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ANCHU'SA* *. 
Linnean Class and Order. PENTA'NDRiAf, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Boragi'nea:, Jussieu's Genera Plantarum, 
p. 128.; Lind). Syn. p. 163.; Introd. to Nat. Syst. p. 241. — Rich, 
by Macgilliv. p. 440. — Sir J. E. Smith’s Grammar of Botany, p. 
102 . — Asperifo'li;e, Ray and Linnaeus. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of one leaf, oblong, cylin- 
drical, in 5, more or less deep, pointed segments, permanent. Co- 
rolla (fig. 2.) of one petal, funnel-shaped; Tube strait, cylindrical, 
tumid in the lower part, as long as the calyx; Limb more or less 
spreading, in 5 rather deep, blunt, equal lobes ; Mouth closed with 
5 upright, blunt, vaulted, hairy, converging valves. Filaments 5, 
very short, in the throat of the corolla, alternate with the valves. 
Anthers oblong, concealed by the valves. Germen (fig. 3.) superior, 
4-parted. Style cylindrical, shorter than the tube. Stigma cloven. 
Seeds ( Nuts of Lindl. Syn.) roundish, or blunt, wrinkled, each hol- 
lowed out at the base. (See figs. 4, 5, & 6.) 
The funnel-shaped corolla, strait tube, and obtuse, entire, con- 
cave valves at its orifice, will distinguish this from other genera with 
a monopetalous, inferior corolla, and 2 or 4 apparently naked seeds, 
in the same class and order. 
Two species British. 
ANCHU'SA SEMPERVI'RENS. Evergreen Alkanet. 
Spec. Char. Flower-stalks axillary, each bearing two dense 
spikes, with an intermediate flower, and two principal egg-shaped 
bracteas. Leaves egg-shaped, pointed. 
Engl. Bot. t. 45. — Hook. FI. Lond. t. 94. — Huds. FI. Angl. (2nd ed.) p. 80. — 
Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 215. — Engl. FI. v. i. p.258. — With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 280. 
— Lindl. Syn. p. 165. — Hook. Br. FI. p. 82. — Lightf. FI. Scot. v. i. p. 133. — 
Relh. FI. Cant. (3rd ed.) p. 81. — Purt. Midi. FI. v. iii. p. 22. — Hook. FI. Scot, 
p. 68. — Grev. FI. Edin. p. 45. — Walk. FI. of Oxf. p. 49. — Mack, Oatal. of PI. 
of Ireland, p. 21. — Buglossa sempervirens, Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p.352. — 
Buglossum latifolium semper virens, Dillenius, in Ray’s Synopsis, p. 227. — 
Borago sempervirens, Johnson’s Gerarde, p. 797. 
Localities. — In waste ground, among ruins, and by way-sides : rare. — 
At Rousham, Oxon. Miss Armetriding, in Walker’s Flora of Oxfordshire. — 
At Edgbaston, near Birmingham, and Brettel-lane, near Stourbridge. Scott, 
in Purt. Midi. FI. — Near Horns-place, near Rochester, Kent. Mr. J. Sher a rd, 
in Ray’s Syn. — On Boughton Hill, and in a churchyard near Feversham, Kent. 
L. W. Dillwyn, Esq. in Bot. Guide. — Emmanuel College, in the Master’s 
close, under one of the walnut-trees. Back Yard of Christ’s College. Rev. 
R. Relhan, in FI. Cant. — Vauxhall, Surrey. Dr. Martyn. — By the road- 
Fig. 1. Calyx. — Fig. 2. Corolla opened vertically to show the Stamens and 
Valves. — Fig. 3. Germen, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 4. Calyx and Seeds. — 
Figs. 5 & 6. Seeds. — All, except fig. 4. magnified. 
* From agchousa, Gr. paint. The roots of one species, Anchusa tinctoria, 
yield a red dye, which has been used in former times to stain the face. Dr. 
Hooker, in Brit. FI. 
t The 5th class in the Linnean Artificial System, comprehending all those 
plants which have perfect flowers, with five distinct stamens in each. 
