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Show The ,Hiflory of P L A N T S. 1 • Borrago Jolii~ omnibus alternis, calycibus patenti~tts. The 'Barrage, with all the leaves alternate, and wzth (i':QUlJH(lit 115orranc. . patent cups. . ,.fh · bl half an inch thick white and full of a vifcid juice. The ra-e root IS o ong, ' fi ' fi b d f bl kifll green c dicalleaves are fix or eight inches long, and our or ve roa , o a ~c o- 1 ofe and plicated and very rough to the touch ; they he fpread on the our, vdery rdugh ' k' d of lt~ttle black iipines all over them. The fialks are thick, groun an ave a 10 · · d h 11 1 1 d ' h 11 nd }1airy. they grow to two feet h1gh, an ave a t 1e eaves ten er green, o ow, a ' 1 1i 11 h 'l: lk i ' d' · 1 place m an a terna te or de r on them ' like the radical ones ' on y mda 1e r f!l t e 1 a 1( L-vides toward the top into three or four branches, and on thefe fian t Je owers ; t .1~y h ave pe dt.c 1e s an m• c h , or m. ore ' in . length ' and are large, and u(ually of a beaut iful blue fometimes red, fomeumes whtte. . . The plant is not a. native of ~ngland, but it is common m our gardens. J. Bauh ~ne calls it, Borrago flonbus cCEruleis. 2 • Borrago joliis ramificationum oppojitis, ca~cis folio lis fagitta:is. The Barrage, with oppojite leaves at the ramijicattons, and fagtttated figments of the cup. The root is large, white, and oblong; the radical leaves are ob.long and narrow, of a ale green colour, and rugofe : the ftalk is green, round, and hauy : the leaves ll:and atfernately, except at the bafe of the ramifications, where there are al~vays two op~~~: fite one to another: they are oblong and narrow, and furround the fialk at the b.tk. The flowers are large, and of a beautiful pale blue, and the fegments of the cup arc of a fagittated figure. . . This is a native of Ceylon, but we have It m fame of ou.r fi_oves. Ifnard calls it, Cynogloifoides folio caulem amplexante. Boerhaave, Boragm01des anguf'tifolia florc pallefcente c<Eruleo. L Y C 0 P S I S. THE calyx of the Lycopfis is a permanent periaQthium, divided into five obl01:~, acute patulous fegments. The corolla confiO:s of a fingle petal: the tu be IS cylindric add crooked : the limb is lightly divided into fi~e fegments : the mouth or opening of the flower is !hut up by five connivent, promment, convex fquamm ub~ : the ftamimi. are five very fmall filaments, fituate at the flexure o! th~ corolla : the anther< E are fmall and covered ; the germina are four: the fiyle lS filiform,. and of the length of the framina; the ftigma is ob~ufe and bifid. rr:he calyx fu pp!Ies the plac~ of a pericarpium; it becomes large and mflated,. and con.ta~ns four feeds of an oblonb figure. The great difi:inguifhing charaCter of thts genus ts m the flexure of the tube of the corolla. . . It comprehends the Lycopfis of authors, the Echioides of. R ivinus and D1llemus, the Bugloifoides of Rivinus, and fome of the Buglofftt of Monfon. 1. Lycopjis foliis lanceolatis, calycibu' florum ereEtis. The lanceolate-leaved Lycopjis, with ereEl flower-cups. The root is white, fimple, and oblong ; the radical leaves are oblong and hai1 Y: the fralks rife to a foot high, or more ; they are round, tender, and roug. to the touch, and toward the top divided in~o feveral branches. Along the fialk~, from the bottom, ftand alternately leaves an mch and half long,. and not half an mch broad, rough, hairy, and of a du.fkr gre~n ; toward the tops ?f the branches ll:and the .flowers, acd under them a peculiar kmd of leaves of a tnangular figure, {hart, pomtcd, and furrounding part of the ftalk at their bafe. The flowers fiand lin gle, on very iliort pedicles, rifing from the alre of thefe leaves: they are [mall, and oL a pak blue colour. This is frequent in our corn-fields. C. Bauhine calls it, Bug:oifum fylvdlre minus. J. Bauhine, Echium fuchfiii five Borrago fylveftri~. 2. Ly- The Hijlory of P L A N T S. 257 2. Lycopjis foliis repandis dentatis callojis, caule decumbente corollis cernuzs. Tbe procumbent Lycopjis, with callous, dentated leaves, and bending corollc:e . The root is fmall, white, and oblong; the radical leaves are oblong, narrow, and dentated at the edges, rough . to the touch, and covered with li ttle white protuberances or bullre. The ll:alk grows to fix or eight inches long, and lies procumbent on the ground, and has a number of oblong, narrow, bullated leaves, placed alternately on ir, and bending backward ; at the top of the fialks and branches frand the flowers ; they are fmall, but of a beautiful blue, and variegated. This grows out of the fiifures of walls in the Hland of Crete, and elfewhere, in that part of the world. Mori(on calls it, Bugloffum annuum humile foliis bullatis, flare creruleo eleganter variegate. We have it iometimes in our gardens. 3· Lycopjis joliis integerrimis, calycibus fruEluum injlatis pendulis. Tbe whole-leaved Lycopjis, with pendulous cups, when in feed. The root is white, oblong, and fimple: the radical leaves are three inches long, and an inch broad : 'the ll:alk grows to fix or eight inches high ; it is folid, but infirm, and fcarce able to fupport itfelf erect. The leaves ftand alternately on it ; they are broadell: at the bafe, and go narrower to the point; they are about an inch and a half long, and not half an inch broad, and covered with a white, hoary matter. The flowers fiand at the topS- of the branches ; they· are very fmall and black : the cup they ftand in is inflated, and, after they are fallen, it becomes much more fo, reprefenting, in fome degree, the cafe or hufk. of the winter cherry. This fpecies is a native of Hungary ; we have it in our gardens. Rivinus calls it, Echioides flore pullo. Morifon, Bugloifum procumbens annuum pullo minimo flare. E CHI U M. T HE calyx of the Echium is a permanent perianthium, divided at the edge into five ereCt, fubulated fegments : the corolla confifis of a fingle petal : the tube is very il1o(t; the limb is ereCt, and grows gradually wider : at the extremity it is divided into five fegments ; two of the upper fegments are longer than the reft, and the lower one is fmall, acute and reflex. The framina are five fubulated filaments, of the length of the corolla ; the antherre are oblong and incumbent : the piftil has four germina; the ftyle is filiform, and of the length of the ftamina : the fiigma is obtufe and bifid: there is no pericarpium. The cup becomes rigid, and contains in it four roundilh and obliquely acuminated feeds. 1. Echium caule jimplici, Joliis caulinis lanceolatis hifpidis, jloribus Jpicatis lateralibus. Tbe jimple-jlalked, lanceolate-leaved Echium, with /piked lateral flowers. itrpet'~ 1J5uglofS'. The root is four inches long, and half an inch thick, brown, hard, and infipid. The radical leaves are oblong and narrow: the ftalk grows to a foot and half high and is round, rough, and beautifully fpotted with red and black : the leaves frand ver; clofe, and are oblong, and pointed at the ends : the flowers grow all up the fralk> from near the bottom to the top ; they are large, and very beautiful, of a fine blue with an admixture of red in various degrees. ' This is common in dry places, and by way-fides. C. Bauhine calls it, Echium vulgare. The powder of it's root is recommended againfi: epilepfies, but it is not ufed. u l1 u 2 . Echium |