tubercled 

 on the disk and sides, and furnished with a single row of glochi- 

 date prickles along the margins, which are dilated at the base, 

 and often connate. 0. H. Native of the North of Persia, on 

 the edges of fields. Very nearly allied to E. minimum ; but 

 the prickles on the fruit are fewer, a little shorter, broader 

 at the base, and often connate. 



Szotits's Echinospermum. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PL foot. 



11 ECHIXOSPE'RMCM PA'TEXS ; strigosely pilose; leaves ob- 

 long-linear, bluntish ; stem simple, nearly naked ; floriferous 

 branches spreading ; flowers pedicellate, loose, y.. H. Native 

 of North America, at Flat Head river. Rochelia patens, Nutt. 

 in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 43. Radical leaves on long 

 petioles ; those of the stem remote and sessile. Flowers in all 

 respects almost similar to those ofMyosbtis scorpioides ; rather 

 large, and apparently red. Calycine segments small, linear, 

 obtuse. Nuts wrinkled. 



Spreading Echinospermum. PL ? 



XLV. PLAGIOBO'TRYS (from wXayioc, plagiot, trans- 

 verse ; and ( 3o0pvc, bothrys, a pit : in reference to the pits at 

 the base of the carpels being transverse, and not longitudinal.) 

 Fisch. et Meyer, cat. sem. hort. petrop. 1836. p. 46. 



Lix. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped; throat closed by 5 inclosed plicae. Sta- 

 mens inclosed. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Carpels 4, distinct, 

 nearly ovate, 1-celled ; having the insertion of the areola lateral, 

 perforated ; receptacle elevated, hemispherical. This genus is 

 distinguished from Lithospermum in the carpels being perforated, 

 and the receptacle elevated ; from Anchusa and Myosdtis, in the 

 lateral insertion of the areola ; as well as in the elevated recep- 

 tacle ; and from Cynoglossvm and Echinospermum, in the car- 

 pels being perforated. 



1 P. RUFE'SCENS (Fisch. et Meyer. I. c.) . H. Native of 

 Chili. An annual herb, with the habit of Lithospei mum arrente, 

 beset with spreading simple hairs. Leaves scattered, nearly 

 linear, bluntish. Racemes terminal, conjugate, almost leafless. 

 Flowers almost sessile, erect. Calyx beset with rufous hairs, 

 conniving while bearing the fruit. Corolla white. Carpels very 

 like those of E^chium, rugose, tubercled, marked by a lateral 

 circular areola. Cotyledons flat, nearly orbicular, undivided. 

 Rufescent Plagiobo'thrys. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PL 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Amsinckia, below. 



XLVI. CRYPT A'NTHA (from rpwroc, cryptos, hidden : 

 and artioc, anthof, a flower.) Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1832. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, with 

 ovate or lanceolate segments. Corolla funnel-shaped, shorter 

 than the calyx ; throat naked ? Stamens inclosed. Carpels 4. 

 1 -seeded, tubercled or nearly smooth, fixed to the bottom of 

 the calyx, imperforated at the base ? Annual plants, with the 

 habit of Echinospermum. 



1 C. GLOMERA'TA (Lehm. ex Fisch. et Meyer, sem. cat. hort. 

 petrop. 1836. p. 35.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, bluntish; calycine 

 segments ovate ; carpels obsoletely tubercled, or nearly smooth. 

 . H. Native of Chili. Leaves pale green, broader than 

 those of C. microcdrpa. 



Glomerate-ftowered Cryptantha. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PL 



2 C. MICROCA'RPA (Fisch. et Meyer, 1. c. p. 35.) leaves lance- 

 olate, acute ; calycine segments linear-lanceolate ; carpels rough 

 from acute tubercles. Q, H. Native of Chili. Lithosper- 

 mum clandestinum, Trev. Echinospermum cynoglossoides, 

 Hort, but not of Lehm. Herb glaucescent. Carpels minute. 



Small-fruited Cryptantha. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PL J foot. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Amsinckia, below. 



XLVII. AMSI'NCKIA (meaning unknown to us.) Lehm. 

 delect, sem. hort. hamb. 1831-2. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Ifonogynia. Calyx 5-parted ; seg- 

 ments linear, gibbous. Corolla funnel-shaped ; segments of the 

 limb equal, roundish ; throat naked. Stamens inclosed. Stigma 

 capitate, emarginate. Nuts 4, 1 -seeded, fixed to the bottom of 

 the calyx, imperforated and ovate at the base, gibbous outside, 

 conniving at top, wrinkled from tubercles. 



1 A. LYCOPSOIDES (Lehm. 1. c. Fisch. et Meyer, sem. cat. 

 hort, petrop. 1836. p. 26.) throat of corolla bearded; limb 3 

 times shorter than the tube ; stamens inserted a little above the 

 base of the tube. . H. Native of America. Tube of corolla 

 3| lines long. Limb 2 lines in diameter. 



Lycopsit-lilie Amsinckia. FL June, July. Clt. 1836. PL 

 | foot. 



2 A. AXGCSTIFOLIA (Lehm. 1. c. 1832. Fisch. et Meyer, 1. 

 c.) throat of corolla glabrous, naked ; limb twice shorter than 

 the tube ; stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla. 0. H. 

 Native of Chili. A. parviflora, Bernh. sem. hort. erf. 1833. 

 Lithospennum calycinum, Moris, enum. sem. hort. Taur. 1831, 

 and in mem. acad. Torino, 37. p. 108. t. 22. Tube of corolla 

 hardly 2 lines long ; limb hardly 2 lines in diameter. This 

 differs from the preceding in the smaller flowers, and distinct 

 insertion of the stamens. 



Xarron'-leared Amsinckia. Fl. ? Clt. 1836. PL | foot. 



3 A. INTERMEDIA (Fisch. et Meyer, 1. c.) throat of corolla 

 glabrous, naked ; limb rather shorter than the tube ; stamens 

 inserted in the throat of the corolla. . H. Native of New 

 California, about the Russian colony, Ross. Tube of corolla 14- 

 lines long ; limb nearly 3 lines in diameter, orange yellow, 

 painted with 5 deeper spots. An intermediate species between 



