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LITHOSPERMUM PURPUREO-CÆRULEUM. PURPLE
GROMWELL.
.LITHOSPERMUM p u rp u ro ^ ruM m ' s e i a t ó s t a S t a * cbrollïs'palvcem' liq rn smerantiba» foliis
lanceolate, acjilis, aveniis, Sm. Fl. B rit. vol: i .p ! 214 " 1 «om»
LITHOSPERMUM somiriibus laSbus, corollis caiycera' mullotiea superantibus.
1‘h l l d a m S p .P l . vol. ] ,tp. 754. Alton Hort. Kew. ed. 2 vol I » m T
L ITHOSPERMUM ■■■■ Linn. Sp. PI. p. 190. Hort. C lif p. 46. M L u g d i
p. 405. JaeqjAnstr. t. 14. MUI.’Gard: Diet. P olish P a l n 185 S?' r "g/./f. 7,9... W ith . Bot. A n , ed. 3. M M M i t t '
B o t.t. Scop. Canned. 2 ., MSS. R o k G e r m . v o l . u i . s i v o / a „ 2 1 4
B Ê M I S m I 3' P' m m Fr' 624. Fl. Gall. Syn. p. 239
W Ê Ê fflM È È Ê Ê Ê m m Ê n f » '-G c r , , , .p . 6è. 'rmórl
LITHOSPERMUM violacenm; Lamarck Fl. Fr. èd. 2. p. 271.
LITHOSPERMÜM Dódonau, flore purpureo, semine Anchusée. R a u S im .p 229 -____H f r> m'!
ifoL ,3. 592. Petiv. B r it..29. 6. 7 50S*
LITHOSPERMUM majus. Öer. 609. Dor/. Pempt.p. 83.
H W H I B I W H Ca“le Procumbente> railicato, ramis floralibus erectis. Hall. Helv. n. 596.
™ 0 8 P F R m ™ rePeDS B B H P i"- P -SSS- VUL Gies.p. 65. Rupp. Jen. p. l ,.
LITHOSPERMUM repens majus. Glus. Hist. vol. 2. p. 163.
LITHOSPERMUM umbellatum, latifolium. Boccon. Sic. p. 75. t. 40. et 41.
LITHOSPERMUM corollis calycem multoties superantibus, caülïbus procumbentibus radicatis Z im
&oet. p. 2,57.
T Caulibus Sterilibus Prac™ b™tibus, radicatis : floriferis creclis. Hall. Goet.p. a f t .
L i 1 11USIERMUM perenne procumbens flore purpuro-eieruleo. Mor. Hist. s. 11. t. 31. f 2 .
ANCHUSA repens, Lithospermi facie, lloribus cairuleis secundum folia provenicntibus. Pluk. 30.
Glass and Order. PENTANDRIA MONOGYNIA.
[Natoüal 0 « blB. B O R R A G I N E . ^ 01^ p ™ ™ L I . E , Linn. BORRAGINES,
Got, Char. Cor. infundibuliformis ; fence pervia, nuda. Cal. quiuquepartitus. Sm.
Radix perennis, nigricans, lignosa, profunde in terram
descendens fibris plurimis ramosis pennæ corvinæ
fere 'crassitie.
Caules ex eadem radice plurimi, teretiusculi, hispidi,
. simplices, floriferi erecti, pedales et ultra, steriles
multum longiores, p'rimum erecti, tandem versus
terram inclinati aut etiam prostrati, et demum
juxta apicem radicantes, unde nova soboles gene-
ratur.
Folia oblongo-lanceolata, duos et ultra pollices longa,
acuminata, alterna, remotiuscula, Sessilia, aut bre-
vissime petiolata, integerrima, pilis appressis
e bulbillo ortis hispida, taciu aspera, avenia lu-
ride viridia, subtus pallidiora, la ter i bus sæpe re-
voluta.
Flores majusculi, racemosi, racemis sæpius ternis, ju-
nionbus abbreviates, revolutis, adultis elongatis,
rectis; hinc flores, qui primum aggregati, mox in
elongatis caulis divisi ramis distant ab invicem,
singul'i brevissime pedunculati ad folii latus so-
litarii exorti, eodemque ut plurimum spectantes.
Caly x : Perianthium pentaphyllum, folioüs lineari-su-
bulatis, hirsutissimis, corolla multo brevioribus, j
sed hac decidua elongatis.
Corolla monopetala, tubulosa, tubo angulato sordide
albido aut purpurascente ; limbo patente, quin-
quefido, laciniis obtusis ; fauce per quinque gib-
bos introtrusos Stella alba insignita: Corollæ
color inapertoe rubro-purpureus, dcindc saturate
et vivide cteruleus.
Stamina : Filamenta quinque brevissima, fauci tubi in-
serta; iAntheræ subsagittatæ, lutescentes.
PiSTiLLUM : Germina quatuor : Stylus filiformis, lon-
gitudine tubi ; Stigma leniter emarginatum.
ûemina nitida, albida, dura, pauca modo ad maturita-
tum perveniunt; plurima abortiunt, sicuti in
plantis per radicem sese propagantibus accidere
solet.
Root perennial, blackish, woody, descending deep into
the ground, with a number of branching fibres
almost as thick as a crow’s quill.
Stems many from the same root, nearly cylindrical,
rough, simple, the flowering ones erect, a foot
or more high, the barren ones far longer, at first
erect, then bending towards the ground, and at
last quite prostrate, and throwing out near the
apex a number of small roots which give rise to
new plants.
Leaves oblongo-lanceolate, two inches or more lon<r,
acuminated, alternate, rather remote, sessile, or
supported on extremely short petioles, entire,
rough with closely appressed hairs originating
from a tubercle, harsh to the touch, veinless, of a
lurid green above, pale below, their edges generally
revolute. . ’ ® ® .
Flowers rather large, racemose; racemes usually in
threes, short and revolute when young, in a more
advanced state longer and straight, whence the
flowers, which at first glow clustered, afterwards
are found standing at a distance from each other
on the lengthened branches of the divided stem,
each growing on a very short peduncle at the side
of a solitary leaf, to which it usually points.
Calyx : A five-leaved perianthium, Jig. \ : its leaves
, v linear-subulate, very hairy, far shorter than the
corolla; but increasing greatly in length when
flowering is over, as is common in this family of
plants. J
I Corolla monopetalous, tubular, with an angular dirty
white or purplish tube; its limbus patent and
quinquefid, with obtuse lacinife: the faux marked
with a white star by means of five gibbous swellings,
which protrude into, without closing i t : the
colour of the flowers purplish red before they open,
but afterwards a deep bright blue. Jig. 2.
Stamens: five very short filaments, inserted in the
mouth o f the tube; anthers nearly sagittate yellowish.
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Pistil : four germens: Style filiform, of the length of
the tube; Stigma slightly emarginate.
Seeds smooth, whitish, hard; but only few of these
come to maturity: the greater part are abortive,
as usually, happens in plants that propagate freely
by striking root.