BORAGINE/E. X. Onosma. 
phytum echii folio ampliore, radice rubrá, flore luteo, Tourn. 
inst. p. 138. Root brownish-red, woody. Stems numerous, 
diffuse. Radical leaves crowded, tapering into the petioles; cau- 
line ones sessile, broader. Racemes terminal, conjugate. Flow- 
ers drooping, pedicellate. Calyx very hispid, with linear-lanceo- 
late, equal segments. Corolla pale yellow, swollen above ; teeth 
recurved, acute. Anthers a little exserted. Stigma obtuse, 
emarginate. (fig. 35.) 
Var. P, arenàrium (Lehm. asper. p. 367.) flowers oblique ; 
corolla cylindrically clavate: lower leaves lanceolate, obtuse; 
fruit erect; stamens very smooth. %. H. Native of Hun- 
gary, in sandy places. O. arenàrium, Waldst. et Kit. hung. 3. 
p. 308. t. 279. Schultes, fl. austr. no. 764. 
Var. y; branches shorter; leaves narrower. Bieb. l.c. 2. 
H. Native of Caucasus, in the Caspian desert; and at the 
lower Volga. 
Var. 6; plant dwarf, branched ; hairs of the stem and leaves 
whitish; corollas pale. Bieb. l. c. 2. H. Native of the 
south of Tauria, on stony hills. 
Bugloss-lke Onosma. Fl. May, June. 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
8 O. ecuina‘tum (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 161. t. 43.) tubercu- 
larly hispid or strigose; hairs or strige spreading; stem 
branched at top; leaves narrow-lanceolate: floral ones linear- 
lanceolate ; nuts tubercularly wrinkled. ¢. H. Native of 
Barbary, in sandy deserts near Cafza. Lehm. asper. p. 368. 
Plant hispid from numerous white, pungent hairs. Radical 
leaves running into the petioles at the base: cauline ones ses- 
sile. Racemes terminal. Flowers pedicellate. Calycine seg- 
ments linear-lanceolate, bluntish. Corolla yellow, a little longer 
than the calyx, tubularly campanulate ; teeth reflexed. 
Echinated Onosma. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 
9 O. scrósuM (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 181. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 196.) 
tubercularly hispid ; bristles or strigee spreading ; stem branch- 
ed at top; leaves glabrous beneath, except the midrib: lower 
ones dilated at top: floral ones, or bracteas, ovate ; nuts reticu- 
lately wrinkled. 2t. H. Native in the plains about the Cas- 
pian Sea; and near Astrachan. Root simple, perpendicular, 
covered with violaceous bark. Superior cauline leaves lanceo- 
late. Racemes terminal, solitary, or conjugate. Flowers pedi- 
cellate, drooping, at first approximate. Calycine segments lan- 
ceolate, acute. Corolla yellow, widened a little at apex ; teeth 
short, reflexed. Anthers nearly inclosed. 
Bristly Onosma. PI. 1 foot. 
10 O. rincrorium (Bieb. fl. casp. append. p. 136. fl. cauc. 1. 
p. 132.) tubercularly-hispid, or strigose; hairs or strigze spread- 
ing; stem much branched; leaves lanceolate: superior ones 
dilated at the base; filaments very short. 2/. H. Native of 
Tauria, in pastures in the vicinity of the Bosphorus. Lehm. 
asper. 370. Root simple, blackish, covered with copious red 
pigment, which stains paper a violet-colour. Leaves with revo- 
lute edges; radical ones very long, narrow-lanceolate, obtuse, 
narrowed towards the base: cauline ones sessile. Racemes ter- 
minal, and from the axils of the upper leaves, pedunculate. 
Flowers on short pedicels, propped by ovate bracteas. Calyx 
very pilose, hoary at length, hispid : with linear-lanceolate seg- 
ments. Corolla yellow; teeth bluntish, erectly spreading. 
Stigma capitate. Nuts glabrous, shining, marbled. à 
Var. a; corollas at first white, then citron-coloured. Bieb. 
lig. 3L. Hl. : 
Var. B ; corollas at first white, then violaceous. 31. H. Na- 
tive of Caucasus, in plains at the river Terek ; and in fields at 
the river Don. í 
Dyer's Onosma. Fl. April, July. Cit. 1826. Pl. 3 to 1 
foot. d 
Clt. 1683. fj. 1804. 
