Empalement. Cup five-parted, oblong, cylindrical, pointed, remaining.
Blossom one petal, funnel-shape; tube cylindric, the length of the cup; border half-five-cleft, obtuse, from erect spreading; throat closed with five small scales, convex, prominent, oblong, converging.
Chives. Five very short threads in the throat of the blossom. Tips oblong, incumbent, covered.
Pointals. Seed-buds four. Shaft thread-shaped, the length of the chives. Summit blunt, notched at the end.
Seed-vessel none; the Cup larger and erect, containing the seeds in its bosom.
Seeds four, somewhat oblong, blunt, hunched.
SPECIFIC CHARACTER.
Anchusa foliis lanceolatis, villosis, callosis; floribus racemoso-paniculatis, cœruleis.
Alkanet with lance-shaped leaves, hairy, and callous; flowers grow in bunches nearly panicled, blue.
REFERENCE TO THE PLATE.