PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. Cynoglossum. 49 



Leaves spear-shaped, rather acute, with side cross-ribs. 

 E. B. 134. L. minus. G. E. 609. 



Dry, gravelly, chalky situations. Shotover Hill. Headington Wick. 



Sb. (Between South and Ferry Hinksey, &c.) Bx. 

 Per. May. 

 ^'(tem* roundish, rough. Ls. alternate, hairy beneath, rough above. 



Fl. clusters pale-yellow, in seeding state, erect, lengthened out. 



Seeds much polished in appearance, of a stony substance ; the 



stony shells composed of silica (flint,) sulphate of lime, and iron. 



The hard ivory-like seeds do not effervesce with acids. Fl. 



Suec. 



L. arvense. Corn G. Bastard Alkanet. Seeds 

 wrinkled. Corolla not much longer than the calyx. 

 Leaves blunt, without side ribs. E. B. 123. Anchusa 

 degener, facie Mihi Sohs. G. E. 610. 



Cornfields, ivaste ground. 



An. May. T 



Ls. spear-shaped, rough, stiff. FL in the axils of the upper Ls, 

 solitary, nearly stalkless. Spikes terminal, leafy, at length 

 elongated. Cor. white, small, swollen at the base of the limb. 

 Cal. segments after flowering, three or four times as long as the 

 seeds. Seeds pitted. Bark of the root tinges wax, and oil of a 

 red colour ; also paper, &c. hence called Bastard Alkanet. 



ANCHU'SA. Alkanet. 



A. semper vir ens. Evergreen A. Flower-stalks axillary, 

 each stalk with two close spikes, with an intermediate 

 flower, and two chief egg-shaped bracteas. Leaves 

 egg-shaped. E. B. 45. G. E. Borago, etc. 797- 



Waste ground. * Rousham. Miss Armetriding. (Near Birming- 

 ham, Alcester road, Warwickshire. With. 

 Per. May, June. 



Z-*-. broad; j-^/an^ rough, i^/. bright-sky-blue ; ^z^/i- reddish . 



CYNOGLOSSUM. Hound's-tongue. 



C. officinale. Common H. Stamens shorter than the co- 

 rolla. Stem-leaves broadly spear-shaped, tapering at the 

 base, downy, stalkless. Flowers without bracteas. E. 

 B. 921. C. 4. 16. C. majus vulgare. G, E, 804. 



Waste ground, road sides.* About two miles on the Oxford side of 



Abingdon, &c. B.r. Elsfield. R. W, 

 Bien. June. » 



Stem about two feet, round, leafy. Ls. dull-green, upper ones 

 embracing the stem, almost heart-shaped. Fl. clusters terminal, 

 curved back, growing into panicles. Cor. dull purplish red. 



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