S54 PENTANDRIA— MONOGYNIA. Lithospermum. 



Lehmann have observed. Leaves rather narrower than in M. ar- 

 vensis. Clusters elevated, either single or in pairs, on long, 

 terminal, leafless stalks, unattended by a solitary distant flower. 

 Partial stalks, even when in fruit, not half the length of the 

 calyx, which resembles that of the foregoing, but its hairs are 

 shorter, and less deflexed. Corolla small ; limb shorter than 

 the tube, blue in the lower half of each cluster, yellow in the 

 upper ; and Dr. Lehmann has determined these colours to be 

 immutable in the several flowers. In some instances the flowers 

 are by him said to be larger, and all yellow, in others all blue ; 

 the stigma in the former being somewhat capitate, in the latter 

 slightly cloven. These last particulars have not been noticed 

 in England. They seem to indicate a specific difference. Ca- 

 vanilles may possibly have taken part of his description from 

 M. apula of Linnaeus, whose synonyms he has applied to our 

 plant, copying them, as appears by his erroneous reference to 

 Lobel, without looking at the books, a practice which cannot be 

 too much reprobated. 



88. LITHOSPERMUM. Gromwell. 



Linn.Gen.74. Juss.\30. Fl.Br.2l3. Tourn.t. 55. Lam. t. 91. 

 Gcertn. t. 67. 



Nat. Ord. see n. 87. 



Cal. inferior, of 1 leaf, oblong, in 5 deep, lanceolate, acute, 

 equal, nearly upright, keeled segments, permanent. Cor. 

 of 1 petal, funnel-shaped ; tube cylindrical, as long as the 

 calyx, or longer, open at the mouth ; limb divided half 

 way down into 5 equal, obtuse, upright segments. Filam. 

 very short, inserted into some part of the tube. Anth. ob- 

 long, concealed within the tube. Germens 4, inserted into 

 the base of the calyx. Style thread-shaped, shorter than 

 the tube. Stigma obtuse, notched. Seeds 4, ovate, pointed, 

 hard, either even or wrinkled, in the bottom of the mode- 

 rately spreading calyx. 



Herbaceous ; minutely rough, or bi"istly. Leaves ahernate, 

 or partly opposite, undivided, entire, with one principal 

 rib, and often transverse lateral ones. Clusters or spikes 

 leafy, many-flowered ; revolute in the bud. Cor. whitish, 

 yellow, or purplish. Seeds grey, in some highly polished, 

 in others opaque and wrinkled. 



1. L' officinale. Common Gromwell. Grey Mill. 

 Grey Millet. 



Seeds even. Corolla not much longer than the calyx. Leaves 

 lanceolate, rather acute, with lateral transverse ribs. 



