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ovate, stony, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, imperforated at 
the base.—Small, suffruticose, scabrous, canescent plants, with 
crowded, lanceolate, or linear leaves; and terminal racemes of 
large, yellow, secund, usually drooping flowers. 
* Hairs or bristles stellate, rising from tubereles. 
1 O. rruricésum (Labill. pl. syr. dec. 3. p. 10. t. 6.) stem 
shrubby, much branched, hoary; leaves obovate-oblong, hispid 
from bristles; flowers generally solitary, terminal, nutant. k. 
F. Native of Persia, in the province of Djilan; and of the 
Island of Cyprus, on Mount Santa Cruz. Smith, fl. grec. t. 
174. Lehm. in nov. act. hafn. 1808. t. 1. asper. p. 361. Co- 
rolla twice as long as the calyx, tubular, sulphur-coloured, an 
inch long ; teeth short, acute, reflexed. Calycine segments his- 
pid, linear-lanceolate. Style purple. Genitals exserted. 
Shrubby Onosma. Shrub 1 to 14 foot. 
2 O. ANGUSTIYÒLIUM (Lehm. asper. p. 361.) strigose; stems 
simple; leaves linear, canescent: lower ones sheathing: upper 
ones dilated at the base; flowers nutant. %. F. Native of 
Apulia, among rocks. O, cinéreum, Sieb. pl. exsic.—Sabb. 
hort. rom. 2. t. 32.— Column. ecphr. t. 183. f. 2. Stems soli- 
tary or numerous. Leaves blunüsh. Racemes solitary or twin, 
terminal. Flowers nearly sessile, propped by lanceolate, acumi- 
nated bracteas, which are subcordate at the base. Calyx pilose, 
silky, canescent ; with linear, ciliated segments. Corolla yellow, 
ventricose above; teeth short, reflexed. 
Narrow-leaved Onosma. PI. 3 to 12 foot. 
3 O. Erecrum (Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 121. fl. grec. t. 
173.) tubercularly hispid or strigose ; stems simple, tufted ; leaves 
linear, a little broader at top; flowers erect. ^4. H. Native 
of Candia, on the higher mountains. Lehm. asper. p. 364. 
Symphytum Créticum, echii folio angustiore longissimis villis 
horrido, flore croceo, Tourn. cor. p. 6. Root fusiform, blackish 
brown. One of the hairs in each tuft is larger than the rest. 
Racemes terminal, conjugate, spike-formed. Flowers nearly 
sessile, propped by linear bracteas, which are as long as the 
calyxes. Corollas yellow, ventricose, twice or thrice as long as 
the calyxes; teeth obtuse, short, reflexed. Nuts glabrous. 
Erect-flowered Onosma, PI. 3 foot. 
4 O. srELLULA TUM (Bieb. fl. 
cauc. l. p. 132.) tubercularly 
hispid or strigose ; stems aggre- 
gate ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse : 
lower ones narrowed at the 
base: superior ones dilated at 
the base; flowers drooping. 
2t. H. Lehm. asper. p. 364. 
Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 180. 
Stems solitary or many, from 
the same root. Racemes ter- 
minal, conjugate. Flowers pe- 
dicellate, propped by ovate- 
lanceolate bracteas. Calycine 
segments lanceolate-linear. Co- 
rolla citron-coloured, ventricose 
above ; teeth bluntish, reflexed. 
Stigma capitate, emarginate. 
Nuts glabrous. 
Var. a, stellulàtum (Waldst. et Kit. pl. hung. 2. p. 189. t. 
173.) leaves broader, flat; the hairs less crowded than in £. 
Bieb. l.c. 2. H. . Native of Croatia, in the fissures of cal- 
careous rocks ; and of Caucasus, in subalpine, grassy, dry 
places (fig. 34.) 
Var. B, Taáricum (Pall. ind. taur. in nov. act. petrop. 1792. 
p. 506. Bieb. fl. casp. p. 138. no. 11.) leaves narrower, with 
1 
FIG. 34. 
BORAGINEE. 
