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ECHIUM violaceum.
Violet-flowered Viper’s Bugloss.
P E N T A N D R IA Monogynia.
Gen. Char. Cal. 5-parted. Cor. irregular, obliquely
5-lobed, its throat dilated, open, naked. Stigma
deeply cloven. Germen deeply 4-lobed. Seeds
4.
Spec. Char. Stem herbaceous, branched, hispid,
without tubercles. Lower leaves ovato-oblong,
petiolate ; upper ones cordato-lanceolate, amplex-
icaul at the base. Spikes elongated. Stamens
scarcely exserted.
Syn. Echium violaceum. Linn. Sp. PI. Willd.v. 1.
p. 788. Hook. Brit. FI. ed. 3. p. 98. excluding
thesynonymE.plantagineum, Linn. Mant.p. 202.
Lycopsis, Ray, Syn. p. 227.
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JL HIS very distinct species of Echium, a. native of the
middle and southern parts of Europe, is mentioned by Ray
as growing plentifully on the sandy ground about St. Hilary,
Jersey; and from specimens gathered on the same spot by
Mr. Trevelyan our figure has been taken. Root biennial.
Stem with spreading branches, often decumbent. Root-
leaves elliptical, tapering at the base into a petiole ; those
of the stem lanceolate or linear, generally somewhat cordate
below, sessile and stem clasping. Spikes diffuse, more
elongated than in E.vulgare-, and with more distant flowers.
Corolla bright blue, hairy, sometimes with a violet tinge,
but never red like that of the common species at its first