BORAGINEJE. XVIII. Morrxia: 
Lyn. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla cylindrical, somewhat funnel-shaped ; with a naked throat. 
Stamens exserted ; anthers oblong, incumbent. Nuts 4, 1-celled, 
large, difformed, imperforated at the base, fixed to the bottom 
of the calyx.—Strigose, canescent, herbaceous plants, with lateral 
and terminal secund bracteate spikes of flowers ; terminal spikes 
conjugate, lateral, solitary. 
1 M. puncra‘ra (Lehm. l. c. p. 5. asper. 239.) leaves obovate- 
lanceolate, obtuse, clothed with strigose pili; corolla a little 
longer than the calyx; nuts beset with adpressed dots. 2%. H. 
Native of Galatia. Stems simple, many from the same root. 
The whole plant canescent from strigose pili. Spikes 3-4 inches 
long. Bracteas lanceolate. Calyx strigose, with linear seg- 
ments. 
Dotted-seeded Moltkia. Pl. 4 to 1 foot. 
2 M. carv'tea (Lehm.]. c. p. 6. asper. p. 340.) leaves ob 
long-lanceolate, acute, rather silky ; corolla much longer than 
the calyx; nuts wrinkled. 2%. H. Native of Armenia. 
Onósma coerülea, Willd. spec. 1. p. 775. Pers. ench. 1. p. 162. 
Symphytum orientale angustifolium flore cceruleo, Tourn. cor. 
p. 7. Plant canescent, and rather silky from incumbent pili. 
Stem shrubby at the base, ascending. Leaves an inch long. 
Spikes 4-6 inches long; bracteas lanceolate. Corollas bluish- 
purple. Calyx pilose, with linear-lanceolate segments. 
Blue-flowered Moltkia. Pl. 1 to 1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Onósma, p. 317. 
gant plants, well worth the gardener's care. 
Ele- 
XIX. CRANIOSPE'RMUM (from xpanoy, kranion, the 
cranium ; and ozeppa, sperma, a seed; in reference to the form 
of thenuts). Lehm. asper. p. 336. 
Lin, syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx oblong, 5-parted. 
Corolla cylindrical with a 5-toothed mouth, and a naked throat. 
Stamens much longer than the corolla; anthers oblong. Nuts 4, 
1-celled, hemispherical, concave at the base, fixed to the bottom 
of the calyx.—Plant densely villous, or strigose. Roots fusiform. 
Stems many from the same root, simple, erect, rather tufted. 
Radical leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, petiolate as well as the 
lower cauline ones: the upper cauline ones sessile and acutish, 
all canescent while young, Flowers on short pedicels, disposed 
in short, terminal, sub-capitate, leafy racemes. Calyx villously 
hispid, nutant in the fructiferous state. Corolla glabrous, rose- 
coloured. 
1 C. susvittosum (Lehm. l. c. p. 337.) 24. H. Native of 
Siberia, in gravelly places, by Lake Baikal. 
Subvillous Craniospermum. PI. 1 to 13 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Onósma, p. 317. 
XX. STRO'BILA (from erpofJuXoc, strobilos, a top; in refer- 
ence to the form of the fruit.) Dióclea, Spreng, syst. 1. p. 502- 
556, but not of D. C.  Anchüsa species, Sieber. 
Li. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla funnel-shaped, villous, with a slender tube and spreading 
limb. Stamens equal in length to the limb. Style bifid ; stigmas 
2, capitate. Fruit pyramidal, perforated at the base.—Plant 
much branched, strigose, very hispid. Leaves lanceolate. Spikes 
leafy. Corolla cream-coloured, thrice as long as the calyx. _ 
1 D. misprpissrma (Spreng, syst. 1. p. 556.) 2t. ? H, Native 
of Egypt, near Abugyr. Anchüsa aspérrima, Delile, fl. zegypt. 
vol. 2. Anchüsa hispidissima, Sieb. 
Very hispid Stribila. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. : 
Cult. See Anchisa, p. 343, for culture and propagation. 
