278 BORAGINE^. [ANCHUSA. 



Corn-fields and waste places in light soils, N. to Shetland ; ascends to 1,000 ft. 

 in the Highlands; Ireland; Channel Islands; fl. June-July. Annual; 

 root fusiform. Stem simple below, f-lj ft., angular, rather slender. Leaves, 

 radical 1-4 in., petioled, obovate-lanceolate ; cauline linear-oblong, sessile, 

 acute, margin waved and toothed, upper ^-amplexicaul. Cymes 4-5 in., 

 terminal, simple or forked, short, at length elongate, drooping, recurved ; 

 bracts leafy ; flowers subsessile. Sepals ^ in., narrow. Corolla J in. diam., 

 bright blue, scales white. Nutlets small, reticulate. DISTRIB. Europe, 

 N. and W. Asia to N.W. India; introd. in the U. States. A. de Candolle 

 regards it as indigenous only in S. Europe. 



SECTION 2. Anchu'sa proper. Corolla-tube straight, equalling or ex- 

 ceeding the limb. Nutlets with the basal ring not produced. 



A. OFFICINA'LLS, L. ; densely softly hispid, leaves narrow-lanceolate. 

 Ballast hills, rare, Northumberland, Glasgow ; (an alien, Wats.} ; fl. June- 

 July. Root stout, biennial. Stem 1-2 ft., angled, simple or branched. 

 Leaves, radical 3-6 in., gradually narrowed into long winged petioles ; 

 cauline sessile, oblong-lanceolate or linear-oblong, uppermost |-amplexicaul. 

 Cymes forked or in pairs, 1-2 in., lengthening to 4-6 in. ; bracts and sepals 

 ovate-lanceolate ; flowers subsessile. Flowers homogamous. Corolla ^ in. 

 diam., violet-blue, scales white papillose. Nutlets small, brown. DISTRIB. 

 Europe, "W. Asia. 



SECTION 3. Caryolo'pha, Fisch. et Traut. (gen.). Corolla-tube straight, 

 shorter than the limb. Nutlets with the ring produced towards the style. 



A. SEMPERVI'RENS, L. ; hispidly hairy, leaves ovate acute. 

 Hedges and waste places from Caithness southd., rare ; Ireland ; Channel 

 Islands; (an alien, Wats.)- fl. May-June. Root stout, perennial. Stem 

 1-2 ft., simple. Leaves, radical 8-12 in., oblong-ovate, long-petioled ; 

 cauline ovate, shorter petioled. Cymes in axillary pairs, very hispid, sub- 

 capitate, long-peduncled, 2-bracteate, not lengthening much ; peduncles 2-3 

 in., spreading, very slender ; bracts i|-l in., ovate-lanceolate ; flowers shortly 

 pedicelled. Sepals linear. Corolla in. diam.. bright blue, scales white. 

 Nutlets small, reticulate. DISTRIB. From Belgium and Spain to Lombardy. 



4.. r-ITHOSPER'MUM, Tournef. GROMWELL. 



Annual or perennial herbs, or shrubs, hispid or hairy. Flowers in 

 bracteate cymes. Calyx 5-partite. Corolla funnel- or salver -shaped, throat 

 naked or with 5 tumid folds ; lobes 5, spreading. Anthers oblong, in- 

 cluded in the corolla-tube. Style simple, stigma capitate obscurely lobed. 

 Nutlets bony or stony, smooth or rugose, base truncate, receptacle flat. 

 DISTRIB. Europe, temp, Asia and America ; species about 40. ETYM. 

 \tdos and (TTrepjua, from the stony nutlf.ts. 



1. L. officina'le, L. ; perennial, stems man) 7 all erect branched and 



flowering, leaves |-amplexicaul narrow-lanceolate, nutlets smooth white. 



Copses, hedgebanks, &c., from Ross southd.; Ireland; fl. June- July. 



Rootstock stout, woody. Stem 1-3 ft., rough with the tuberous bases of the 



stiff hairs, very leafy. Leaves 2-4 in., pubescent above, strigose beneath. 



