EC11 I U M GLAUCOPHYLLUM.
Sea-green-leaved Viper s-Buglofs.
CLASS V. ORDER I.
PENTANDRIA MONOGTNJJ. Five Chives. One Pointal.
E S S E N T I A L GENERIC CHARACTER.
C „ , . L L , irregularis, fauce nuda. I! BLOSSOM irregular, mouth n a k e d,
II Sec E C I I I UM G R A N O I F L O K U M , Ft. AA,
S P E C I F I C C
E c h i u n i caule. fruticofo; ramis calycibuSque glab
r i s j folbs ov at o-lanceolatis, glaucis, glab
r i s , m a r g i n e f e r r u l a t i s ; corollis fubasqual
i b u s .
Vol. 1.
HARACTER.
Viper's-Ruglofs with a Shrubby i t e m ; branches
very Smooth; leaves b e t w e e n egg and lance-
Ihapcd, of a Sea-green colour, Smooth, and
{lightly Sawed at the margin; blotTom*
nearly equal.
R E F E R E N C E TO T H E P L A T E.
1. T h e Empalement.
2 A BloHbm cut open, to Shew t h e iufcrtion of t h e chives,
a. The Seed-bud, Shaft, and Summit, magnified,
T H I S Shrubby Special o f E c h h im was i n t r o d u c e d , to t h e Royal Gardens at K e w , b y Mr. F . Maflbn, in
t h e y e a r l " t ) 2 , from t h e Cape of Good Hope It grows to the height of three feet, or more, rather
bufliy at the top, flowers about the month of May, and perfects its Seeds w i t h us; by which only
method, it is to be propagated. It thrives bell in a l i g h t loamy Soil, w i t h a Small proportion of fandy
peat, about one fourth.
Profetlbr M a r t y n , in hi* Miller's D i e . has collated two defcriptions of Echiums under the titles of
h e v i g a t u m , and g l a b r u m ; the firll, N o . g, from Lin. Sp. I'hint. KJQ; the fecond, N o . 1 0 , from Vahl.
Symb. 3 . 22. Thunberg has Hkcwile, in his Prodromus, 3 3 . t w o names oS plants, as E . kevigaturn,
a n d E. g l a b r u m ; from w h o m W i l l d e n o w , in h i s n ew Edition of Sp. P l a n t , p . 7 8 5 , has copied them
u n d e r the same t i t l e s ; a d d i n g , the various f y n o n i m s from Liunauts's Sp. Plant, t o t h e o n e ; and to
t h e l a t t e r , Prof. J a c q u i n ' s tpecitic of glaucophyllnm, taken from his Ic rar. 1. t. 3 1 2 , a n d his Collect.
2. p. 3 2 5 . Now, we have l i t t le IicSuatiun in d e c l a r i n g our opinion, and we t h i n k , thofe w h o choofe
t o c o m p a r e our figure w i t h t h e different defcriptions h e r e m e n t i o n e d , will coincide w i t h us, that this
is t h e plant from which they mutt all have originated, except the E g l a b r um of Vahl, which we take
(o b e a different p l a n t ; as, t h e cup isdefcribed hairy, t h e l e n g t h of the tube of t h e b l o f l b m ; the chives
longer, and the flower Smaller. W h e r e f o r e , we have t a k e n , for o u r p l a n t , t h e Specific t i t l e of J a e q u i n,
as b e i n g , in o u r idea, the moll appropriate.