LITHOSPERMUM

(Lat.), n. n. Li2th-o(os)-spu5rm(spe2rm)'- U3m(u4m). From Ai'flos, a stone, and virep^a. a seed. Fr.. gremil. Qer.,Steins a men. Gromwell; a genus of the Boragece. The.Lithospermece (Fr., lithos per mees) of Don are a tribe of the Boraginece. [B, 19, 34, 42, 170, 180 (a, 35).] L. aruiidinaceum. See Coix lacrima. L. arvense. Fr., gremil des champs, charee, cherie, nivelle sauvage. Ger., Acker steins a men, Feldhirse, Blutkraut, Schminkwurzel, Bauernschminke, schicarze Steinhirse. Stone-seed, wheat thief, bastard alkanet, cornfield gromwell; a species of which the seed, semen liihospermi nigri, was formerly employed like that of L. of ficin ale. The root-bark is used in northern Europe to color butter. [B, 34, 173, 180, 275 (a, 25); " Proc. of the Am. Pharm. A oc.," xxix (o, 39).] L. californicum. A soft, hirsute species growing in California. [B. 215 (a, 35).] L. canescens. 1. Of Tor, rey, the L. californicum. 2. Of Lehman, the North American alkanet, the puccoon of the Indians; a species growing in sandy soils and yielding a dye-root. [B, 215, 314 (a, 35).] L. creticum (niajvis). See L. of ficin ale. L. frutieosum. See Coix lacrima.~L>. heliotropoides. The Heliotropium supinum. [B, 214, 311 (o. 35).] L. hirtum. North American alkanet; a showy perennial herb, the root of which yields a red dye. [B, 314 (o, 35).] L. longiflorwm. A species growing in North America, from the root of which a red pigment is extracted. [B, 314 (a, 35).] L. mar it i iii n in. The Mertensia pul mon a rio ides. [B, 42, 180 (a, 35).] L. niger. See L. arvense. X. offlcinale. Fr., gremil officinal, bl6 (ou millet) d'amour. graine perlee, gremil, millet gris (ou de soleil, ou perle). larmille des champs. Ger., gebrduchlicher Steins a men, wilder Thee, gemeines Perl kraut, Steinhirse, Meerhirse, Sonnenhirse, Marienihranen. Common gromwell. pearl-plant; a species the pearl-colored seed of which, semen litho sperm i (major is, seu cretic i, seu milii sol is), was formerly used as a stimulant diuretic in calculous and allied diseases. [B. 5, 173, 180 (a, 35).] L. pro stratum. The gentian (or purple) gromwell, a species growing in France and Spain. [B, 214, 275, 311 (a, 35).] L. pulchrum. The Mertensia virginica. [B, 34, 42, 180 (a, 35).] L. purpureo-cperuli-iiin. The creeping (purple) gromwell, a species with a black creeping root, indigenous to bushy waste grounds in temperate too; U", blue; U3, lull; U4, full; U6, urn; U, like (i (GermanX [s. 655]