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Lithospermum (Form of growth assumed by this)

The form of growth assumed by this plant eminently fits it for rockwork. It can be increased only by cuttings, which must be struck from the previous year's growth, inserted in fine sand and peat, and kept shaded and cool for a few weeks. SYN. L. fruticosum.

L. purpureo-caeruleum (purplish-blue).* fl. at first red, after-wards purple, more than 1/2in. in diameter, axillary and at the sides of the leaves, disposed in terminal, short, twin racemes. Early summer. l. rough, lanceolate, acute, attenuated at the base, with revolute margins, 1 1/2in. long. h. 1ft. Europe (Britain). A pretty perennial species, with creeping barren and erect flowering stems. (Sy. En. B. 1100.)