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562. HELIOTROPIUM. 



562. HELIOTROPIUM. 



1. Bupinum. Nut flat on one side, acute, 

 usually solitary. Cal. closing on fruit, and 

 falling off wdth it. Spikes usually solitary. 

 Stem procumbent. L. oval. a. 6-8. Sandy 



fields. Catania. Lentini in Sic. Saa'd. 



2. europseum. Nuts 4, subrotuud. Cal. 

 of Fr. spreading, Segm. of Cor. acute. L. 

 ovate, eutii'e, Uneate. a. 7-9. Fields, m. and 

 s. El-, s. G. It. 



3. Bocconi. Nuts 4, subrotuud, hairless. 

 Cal. of Er. spreading. Segm. of Cor. rounded. 

 L. ovate, entu-e, lineate. a. 7-9. Base of 

 jEtna. 



563. ASPERUGO. 



1. procumbens. Fl. axillary. Cal. of 

 Er. expanded, flat. a. 4-6. Rich micult. Eng. 

 rare. Er. G. It. 



564. CYNOGLOSSUM. 

 [Divisions from Bertoloni.] 



A. Seeds conve.v on face. 



1. clandestinum. No prominent mar- 

 gin to seeds. Prickles nearly equal, and equally 

 disposed. L. soft, hoaiy. Eaceme covered 

 with brown sUk. Div. of Cal. oblong, obtuse ; 

 those of Cor. bearded, b. 4, 5. Barren. Cal. 

 s. Sic. s. Sard. 



2. pictum. No promiaent margin to seeds. 

 Prickles nearly equal, and equally disposed. L. 

 soft, hoary : lower obtuse ; upper acute. Cor. 

 reticulate vrith purple veins. Div. not bearded. 

 b. 5-7. Vncult. s. Er. adr. G. It. 



3. xuontanum. No prominent margin to 

 seeds. Pricldes nearly equal, and equally dis- 

 posed. L. shining, and neai'ly smooth above. 

 Middle L. contracted above the cordate base. 

 Cor. not reticulate or bearded, b. 6. Shade, 

 occasionally . 



4. officinale. Pricldes on the somewhat 

 prominent margin of seeds, smaller and more 

 crowded than on disc. L. broadly lanceolate, 

 soft, hoary; upper cordate at base. b. 6, 7. 



TJjicult. 



Q.nelrodensis. Div. of Cal. somewhat acute. 



S. Seeds concave on face. {Bertoloni says 

 " lack" hut the descriptions imply that 

 he means the outward piart.) 



5. apenninum. Seeds not membranous 

 on margin, cvery\vhcre covered with small 

 pricldes. L. soft, hoary. Stems hollow. Sta- 



mens exsert. b. 5, 6. Montigno. Monte 

 Como. 



6. magellense. Seeds not membranous 

 on margin, covered with short prickles, con- 

 cave. Eace nearly smooth. L. woolly, naiTow 

 lanceolate. Rac. " congloblate : " a bract to 

 every pedicel, b. 4-7. Mountains. Umbr. 

 Abruzzi. 



7. cheirifoliuna. Seeds not membranous 

 on margin, less prickly on concave face. Pu- 

 bescence silvery. L. lanceolate. One or two 

 Bracts to each raceme, but not to every flower. 

 b. 3, 4. Rough, s. Er. Sic. 



jS. calcaratum. 1-5 smaU Spurs at base of 

 tube of corolla. Nismes. 



8. Columase. Margin of seeds membra- 

 nous, cristato - dentate ; concave face nearly 

 smooth. Stem villous. L. pubescent, b. 3, 4. 

 Calc. thickets. Pal. Nebrodes. 



Not well known. 



9. siculum. " Softly and finely vlUous. 

 L. stalked, lanceolate ; upper sessile, lineari- 

 lanceolate. Div. of Cal. Uneari-oblong, ob- 

 tuse, as long as coroUa. b. 3, 4. Open fields. 

 Palermo, al Caputa." — Guss. 



10. tomentosum. Lower L. oblongo- 

 lanceolate, somewhat obtuse ; upper lanceolate, 

 semiamplexicaul, covei-ed witb a golden tomen- 

 tum. Rac. terminal, many-flowered, without 

 bracts. Nuts adpressed, with short glochidiate 

 pricldes. p. Ope« hills. Italy? Palermo? 

 —DC. 



565. OMPHALODES. 



1. littoralis. Seed with a long attach- 

 ment to style, and an inflexed, dentato-ciliate 

 margin. Root-L. spatulate. Stem-L. sessile, 

 ovate ; uppermost papUlose. Margin strigoso- 

 ciliate. Rac. bracteate, few-flowered, a. 5-7. 

 Sandy shores, w. Er. — DC. 



2. linifolia. Seed with long attachment 

 to style, and an inflexed, dentate margiu. 

 Root-L. cuneiform. Stem-L. lineari-lanceolate, 

 strigoso-cUiate. Rac. nearly without bracts. 

 Cor. twice as long as calyx, a. 3-7. Stony 

 hills, mdt. Er. 



3. scorpioides. Seed attached by a point, 

 downy. Margin nearly entire. Stem prostrate. 

 Root-L. spatulate. Stem-L. lanceolate, sessde ; 

 lower opposite. El.-stalks axillary, solitary, at 

 last exceeding L. a. 4, 5. Moist shade, e. G. 



4. verna. Seed attached by a point. L. 



