ANCHUSA SEMPERVIRENS. EVERGREEN
ALKANET.
ANCHUSA sempervirens; pedunculis axillaribus diphvllis capitatis, foliis ovatis
ANCHUSA sempervirens L im .S p . PI. p . 19* Ä A n gL p . 80. With. Sot. A r r . ed. 4. ml. 2.
B T llld; p - p ‘- B I P- 759. Smith B B r it. p. 215. Engl. B ot. t. 45. T)c-
c am l.F hF r .e d .3 . m l .S .p .6 S S . FI. Gall. Syn. p. 240. P m . Sy£. P I. ml. 2. p. 159
Alton Hort. Kew. ed. 2. ml. 1. p. 290. , . “ y
BUGLOSSUM latifolium sempervirens. Dill, in R aii Syn. p . 227.
_ Class a n d Order. P EN TA N D R IA MON O G Y N IA .
[N atural Order. BORRAGINErE, J uss. Deca n d . A S PE R IFO L L E , Zirm .]
.Gen. Char. Corolla infundibuliformis, fauce clausa fomicibus. N u x basi insculpta.
GEN. CHAR. Corolla funnel-shaped, with the orifice dosed with valves. N u t hollowed out at the base.
Radix perennis, crassa, hie illic fibrosa.
Caules bipedal es, erecti, ilexuosi, angulati, fistulosi
scabri, foliosi.
Folia inferiora ovalia, utrinque attenuata, margine undulate*
inferiora longe petiolata, superiora ovata,
sessilia, apice acuminata, margine vix undulata;
omnia intense viridia, integerrima, venosa, mollia,
. utrinque hispida.
Pedunculi digitales et ultra, axillares, solitarii, graciles*
hispidi, apice diphylli, foliis oppositis.
Flores in capitulo parvo congesti.
Calyx quinquep%rtitus, laciniis linearibus obtusis, his-
pidis.
Corolla hypocrateriformis potius quam infundibuliformis,
tubo perbrevi, limbo quinquelobo, lobisro-
tundis, intense cæruleis, b,asi macula oblonga yip-
lacea. Faux clausa glandulis quinque, carnosis,
albis, margine sub lente pilosis.
Stamina quinque, ad basin tubi inserta. Filamenta
brevia, alba.
Antheræ oblongæ, purpureas. Pollen sphasricum, al-
bidum.
.Ovarium quadripartitum, lobis rotundatis.
Stylus linearis. Stigma horizontale, bilobum.
Pericarpium. Nuculæ quatuor, ovatæ, nigrcr-fuscæ.
Testa glabra, lineis elevatis reticulata, sub lente
per totam superficiem punctulata, basi perforata.
Semina solitaria, ovata, paululum compressa, fusco-
lutescentia. Podospermum filiforme, adscen-
dens, prope medium seminis affixum.
Albumen nullum.
Embryo ovatus, compi-essus, magnitudine seminis, in-
- Versus, albidus.
Cotyledones magnæ, ovatæ, carnosæ, plano-convexæ.
Radioula brevis, supera.
Root perennial, thick, here and there fibrous.
Stalks two feet high, erect, flexuose, angular, fistulous,
rough, leafy.
Leaves, the lower ones oval, attenuated at each extremity,
the margins undulated, the lowest upon
long footstalks, the upper ones ovate, sessile, acuminated
at the point, the margin scarcely undulated
; all of a deep green, entire, veiny, soft, and
hispid on each side.
Peduncles the length of a finger, sometimes longer,
axillary, solitary, slender, hispid, having two
leaves at the extremity, the leaves opposite.
Flowers collected into small heads.
Calyx five-cleft, the segments linear, obtuse, hispid.
Corolla hypocrateriform rather than infundibuliform,
tube very short, limb five-lobed, lobes round, of
a deep blue, having a t the base an oblong violet
spot. Throat closed with five fleshy, white glandules,
margin under a microscope appearing
.Stamens five, inserted at the base o f the tube. Filaments
short, white.
Anthers oblong, purple. Pollen spherical, white.
Ovary quadripartite, lobes round.
Style linear. Stigma horizontal, two-lobed.
Pericarp. Nucules four, ovate, blackish-brown. Shell
glabrous, reticulated with elevated lines, the whole
surface appearing dotted under a magnifier, perforated
a t the base.
Seeds solitary, ovate, a little compressed, o f a brownish-
yellow colour. Seed-stalk filiform, ascending
fixed near the middle of the seed.
Albumen none.
Embryo ovate, compressed, the same size as the seed
inverse, white.
Cotyledons large, ovate, fleshy, plano-convex.
Radicle short, superior.
CorSlla- S. Portion of the corolla to show the elands of the faux and the
insertion of the anthers. Fig-. 4. Back view of a »land Fitr * Ani-v.«,- t?- . ^ t> n w „ x_. r tlle
E g . 8. Nucules within t h e \ a l y * ^ 9 7'
Fig. 10. Single Nucule. Mg. 11. Nucule cut open to show the seed and its stalk, i f v jo Interior™™
of seed. Fig. 13. Em b ry o -« « t o Fig. 8. more or la s magnified. -«gv 12. Interior view
■ B H I " 'il0SC, &T r H the m0Sf brilliaot tinl that can be imagined, is found by road-sides in various Dirts
of the kingdom ; and, although we strongly suspect it to be no more than an outcast of the garden, has by the lennth
of time which has elapsed since its first naturalization, put in a tolerably fair claim to be admitted into a BriSh
riora. Our specimens came from near Hadiscoe in Norfolk, and Walpole by Halesworth, Suffolk ™
he name Anclmsa is derived from ay%oura, paint, because one species of the genus, the A . tinctoria which In .
a rod root, affords a dye that was formerly used for the face. 8 , me a .n n a o n a , which has
H m | H | lea' es>'':hicJ1.al'e large> and remain on this plant throughout the winter, have given rise to the soeeific
| B | but the sPots wblch Linnteus mentions as common upon the foliage, we have never seen Withering B B S '
S i i P ? " , ° ,bc,.Ibund ,uj!on tb° se individual leaves which have lith sto o d the severity of the winter P
, , 8P|aHl 1S W1dely different from the only other species of the genus which is a native o f Britain and i« »w •
i least l^ely to be confounded with it. I t flowers in June and July. ’ “ d 18 not 111
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