116 PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. [CL. V. 



yellow. Perennial : flowers in May : grows in dry gravelly places : not 

 common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 134. Eng. Ft. vol. i. p. 256. 292. 



2. L. arven'se. Corn Cromwell. Corolla little longer than the 



calyx ; leave? narrow, lance-shaped, obtuse. Root tapering, with a 



purplish-red bark : stem about a foot high : leaves bright-green : corolla 

 white. Annual : flowers in May and June : grows in corn-fields and 

 waste places : common. Eng. Bot. vol. ii. pi. 123. Eng. Ft. vol. i. 

 p. 256. 



3. L. pitrpuro-caruleum. Creeping or Purple Gromuell. Corolla 



much longer than the calyx ; leaves lance-shaped. Root woody, 



blackish : stems several, from twelve to eighteen inches long : some bar- 

 ren, creeping, and rooting: others erect: corolla large, violet-blue. Pe- 

 rennial : flowers in April and May : grows in mountainous and woody 

 pastures, in Wales and the south of England : rare. Eng. Bot.. vol. ii. 

 pi. 117. Eng. Fl. vol. i. p. 257. 294. 



4. S. maritimum. Sea Cromwell. Sea Buglnsi. Leaves egg-shaped, 



sprinkled with callous dots ; stems all procumbent. Root fleshy, 



tapering: stems numerous, from one to two feet long : leaves somewhat 

 fleshy, smooth : flowers in terminal leafy clusters : corolla twice as long 

 as the calyx, of a beautiful purple. Perennial : flowers in July and 

 August : grows on gravelly beaches on the sea-shore, in the north of 

 England, in Ireland, and in Scotland. Eng. Bot. vol. vi. pi. 368. Eng. 

 Fl. vol. i. p. 287. 295. 



3. ANCHU'SA. ALKANET. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, cylindrical, deeply five-cleft ; seg- 

 ments acute. Corolla of one petal, funnel-shaped; tube straight, 

 tumid below ; mouth closed with five erect, obtuse, hairy, con- 

 verging valves- Filaments very short ; anthers oblong, concealed 

 by the valves. Germens four, roundish. Style cylindrical, short. 

 Stigma cleft; seeds four, roundish, wrinkled, each hollowed out at 

 the base. Name from anc/io, to choke. 88. 



1. A. officindlis. Common Alkanet. Spikes crowded, unilateral ; leaves 



lance-shaped. Stems from one to two feet high, rough with strong 



hairs : corolla deep purple. Perennial : flowers in June and July : 

 grows in waste ground : rare, and not indigenous. Links at Hartley pans, 

 Northumberland ; and near Glasgow. Eng. Bot. 296. 



2. A. sempervirens. Ever-green Alkanet. Flower-stalks axillar, each 

 bearing two dense spikes, with an intermediate flower ; leaves egg- 

 shaped, acute. Stems from twelve to eighteen inches high : root- 

 leaves large, remaining green all the winter, stalked, the rest sessile, all 

 egg-shaped: limb of the corolla brilliant sky-blue, the valves white and 

 downy. Perennial : flowers in May and June : grows by roads and 

 among rubbish : not verv common, and probably not indigenous. !'.'><:. 

 Bot. vol. i. pi. 45. Eng'. Fl. vol. i. p. 259. 297. 



4. CYNOGLO'SSUM. HOUND'S-TONOUE. 



Calyx inferior, of one leaf, deeply five-cleft; segments slightly 

 acute. Corolla of one petal, funnel -shaped, little longer than the 

 calyx; tube cylindrical, short; mouth half-closed with five hori- 



