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pink when they first open, soon become, in the upper part or limb, of as bright a blue. The species is a native 
of Crete and the Levant, whence it was introduced in 1683. It is generally propagated by seeds or cuttings. 
OTHER SPECIES OF ECHIUM. 
Most of the other biennial and perennial species of Echium, excepting those which are natives of Britain, 
appear to be only varieties of the species above described. 
GENUS X. 
ANCHUSA, Lin. THE BUGLOSS. 
Lin. Syst. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA. 
Genebic Character. — Calyx five-cleft or five-parted. Corolla I one-celled, turbinate, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, perforated and 
funnel-shaped; throat closed by erect obtuse processes. Nuts four, | concave at the base. {G. Don.) 
Description, &c. — The plants belonging to this genus are very nearly allied to those included in the genus 
Echium but they differ in the nuts being perforated at the base, while in Echium they are imperforated — that 
is, without any opening. There is also some difference in the flowers, and in the general habit of the plants ; 
but this, though very perceptible when the plants are seen growing together, cannot be very easily described. 
Most of the plants belonging to the genus Anchusa are hardy, and natives of Europe ; but others are natives of 
South America, and, of course, are only half-hardy in British gardens. The name Anchusa signifies paint for 
the skin, and alludes to the colouring matter found in the roots of some of the species. Bugloss is derived 
from two Greek words, signifying an ox’s tongue, and it alludes to the roughness of the leaves of most of the 
plants known by that name. 
1,— ANCHUSA ITALICA, Retz. 
Synonyjies. — A. panieulata, Lehm. ; A. officinalis, Gouan. ; 
Buglossum italicum, Hort. ; B. officinale, Lam. ; B. datum, 
Mcench. ; B. angustifolium, All. ; B. amoenum, Gcertn. ; Buglossa 
vulgaris, Ger. 
Engravings. — B ot. Reg., t. 483 ; and our Jig. 2, in PI. 79. 
THE ITALIAN BUGLOSS. 
Specific Character. — Stem erect, branched ; leaves lanceolate 
undulated; racemes conjugate, divaricate, paniculated, bracteate ; tube 
of the calyx nearly equal to that of the corolla ; segments subulate, 
furnished tvith a stiff fringe. 
Description, &c. — This species is remarkable for the hairs of the calyx, which form a tuft, like that of a 
camel-hair pencil, at the extremity of each segment. The plant is a hardy biennial, with an erect stem, growing 
two or three feet high, and divided into numerous branches. The flowers are of a deep blue, but they are rather 
small in proportion to the leaves. 
The plant has been found both in the south of Europe and in the island of 
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Madeira ; and it was introduced before 1597. 
2.— ANCHUSA ANGUSTIFOLIA, mild. THE NARROW-LEAVED BUGLOSS. 
Synonymes. — A. leptophylla, Rcem. et Sehult. ; Buglossum Specific Character. — Leaves oblong-lanceolate, entire ; racemes 
sylvestre, Zanoni ; B. angustifolium, Bauh. terminal ; calyx five-cleft ; fruit erect. 
1 Engraving.— Bot. Mag., t. 1897. 
Description, &c. — This species is remarkable for its bright purple flowers, and its long narrow leaves. It 
is a native of the south of Europe, whence it was introduced in 1640 ; and it flowers from May till October. 
