BATSCHIA CANESCENS. 



HOARY BATSCHIA. ALKANET. PUCCOON. 



Pcntandria Monogynia, Linn. Borraginese, Juss. 



GENERIC CHARACTER. 



Calix 5-parted. Corolla salver-form, rather large, tube straight, much longer than the 

 calix, closed at the base by a bearded ring ; orifice naked, or partially closed ; 

 border orbiculate, nearly flat ; segments rounded. Seed indurated, shining, 

 (as in Lithospermum.) Nutt. 



SPECIFIC CHARACTER. 



Stem and upper leaves sericeously canescent or villous ; calicine segments subulate, 

 much shorter than the tube, hairy at the base. B. 



SYNONYM. 



Aschusa canescens, Willd. Muhl. and others. 



