C oulis horbaoeus, succulente, procumbens ? retrorsum setoso-hispidus, diebotomo-ramosus, tamis di-
vuricutis Folia opposite, potiolata, remota, pinnatifida, 6-loba, adpressa-pilosa, reticulato-Tenosa: lobis
obovatia integerrimis Tel grosse,dentatis. B i f f i dimidio breviores, seloai. P e d m c u l, alarea, solt-
tarii, teretes, filiformes, retrorsum s’etoso-hispidi, subpolicares, nutantes. Calyx persistera 10-partitns :
i - l - l i. setoso-cUiatis, alteris majoribas ercetis,lanceolatis, nantis; allons-minoribus, lmeanbus, reflète.
Corolla minuta longitudine calycis, ÎUoba: lobis integerrimis. Summa corolla breriora; filamenta tubo
inserta glabra: antheris lanatis. Capsula magnitudine pisi, ovata, acuta, pubescens.
H a b . Columbia River, N. W. America. Douglas.
4. PHACELIA. Mx.
Cal. 5-partitus. Cor. subcampanulata 5-fida basi intus 5-sulcata. Stamina exserta.
Stylus filiformis bipartitus. Caps. 4-sperraa 2-valvis : valvula singula dissepimento dimidiate.
1. P. heterophylla; erecta hispida, foliis inferioribus petiolatis pinnatifidis lacmiis lanceolatis
integerrimis nervösis: impari elongata, superioribus simplicibus, racemis bifidis densi-
floris, laciniis corollæ integerrimis. Ph. Am. v. 1. p. MO. Nutt. Gen. v. 1. p. 117. Roem.
et Schult. Syst. Veget. v. 4. p. 189.
H a b . Banks and Islands of the Columbia, near the ocean. Dr. Scouler, Douglas.—Mr. Bentham unites
this (and no doubt the following) with the P. circinata, Jacq. Fil. Eel. 1. 185. t. 91 ; and adduces the following
synonyms :-Heliotropium pinnatum. Vahl. Hydrophyllum Magellanicum. Lam. H. aldea. R.
and 8. Aldea pinnata. R . and P. A. circinata. Willd. Phacelia Peruviana. Spr. P; California.
Cham. P. rudis. Dough ms.-----
2. P . hastata (Dougl.); erecta tomentosa, foliis petiolatis lineatis acutis: radicalibus lin-
eari-lanceolatis, caulinis lanceolatis elongatis basi utrinque auriculatis, racemis terminalibus
corymbosis bifidis, laciniis corollæ integerrimis.
Caulis subpedalis, herbaceus, teres, erectus, simplex, tomentosus, basi rudimentis petiolorum tectus.
Folia petiolata, supra tomentosa, tomentum pilis rigidis adpressis intermixtum, nervis impressis parallelo-
lineata, subtus tomentosa, ad nervös protubérantes adpresse pilosa; radicalia lineari-lanceolata in petiolum
elongata, acuta, integerrima; caulina elongato-lanceolata, basi aurieulata, ita quidem ut fere hastata app
a ren t/ Petioli canaliculati, hispidi, foliorum inferiorum circiter pollicares, versus apicem caulis sensim
breviores. Flores in racemis terminalibus corymbosis dispositi : Racerni bifidi, secundi, imbricati, multi-
flori, ante anthesin revoluti. Pedunculi ac pedicelli calyce dimidio breviores hispidi. Calyx 5-partitus:
laciniis linearibus obtusis, hispido-ciliatis, 8-nervibus. Corolla campanula, (pallide rosea?)-calycem,superans,
venis saturatioribus pieta, laciniis integerrimis. Filamenta corolla duplo longiora in medio pilosa:
antheris ovatis incumbentibus. Ovarium hispidum. Stylus ad medium usque bifidus, glaber, longitudine
staminum: stigmatibus simplicibus.
HiB. Barren sandy plains of the Columbia, and on the Blue Mountains; N.W. America. Douglas.
3. P . ramosissima (Dougl.); erecta bispido-glandulosa, foliis petiolatis imparipinnatis,
foliolis oblongis pinnatifido-incisis, spicis terminalibus circinatis globosis.
