LXXXIX. 

 LITHOSPERMUM OFFICINALE. 



Common Gromicell. 



Class V. Pentandria. — Order I. Monogynia. 



Nat. Ord. BoraginejE. 



Gen. Char. Calyx in five deep segments. Corolla fun- 

 nel-shaped ; orifice naked. Anthers included. Stigma 

 obtuse, bifid. 



Spec. Char. Stem erect, much branched. Leaves broad, 

 lanceolate, acute, veiny. Corolla scarcely longer than 

 calyx. Nuts smooth. 



SYNONYMES. 



' Lithospermum majus erectum. Bauh. Pin. 258. Tourn. 

 Paris. 283. 

 Lithospermum minus. Ger. Em. 609. 

 Lithospermum seu Milium solis. Raii Syn. 228. 

 Lithospermum officinale. Lin. Sp. PI. 189. Eng. Fl. i. t^. 254. 

 ~ Eng. Bot. t. 134. 

 French .... Gremil ; Herbe aux perles. 

 Ital. ^Span. Lithospermo. 

 Portuguese . Aljofar. 

 German . . . Steinsame. 



Dutch .... Paarlkruid ; Steenbreek ; Steenzaad. 

 Danish .... Steenklinte. 

 Swedish .... Stenfrce. 



Latin 



Description. — The root is perennial, woody, tapering, whitish, 

 and fibrous. The stem is erect, cylindrical, branched, beset 

 with short rigid hairs, and from twelve to eighteen inches high. 

 The leaves are alternate, sessile, acute, nerved, rough above, 

 hairy beneath, and of a greyish green colour. The flowers 

 situated towards the summit of the branches are small, axillary, 

 and supported on short peduncles. The calyx is cleft into five 

 deep segments, which are narrow, acuminate, and hairy. The 

 corolla is funnel-shaped, of a pale yellow colour, its orifice 



