pentandhia. monogyma. 11:> 



Cynoglossim glomeratiimy Pursh. Flor. Am. 2. p. 729. T 

 N. n Fras. Gaiui. 1813. 



Hoot biennial, stem erect, entirely simple, 6 to 12 

 inches hij,^h. Kidieal leaves villous, spatluilate-obovatej 

 obtuse, somewhat hoary; one to one and a half inches 

 long-; stem leaves spathulate-linear, rather hispid and 

 somewhat acute, sessile. Spikes very short, axillary, bi- 

 fid, pedunculate, peduncles mostly shorter than the leaves, 

 flowers crowded, appearing- almost in heads, approximat- 

 ing together towards the summit. Calix deeply 5-parted, 

 villous^ and also thickly set with sharp hispid hairs. Co- 

 rolla Vvhite, orifice closed, lobes rounded, entire, nearly 

 flat, rather large; tube constricted near the base. Stami- 

 na sessile, included beneath the arched protuberances of 

 the orifice. Stigma entire, capitate. Seeds narrow, ovate, 

 acute, with an elevated scabrous or minutely crenate 

 ridge in the centre. 



On arid agillaceous hills around the Great Bend of the 

 Missouri. Flowering in June. 



The genus Alyosotis is chiefly European, at the same 

 time tliere are species in Peru, at tiie Cape of Good 

 Hope, in Siberia, 1 species in New Zealand, 1 in Chili, 

 and another in the isle of Bourbon. 



iro. LITHOSPERxVlUM. L. (Giomwcll.) 



Calix 5-parted. Corolla fufiiiel-form, 5-Iobed, 

 orifice optn, naked. Stigma bifid. Seed indurat- 

 ed, sliiniiii*. (Stamina and st,>ie included with- 

 in t!)e corolla.) 



Flov.-ers solitary, axillary, or in terminal bracteate 

 spikes; floral leaves sometimes by pairs. 



Species. 1. L. arvense. 2- laiijhtium. o.angusti folium. 

 4. apulum. 



Of this ^enus there are 5 species in Peru and the v/arm* 

 er parts or Spanish Aniericii, 2 at the Cape of Good Hope, 

 5 in Fgypt and the East, 1 on the mtr^ so banks of the 

 Volga, (Siberia) 1 around ancient Bagdid in Persia, and 

 anolhf^r m the isle (.f Teautea m the Pacific; the resc ni 

 Europe and \oi tii Amecica. The roots of several spec. .'3 

 afford a lac for dying and painting. 



171. BATSCHIA. Gmtlin. Michaux. 



Calix o-paiti'd. Corolla salverform, rather 

 lurge, tube sn aigbt, nuich linger than the ca- 

 lix, closed at the base by a bearded ringj ori- 