Caulis herbaceus, erectus, teres, fistulosus, hispidus, pilis glanduliferis. Folia alterna, petiolata, im-
narininnata: pinnis superioribus coufiaentibus. Foliola oblongu, obtusissima, pinnatifido-incisa, hispidius-
cula, pilis glanduliferis. Spim in snmmo caule ramis,ue, circiuatm, subglobosæ, flor.bus Conferttssim,».
Coïyr sessilis, profunde 5-partitus: laciniis obovato-lanceolatis, acutis, 3-nervibus, piUs mollibus glandultferis
ciliatis. Corolla calyce duplo longior, glabra, venosa: laciniis rotundatis integerrimis; genitalia corolla
duplo longiora, cum genuine, glabra.
Hab. Dry rocky plains of the Columbia, near the Priest’s Rapid, “ and at the Stony Islands,” N.W.
America. Douglas.
Ord. LXIV. BORAGINEiE.* Jv-ss.
1. HELIOTROPIUM. L.
Cor. hypocrateriformis: fauce pervia (in nonnullis barbata); Limbi laciniis plicatura
simplex vel dente instructa interjecta. Stigma subconicum. Nuces 4, uniloculares, co-
heerentes, basi clausse. Receptaculum commune manifestum nullum.
1. H. Curassavicum; caule herbaceo, foliis suboppositis lanceolatis obtusissimis obsolete
venosis glabris glaucis, spicis conjugatis solitariisve.—L .—Lehm. Asper. v. 1. p. 34. Nutt.
Gen. v. 1. p. 112. Elliott, v. 1. p. 745.
H a b . Vallies of the Blue Mountains (far removed from the sea). Mr. Douglas found it there only.
—[In one of my specimens from Mr. Douglas’s last journey, the leaves are nearly an inch broad, and the
spikes quaternate and quin ate: in all, the leaves are much broader than in any specimens I have ever
seen of H. Curassavicum.] (Hook.)
2. MYOSOTIS. L.
Cor. hypocrateriformis: fauce squamis brevibus instructa. Limbus 5-partitus obtusus.
Stamina inclusa. Nuces 4, uniloculares, fundo calycis affixse, basi perforate.
a. nucibus loevibus glabris.
1. M. alpestris; foliis lanceolatis acutiusculis obsolete trinerviis hirsutis, racemis ebrac-
teatis, pedicellis in fructu patentibus calyce 5-fido clauso paullo longioribus, limbo explan-
ato tubo longiore.—Schmidt, Bohem. Cent. 3. Lehm. Asper. v. 1. p. 86.—M. lithospermi-
folia. Horn. H. Hafn. v. 1. p. 173.—M. suaveolens. Waldst. et Kit.—M. rupicola. Engl.
Bot. t. 2559.
H ab . Common in the Rocky Mountains. Drummond. Arctic sea-shore. Dr. Richardson.—The
American plant corresponds exactly with the European one, and varies also with blue and white .flowers.
2. M. palustris; calyce satis rectis appressis fructifero campanulato patente pedicellis
divergentibus breviora, corollte limbo piano tubum excedente, pube caulis patente (vel
nullo),—var. micrantha; caulis pube appressa.—M. lingulata. Lehm. Asper. v. 1. p. 110.
inter species in quas inquirendum esset.—M. csespitosa. Schultz. Flor. Starg. Suppl. p. 11.
Spreng. Syst. Veget. v. 1. p. 557. (excl. synon.)
H ab. Canada. Mrs. Percival, Mrs. Sheppard. Newfoundland. Dr. Morrison, Mr. Cormack.—This
plant, though in my opinion only a variety, is, however, as such, a very distinct oriel
3. M. versicolor; foliis lanceolatis obtusiusculis hirsutis, racemis ebracteatis, pedicellis in
fructu erecto-patentibus calyce 5-fido acuto clauso brevioribus, limbo patente tubo breviore.
—Pers. Syn. v. 1. p. 156. Engl. Bot. t. 480. Lehm. Asper. v. 1. p. 93.
* By Professor Lehmann.
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