X. Onosma. 
revolute edges, canescent from hairs. X. H. Native of Tauria,, 
among caleareous rocks ; Island of Candia and the Pelopon- 
nesus. Willd. nov. act. cur. berol. 2. p. 122. Sims, bot. 
mag. 889. O. montànum, Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 121. 
O. cinéreum, Schreber, in nov. act. nat. cur. 3. p. 474. O. ori- 
entalis, Habl. taur. p. 116. Symphytum orientale olez folio 
cinereo, Tourn. cor. p. 7.—Column. ecphr. 1. p. 182. t. 183. 
O. echioides, var. a, Lin. spec. 196. O. echioides, var. y, 
Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 131. 
Starry-haired Onosma. 
1801. Pl. 4 foot. 
5 O. eicante'um (Lam. ill. no. 1840. Pers. ench. 1. p. 
162.) tubercularly hispid or strigose; stem branched at top; 
leaves oblong-lanceolate : floral ones subcordate ; calyxes 
clothed with white hairs; flowers drooping. 2t. F. Native of 
the Levant. Lehm. asper. p. 365. O. echioldes, Pall. itin. 2. 
p. 463?. O. echioides, (3, altíssima, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 130. fl. 
casp. p. 135. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 57. 
tetragonal. Lower leaves a foot long, attenuated at the base. 
Racemes terminal, solitary, or conjugate. Flowers distant, pe- 
dicellate. Calycine segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla pale 
yellow. Stamens inclosed. Style purple. Stigma somewhat 
2-lobed. Nuts glabrous. 
Giant Onosma. FÌ. March, June. Clt.? Pl. 3 to 4 feet. 
6 O. ricipum (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 180. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 
238.) tubercularly-hispid, or strigose; stem much branched at 
the base; leaves lanceolate, acute; flowers erect. Y.F. Na- 
tive of the south of Tauria, in dry, stony places, between Jur- 
suph and Nikita. Root woody, brown. Stems many from the 
same root, tufted, prostrate at the base. One of the hairs in 
each fascicle is much longer and stiffer than the rest. Racemes 
terminal, solitary, or twin. Flowers pedicellate, propped by 
linear-lanceolate bracteas, which are as long as the calyxes. 
Calycine segments linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla pale yellow, 
swollen towards the top; teeth short, bluntish, reflexed. Sta- 
mens a little exserted. Stigma 2-lobed. Nuts glabrous. Nearly 
allied to O. gigantéum ; but differs in the smaller stature, in the 
want of subcordate leaves, and in the flowers being erect. 
Fl. April, June. Cit. a. 1819. 5. 
Rigid-haired Onosma. Fl. Aug. PI. 3 to 1 foot. 
* * Hairs or bristles solitary, not stellate, as in the preceding 
division. 
7 O. zcnuroipzs (Lin. spec. 196.) tubercularly hispid or stri- 
gose; hairs or strigz erect; stem much branched; leaves 
spatulate-lanceolate : floral ones, or bracteas, ovate-cordate ; 
nuts glabrous, shining. 2. H. Native of the south of 
Europe and Iberia, in gravelly, arid, stony places. All. pedem. 
1. p. 51. Vill. dauph. 2. p. 
453. Geertn. fruct. 1. p. 326. 
t. 67. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 161. 
Sibth. et Smith, fl. græc. t. 172. 
Jacq. austr. 3. t. 295. Bieb. fl. 
cauc. l. p. 181. - Sut. fl. helv. 
l. p. 107.  Laper. abr. p. 89. 
D. C. syn. fl; fe. sno. 2721. 
Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 127. O. 
echioides, 8, Lin. spec. 197. 
Cerínthe echioides, Scop. fl. 
carn. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 129. 
Lin. spec. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 137. 
Hort. cliff; p. 48. no. 1.— 
Plenck, icon. t. 81. — Gmel. sib. 
4. p. 76. no. 18. t. 40.— Sabb. 
hort. rom. 2. t. 32.— Mor. hist. 
3. sect. 11. t. 27. f. l.—Anchüsa 
lutea, Dalech. hist. 1102. Sým- 
FIG. 85. 
Stem erect, ` 
— Roe. 
