CLASS V. ORDER I. 73 



145. Statice. Calyx one leaved, entire, plaited ; 

 petals five ; seed one, invested by the calyx. 



PENTANDRIA. 

 MONOGYNIA. 



76. ECHIUM. 

 EcHiuM vuLGARE. L. Vijjei's Bugloss. 



Stem bristly and tuberculated ; stem leaves lanceo- 

 late and rough with stiff hairs ; flowers in lateral 

 spikes. >S'wi. 



Stem erect, round, covered with firm bristles standing on little 

 protuberances. Leaves rough, covered with the same kind of 

 bristles. Spikes of flowers axillary, recurved, gradually straight- 

 ening, bearing a row of crowded purplish flowers. — Road side, 

 Roxbury. — June. — July. — Biennial. 



77. LITHOSPERMUM. 

 LiTHOsPERMUM OFFICINALE. L. Common Gromwell. 



Seeds smooth ; calyx nearly equal to the corolla ; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, veiny. 



A rough branching plant introduced from Europe. Leaves 

 entire, rather acute. Flowers small, yellowish, in recurved 

 leafy spikes. Seeds white. — Dry pastures. — June. — Perennial, 



LiTHOsPERMUM ARVENSE. L. Com Gromiocll. 



Seeds wrinkled; calyx nearly equal to the corolla; 

 leaves obtuse, veinless. 



Leaves rough, oblong, obtuse, with only the central vein. 

 Flowers white. — Dry hills, introduced. — Annual. 



LlTHOSPERMCM MARITIMUM. Sctt GrOmtVcll. 



Smooth; stems procumbent, branched; leaves 

 fleshy, oval-spatulate; corolla hardly twice the length 

 of the calyx. 



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