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PLATE XXXIX. 
CHIUM FEROCISSIMUM. © 
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Prickly Viper’s Buglofs. 
OLA8S Ve ORDER. I. 
_ PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Five Chives. One Pointal. 
ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER. 
_ Coro.ta irregularis, fauce nuda. | Bossom irregular, mouth naked. 
ae re See EcHIUM GRANDIFLORUM, Plate XX. 
| SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 
-Echium caule fraticofo; ramis, foliifque acu- ||~ Viper’s Buglofs, with a thrubby ftem; branches 
leatis; floribus fpicatis, violaceis; corollis and leaves covered with fharp prickles; 
alibus, owers growing in {pikes, and violet co- 
Es . loured; bloffoms nearly equal. 
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eee 1, The Empalement. ‘ 
ee __ 2, A Bloffom cut open, to fhew the infertion of the Chives in the tube. pe 
3. The Shaft and its Summit, magnified. 
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are few fpecies of this genus, but are rough, or hairy; yet this by far exceeds any of 
y other plant not aétually fpiny, for its extreme coarfenefs to the touch; never- ; 
ery handfome thewy greenhoufe plant, growing to the height of two feet, and blowing 
native of the Cape of Good Hope, and was introduced by Meffrs. Lee and Kennedy 
whofe nurfery it flowered for the firft time, this year, in the month of July. The only 
agating the Cape Echiums is by cuttings, and that is done with great difficulty; of 
well as the other fpecies, are very fcarce: they delight moft in rich light mould. 
