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568. ERITRICHUM. 



unarmed, or only with 3 or 4 teeth. Sty. 

 Caxn. Tyrol. 



569. LITHOSPERMTJM. 



A. Seeds tubercled. Tube of Corolla with 

 longitudinal plaits. 



i. Annual. 

 1. arvensis. Fr. on short, terete pedicels ; 

 lower wide apart. Cal. about as long as co- 

 rolla. Fl. white. L. lanceolate ; lower obtuse. 

 a. 5, 6. Fields. 



3. Splitgerberi. " Small. Stems herba- 

 ceous, erect, branched at base. L. strigose. 

 Root-L. wider, obovato-spatulate. Stem-L. 

 narrowly lineari-lanceolate. Pedicels terete, 

 very short. Segm. of Cal. a httle shorter than 

 corolla, somewhat spreading when in fruit. 

 Nuts warty, not wrinlded. a. Dry hills. 

 Sic."— DC. 



3. namimum. SmaU. Hairs adpressed. 

 Lower L. spatulate; upper lanceolato-Knear. 

 Tube of Cor. much exceeding segments of ca- 

 lyx. Nuts reticulato-muricate, compressed at 

 top, obtuse, a. 3, 4. 3ry coasts. St. Elia 

 in Sai-d. — Bekt. 



4. incrassatum. Small, hirsute. Lower 

 L. spatulate ; upper lanceolato-linear. Pedi- 

 cel of Fr. as wide at top as calyx. Cor. hardly 

 exceeding calyx. Seeds pitted and finely grained, 

 a. 5, 6. Open pastures. Luc. Cal. Nebr. 



5. apulum. Erect, hirsute, with spreading 

 hairs. Fr. in spikes, approximate. Segm. of 

 Cal. acuminate, always erect, nearly equalling 

 corolla. L. linear.; lower somewhat spatulate. 

 a. 3-5. Dry fields and pastures, s. Fr. It. 

 Istria. 



ii. Perennial. Corolla downy at mouth, tivice 

 as long as calyx. 



6. tinctorium. Hirsute. Tube of Cor. 

 as long as calyx. Stems procumbent. L. lan- 

 ceolate : the lower staUced ; upper and Bracts 

 cordate. Seeds incm-ved, muricate. p. 2-4. 

 Lig. Cal. Sic. Alkanna tinctoria of DC; but 

 not, according to Bertoloni, Lithospermum 

 tinctorium of the \st ed. Sp. PI. 



7. Iiehmani. " Tufted, perennial or woody 

 at base, caUoso-strigose, hoary. Stems of the 

 year diifuse, ascending. Lower L. oblongo- 

 linear, somewhat blunt ; upper sessUe. Bracts 

 somewhat cordate, exceeding calyx. Rac. se- 

 cund. Tube of Cor. exceeding calyx. Seeds 

 lacunoso-rugose. w. or p. Bry cole, hills. 

 w. Sic." — Guss. 



S. Seeds smooth. Throat of Corolla some- 

 what contracted. Perennial. 



8. purpuro-caeruleuna. Throat of Cor. 

 with downy longitudinal plaits. Barren Stems 

 prostrate ; fertile erect, divided at top. L. 

 lanceolate, acuminate. Cor. tmce as long as 

 calyx, p. 5, 6. Woody hills, occ. 



9. ofiicinale. Throat of Cor. with dowTiy 

 transverse protuberances. Stem erect, much 

 branched. L. lanceolate, acute, 3-nerved. p. 



5, 6. Bushy. 



C. Seeds smooth. Throat of Corolla smooth 

 and open. 



10. grammifolium. Cor. smooth exter- 

 nally, two or three times as long as calyx. 

 Stems woody at base. L. linear, rough : mar- 

 gin revolnte. Rac. many-flowered, cymose, 

 nodding, ■w. 6, 7. Calc. rocks, it. Tyrol. 

 Apenn. Mountains of Carrara. 



11. fruticosum. A Shrub. Cor. some- 

 what hairy externally, about twice as long as 

 calyx. L. strigose on both sides, Hneari-lan- 

 ceolate ; upper somewhat ovate at base. Rac. 

 few-flowered. s.S. 5, 6. mdt. Fr. 



13. rosmarinifolium. A Shrab. Cor. 

 sUky externally, two or three times as long as 

 calyx. L. lineari-lanceolate, not at all ovate 

 at base, margin revolnte; imder side hoary 

 with parallel, adpressed hairs. s.S. 12-3. 

 Calc. rocks. Capri. Sic. 



13. prostratum. A prostrate Shrub. Cor. 

 two or three times as long as calyx. Tube 

 densely villous at top. L. lineari-lanceolate : 

 margin somewhat revolnte. Rac. terminal, 

 short, few-flowered. s.S. 5, 6. Heaths. 

 Brit. Dax. Bayonne. 



14. oleifolium. An ascending Shrub. Cor. 

 twice as long as calyx . Tube villous. L. ellip- 

 tico-oblong, sUky and silvery beneath. Rac. 

 terminal, leafy, few-flowered. s.S. 5, 6. Rocks. 

 Prats de Mol'lo. 



15. calabrum. Shrubby at base, pro- 

 cumbent. Cor. hairy externally, shorter than 

 calyx. L. oblongo-eUiptic, acute, haii'y. w. 



6. Backs. CorigMano in Calab. 



Not viell known. 



16. Gastoni, Alph. DC. A plant with 

 the habit of L. 'piirpuro-cmruleiim, but with 

 ovate or ovato-lanceolate L. and wrinMed 

 Seeds. p. Fissures of rocks above Eaux- 

 bonnes, e. Pyr. 



