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PLATE DLXXVI. 



LITHOSPERMUM TINCTOR1UM 



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iters 



JB u gloss 



CLASS V. ORDER I. 



PENTANDRIA MQNOGYNIA. Five Chives. 



ESSENTIAL GENERIC CHARACTER 



One Pointal. 



Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce perforata, nu- 

 da. Calyx 5-f artitus. 



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Blossom funnel-shaped, with the mouth opea 

 and naked. Cup 5-cleft. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Lithospermum villosum caulibus procumben- 

 tibus. Sp. PL editio prima. 



Lithospehmum hairy. Stem procumbent 



REFERENCE TO THE PLATE 



1 . The empalement. " 



2. A blossom spread open. 



3. Seed- bud and pointal. 



Ihis rare plant, enumerated In fh^ W *■ v 



the Plants in the Physic Garden «t MS^SSSt l&Stt ° f ?*""i Catalogue of 

 collecnons. It grows naturally in dry sandy placet utUnnt?' ?°f n ,on S a d ^ratum in our 



o the Rus-, an empire, from whence we C seen W "/ ' ^ ^° in tbe southern Princes 



Mr. La ^bert\s Herbarium, vvhich novv contain?thTwholT,T, menS C ? HeCted ** Professor *•«" « 

 Government, during the space of 30 years bvVhJ? Zl f C " llec , t,on raad e at the expense of the Russian 



calculated for ornamenting rock-work, or'li.L ea / t , mitUral,St and his assistants. The plant is wel 

 trade, and used to give a rid colour to oils wax Zl ™* ^^ b ° rders The ™<** are Ertfctorf 

 perlyarrang I ,hi, plant as a UtlJ^ZtZZTr' "^ LtoD '"* after having v^ry pro- 

 removed ,t to the genus Anchusa, 35K1S<£ W L£S 0t , his S P fcC,es ^ntarum^afte^wards 

 The character, however, is decidedly that of f f ihn ' *" ad ° pted b ? eve,v editor of his works. 



^ZTl'^Ti 1 n0t f ° r a ra ^-andum of U^ "S P M T H ! £ ft *™ wollId be di «™lt to. 

 a tng that he had seen another plant under tha name YnLt™ ™ ^ u ublished in the Flore France),, 

 that Li.,n«us, after .having described the true plan f'Jr Unn * m her harium. It therefore appears 

 wards nnstaken ne sp cies of Anchusa fo. it The Tarn ' £ P ° SSeSSmg 3 S P edme " of if h * d atar- 

 by Gerard in h Flora Gallico-Provincialis and h/fc P • * bowever > Wa * retained in its proper genus 



E2ES Wp 3,e aW3 ' e ° f P 'ofes.or h] and Wil 1 d e S now?h beeU f ° ll0Wed b ' D -andolle inThe Flo" 

 name of twtonna j but if the genus Arnebb nf Rn VUlef firiven r ° :,n " ,,, ' :, - T '^ " ~ 



KfT^A ' U ^ Lamar ' k ma ^ b " Stored 



plant figured «nder £?ni£ £ZS£X£ S*"*** and the wooden"'out 



cma is. Specimens were comnutat Toy A T ESS^' - Medical ' of a ^ <>™g thTifiK <£ 

 of « now . blossom (May 2 ; t h) in ££* £**-£ J^ is aL a L sptdinTptt 



5 "> m Lvir. Harrison s nursery at JBrompton. 



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