Lindelofia
(named in honour of Friedrich von Lindelof, of Darmstadt, a patron of botany). SYN. Anchusopsis. ORD. Boragineae. A monotypic genus, the species being an erect, scabrous-pubescent or slightly villous, hardy perennial herb. It thrives in any good garden soil. Propagation may be effected either by seeds or by division of the roots. The former method is the most productive, but the plants thus raised will not flower until the second season after sowing.
L. spectabilis (showy). fl. purple, red; calyx segments twice as short as the corolla tube; racemes ebracteate. May to August. l. oblong, acuminate; upper ones cordate-amplexicaul at base. h. 1ft. to 1 1/2ft. India, 1839. (B. R. 1840, 50, under name of cynoglossum longiflorum.)