XXI. ECHIUM (extov of Dioscorides. extetor of Nicander ; 
from eye, echis, a viper; being supposed to cure the bite of the 
viper, or to have seeds resembling a viper’s head ; the genus is, 
XIX. CnANIOSPERMUM. 
XX. Srropina. XXI. Ecuium. 327 
therefore, called Viper’s Bugloss in English, and Viperine in 
French.) Pliny. Tourn. inst. t. 54. Lin. gen. no. 191. Schreb. 
gen. 251. Juss. gen. p. 130. ed. Usteri. p. 145. Lam. ill. no. 
255. t. 94. Gaertn. fruct. 1. no. 419. t. 67. f. 7. Schkuhr, 
handb. t. 32. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corol- 
la funnel-shaped or campanulate ; throat wide, naked; segments 
of the limb unequal in many of the species. Stamens exserted. 
Style bifid at top, hairy at the base. Nuts 4, 1-celled, turbinate, 
gigartoid, scabrous, imperforated at the base, fixed to the bot- 
tom of the calyx.—-Rough, shrubby, or herbaceous plants. 
Leaves lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate. Spikes of flowers 
compound, unilateral, recurved at top, usually forming pyra- 
midal panicles ; spikelets, bracteate. Corolla blue, violaceous, 
or white. 
§ 1. Shrubs. Stamens in all exserted. Natives of the Canary 
Islands. 
1 E. acurgea‘tum (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 106. 
Lehm. asper. p. 405.) stem branched, whitish; leaves sessile, 
linear, very narrow, silky, but the ribs and margins are spinulose; 
panicles short, subglomerate; spikelets simple. h. G. Native 
of the Canary Islands. Poir. dict. 8. p. 664. Young branches 
beset with prickles, which rise from tubercles. Leaves 2-3 inches 
long and 2 lines broad, canescent. Calyx spinulose ; segments 
linear, unequal. Corolla white; limb rather unequal, obtuse. 
Prickly Viper's Bugloss. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1815. Shrub 
4 to 6 feet. 
2 E. eicaNTE UM (Lin. fil. suppl. 131.) stem branched, hoary 
at top: leaves petiolate, lanceolate, attenuated at the base; 
clothed with silky pubescence: having the ribs and margins 
hispidly scabrous; panicles thyrsoid, strigose; spikelets bifid. 
h.G. Native of Teneriffe, among rocks. Jacq. fil. eclog. p. 
93. t. 63. Cav. pl. ciud. Brouss. in ann. cienc. nat. 1801. no. 
7. D.C. pl. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 106. Vent. malm. t. 71. 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 782. Lehm. asper. p. 406. Leaves blunt- 
ish, 3-5 inches long, and about 3 an inch broad, tapering at the 
base into half stem-clasping petioles. Calycine segments linear, 
lanceolate, mucronate, unequal. Corolla white, fading to pur- 
plish ; segments obtuse, nearly equal. 
Giant Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Nov. 
6 to 10 feet. 
3 E. wo'LrE (Poir. dict. 8. p. 668.) stem branched, white; 
leaves subpetiolate, narrow-lanceolate, clothed with silvery 
pubescence ; panicles ovate; spikelets pedunculate, simple. Lh. 
G. Native of the Canary Islands. Lag. gen. et spec. nov. 
diagn. p. 10. D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 106. Lehm. 
asper. p. 408. Leaves acute, 3-6 inches long, and 6-8 lines 
broad, attenuated into somewbat clasping petioles at the base. 
Calyx cinereous, from silky down and hairs; segments nearly 
equal, lanceolate. Corolla nearly regular, white? ; segments 
blunt. 
Soft Viper's Bugloss. 
4 to 6 feet. 
4 E. pensirrérum (D. C. cat. monsp. 1813. p. 108. icon. 
hort. monsp. ined. t. 22. exclusive of the synonymes) stem 
branched ; branches hoary ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, clothed 
with silky hoary down; panicles spike-formed, dense ; spikelets 
sessile, simple. h. G. Native of Teneriffe, or Madeira. 
Lehm. asper. p. 408. E. strictum, Lam. ex Desf. tabl. de l'ecole 
bot. 1815. Poir. suppl. 5. p. 486. Flowers from lilac to pale 
blue, with white lines, approximating into a dense, cylindrical or 
oblong-ovate panicle. 
Dense-flomered Viper's Bugloss. 
Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 
Cit. 1779. Shrub 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
Fl. June, July. Cht. 1820. 