315 
11 O. nuPx'srnz (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 132.) tubercularly his- 
pid, or strigose ; hairs or strigæ spreading; stems very simple, 
livid; leaves linear-lanceolate, bluntish, glabrous beneath, ex- 
cept the midrib. 2/4. H. Native of Iberia, on rocks about 
Tiflis. Lehm. asper. p. 370. O. tenuifdlium, Willd. spec. 1. 
p.775. Stems aggregate, ascending. Leaves rather revolute 
on the edges. Radical leaves 3-6 inches long, attenuated at the 
base: cauline ones sessile: upper ones linear, dilated at the 
base. Racemes terminal, conjugate, or ternate. Flowers pedi- 
cellate, bracteate. Calycine segments linear. Corolla somewhat 
ventricose ; teeth ovate, acutish, erectly spreading, at length re- 
flexed. Stamens inclosed ; anthers longer than the filaments. 
Nuts glabrous, shining, marbled. 
Rock Onosma. Fl. April, June. 
foot. 
12 O. saxa’tite (Pall. itin. 3. append. no. 72. t. F. f. 1. 
Lehm. asper. p. 371.) tubercularly-hispid, or strigose ; bristles 
or strigee spreading; leaves narrow-lanceolate, obtuse; racemes 
very long ; tube of corolla filiform, very long; limb wide. Y. 
H. Native of Siberia, in rocky, arid places. Anchtsa saxá- 
tilis, Lam. ill. no. 1822. Root perpendicular, simple. Flowers 
on short pedicels, propped by bracteas. Calycine segments 
linear, connivent. Corolla salver-shaped, downy outside; limb 
small, funnel-shaped, 5-cleft: lobes roundish. Nuts ovate, 
gyrose. 
Rock Onosma. Pl. 1 foot ?. 
13 O. pivarica‘tum (Lehm. asper. p. 372.) hispid or stri- 
gose; hairs or strige spreading, pellucid; stem branched ; 
branches divaricate ; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends ; 
racemes leafy. (2. H. Native in sandy places, towards the 
Caspian Sea. O. orientalis, Pall. itin. 2. append. no. 100. in 
a note. Root perpendicular. Leaves sessile, strigosely cili- 
ated; radical ones opposite. Flowers pedicellate, distant, brac- 
teate. Calycine segments linear-subulate. Corolla having the 
tube cylindrieal, almost as long as the calyxes, thickened under 
the limb, clothed with fine villi; limb short, 5-cleft: lobes 
Clt: 1819. “Pl 4 tolg 
obtuse. Stamens inclosed. Nuts ovate, subtrigonal, wrin- 
kled. 
Divaricate Onosma. | Fl. April, June. Clt. 1818. Pl. 3 to 
1 foot. 
14 O. micra’ntHOos (Pall. itin. 2. append. no. 100. t. L.) stem 
branched, divaricate ; leaves all on long petioles, hoary and his- 
pid beneath, naked above; racemes terminal, compound, bract- 
less) ©. H. Native of Siberia, at the Irtysch; also between 
the Jaik and Volga, in sandy places. Lam. ill. no. 1840. Willd. 
spec. l. p. 775. Lehm. asper. p. 373. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 
182. Root simple, perpendicular, yellow. Stems nearly gla- 
brous. Leaves ovate-oblong.  Panicles subdichotomous. Co- 
rolla small, purplish, contracted and 5-toothed at the mouth. 
Anthers inclosed. Nuts naked, oblong-linear, triquetrous, his- 
pid. This species differs from all others in the leaves being on 
long petioles; in the racemes being terminal, compound, and 
bractless. 
Small-flowered Onosma. PI. 4 to 1 foot. 
15 O. nosrzLLA' TUM (Lehm. asper. p. 374.) hispid or stri- 
gose; leaves lanceolate, attenuated at both ends, hispid from 
pili or strigae; flowers erect; corollas cylindrical, deeply 5- 
cleft: with subulate, conniving segments; stamens exserted. 
y.H. Native of the Levant, where it was gathered by Tour- 
nefort. Stem erect, branched at top. Leaves sessile, strigosely 
ciliated on the margins. Racemes terminal, 2-3-flowered, some- 
what capitate. Flowers on short pedicels, bracteate. Calycine 
segments linear-subulate. Corolla tubular, cylindrical, 5-cleft, 
length of calyxes. 
Beaked Onosma. 
ss 2 
Pl. 4 foot f. 
