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ASPEFtU'GO * *. 
Linnean Class and Order. Penta'ndria f, Monogy'nia. 
Natural Order. Boragl'nea; Juss. Gen. PI. p. 128. — Sm- 
Gram, of Bot. p. 102. — Lindl. Syn. p. 163.; Introd. to Nat. Syst- 
of Bot. p. 241. — Rich, by Macgilliv. p. 440. — Loud. Horl. Brit, 
p. 527. — Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. and Bot. v. iv. p. 306 — Mack. 
FI. Hibern. p. 167. — Hook. Brit. FI. (4th ed.) p. 413. — Asperifo- 
iaje, Linn. — Sm. Engl. FI. v. i. p. 247. — Syringales ; subord. 
Primulos-b; sect. Solanin.b ; type, Boragi.nace.® ; Burn. Outl. 
of Bot. v. ii. pp. 900, 958, 982 & 1005. 
Gen. Char. Calyx (fig. 1.) inferior, of 1 sepal, divided half 
way into 5 small, nearly equal segments, permanent ; subsequently 
enlarged, compressed, forming two upright, paraded, unequally 
sinuated and toothed, veiny lobes (see fig. 2). Corolla (figs. 3 & 4.) 
of 1 petal, funnel-shaped ; tube cylindrical, very short; limb longer, 
in 5 rounded spreading segments ; mouth closed by 5 convex, 
blunt scales, converging horizontally. Filaments (see fig. 4 & 5.) 5, 
very short, in the throat, alternate with the scales, and concealed by 
them. Anthers small, roundish, of 2 lobes. Germens (see fig. 6.) 
4, compressed. Style (see fig. 6.) upright, the length of the tube. 
Stigma blunt. Nuts (see figs. 7 & 8.) 4, l-celied, egg-shaped, 
compressed, smooth, not perforated at the base, fixed to the central 
column, which is 4-winged. 
The 5-cleft, unequal calyx, with intermediate teeth ; the short, 
funnel-shaped corolla, with its mouth closed by concave, converging 
scales; and the nuts covered by the doubled, compressed calyx; 
will distinguish this from other genera in the same class and order. 
One species British. 
ASPERU'GO PROCU'MBENS. Procumbent Madwort. Ger- 
man Madwort. Trailing Catch-weed. Great Goose-grass. 
Spec. Char. 
Engl. Bot. t. 661. — FI. Grace. v. ii. p. G5. t. 177. — FI. Dan. t. 552. — Linn. Sp. 
PI. p. 198. ; FI. Lapp. (2ml eil. ) p. 50.— Hulls. FI. Arigl. (2nded.) p. 82. — Willd. 
Sp. PI. v. i. pt. ii. p. 778. — Sm. FI. Brit. v. i. p. 220. ; Engl. FI. v. i. p. 265. — 
With. (7th ed.) v. ii. p. 285.— Gray’s Nat. Arr. v. ii. p. 351.— Lindl. Syn. p. 165. — 
Hook. Brit. FI. p. 86. — Macr. Man. Brit. Bot. p. 162.— Don’s Gen. Syst. of Gard. 
and Bot. v. iv. p. 357. — Lainark and De Cand. FI. Fr. v. iii. p. 634. — L'ghtf. FI. 
Scot. v. i. p. 135. — Itelh. FI, Cant. (3rded.) p. 83. — Hook. FI. Scot, p 70. — Grev. 
FI. Edin. p. 46. — Johnst. FI. of Borw. v. i. p. 54. — Winch’s FI. of Northumld. and 
Durh. p. 12. — Bab. FI. Bath. p. 33. — Irv. Loud. FI. p. 137 — Leight. FI. Shropsh. 
p. 100. — Asperugo vulgaris, Ray’s Syn. p. 228.— Blackst. Sp. Bot. p. 5. — 
Fig. 1. Calyx of the Flower. — Fig. 2. Calyx of the Fruit.— Fig. 3. Corolla. — 
Fig. 4. Corolla opened vertically to show the Scales, and the Stamens. — -Fig 5. A 
separate Stamen. — Fig 6. Germens, Style, and Stigma. — Fig. 7. The permanent 
Calyx, and 4 Nuts. — Fig. 8. A separate Nut . — All magnified. 
* From asper, rough ; from the roughness of its leaves and st< ms ; by which 
it adheres to whatever it touches. 
t See folio 48, note t. 
t See folio 102, i. 
