? 'lithospermum' corsonianum

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? 'lithospermum' corsonianum

Description

Erect, hispidulous-strigose, branched at apex, with linear leaves and paired, terminal, bracteate spikes, acuminate segments of the calyx and the tube of corolla as long as the calyx. Annual with simple base, 4-5 inches high. Flowers small, yellow.

Notes

From the above description, no conclusion as to the identity of the species can be drawn. Certainly it is no Lithospermum, as it is far from the area of distribution of that genus. The type specimen had been kept at the Linnean Society in London, but apparently was among those plants that have been sold in 1863. All attempts to locate it have been in vain so far. According to Index Kewensis it came from Timor.