BORAGINEE. 
stem shrubby ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, and are, as well as the 
branches, silky ; calycine segments linear, bluntish ; racemes or 
panicles ovate ; style hairy. b. G. Native of Madeira. Flowers 
blue or purple ? 
Nerved-leaved Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, August. Clt. 1777. 
Shrub. 
$. 2. Carr'uszs. 
Hope. Flowers solitary, axillary or spicate. 
serted or inclosed. 
Shrubby plants, natives of the Cape of Good 
Stamens ex- 
18 E. ronwósuM (Pers. ench. 1. p. 163. Lehm. asper. p. 
418.) stem branched above, glabrous; leaves narrow-lanceolate, 
very scabrous above; racemes subcymose; corollas tubular, 
very long. h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
E. tubíferum, Poir. dict. 8. p. 663. E. grandiflórum, Desf. arb. 
l. p. 177. Vent. malm: p. 97. t. 97. Andr. bot. rep. t. 20. 
Ker. bot. reg. 124. Kerner, semp. 5. t. 205. Leaves clasping 
the stem at the base, grass-green, 3-4 inches long, with spinu- 
losely denticulated margins. Bracteas subcordate at the base. 
Calyx hairy, sub-bilabiate; segments unequal. Corolla equal, 
red, 1j inch long. Stamens equal in length to the corolla. 
Stigma emarginate. 
Beautiful Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1787. Shrub 
2 to 3 feet. 
19 E. sca‘prum (Lehm. asper. p. 419.) stem hairy above ; 
leaves elliptic-lanceolate, scabrous, hispid; spikelets terminal, 
bipartite; bracteas falcate, hispid. h.G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. Stem much branched at top; branches sca- 
brous ; branchlets hairy. Leaves beset with adpressed strigze, 
1 to 14 inches long. Calycine segments acute, lanceolate, rather 
unequal, hairy. Corolla irregular, large, blue. Stamens length 
of corolla. 
Scabrous Viper’s Bugloss. 
2 to 3 feet. 
20 E. rruricdsum (Lin. spec. p. 199.) stem tomentose ; 
leaves lanceolate-spatulate, acutish, clothed with silky villi; 
spikelets crowded, corymbose. h.G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Berg. pl. cap. p. 39. Willd. spec. 1. p. 781. 
Ait. hort. kew, ed. Ist, vol. 1. p. 186. Ker, bot. reg. 86. 
E. Africanum, Pers. ench. 1. p. 163.—Comm. hort. 2. p. 107. 
t. 54. Stem branched. Spikelets usually bipartite, hairy. Caly- 
cine segments acute, nearly equal. Corolla purple, with rather 
unequal segments. Stamens a little longer than the corolla. 
Var. B, majus (Thunb. fl. cap. prod. p. 53.) stem, as well as 
the leaves, which are oblong, silky ; spikelets alternate, pedun- 
culate. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Leaves 
more spatulate, bluntish, and twice the size of those of the species. 
Shrubby Viper’s Bugloss. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1759. Shrub 
2 to 3 feet. 
21 E. arce'nreum (Lin. mant. p. 202. Lehm. asper. p. 421.) 
stem branched ; leaves lanceolate, acute, reflexed at the apex, 
clothed with silky pili: margins of the floral ones setosely 
prickly ; spikes terminal, simple, leafy. p. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Berg. cap. p. 40. Lam. ill. p. 413. no. 
1862. Andr. bot. rep. 154. Thunb. prod. fl. cap. p. 33. Willd. 
spec. 1. p. 783. E. fruticósum, Jacq. schoenbr. 1. t. 34. 
Branches hoary, from copious adpressed pili, hispid above from 
stiff bristles. Lower leaves 14 inch long. Calyx hispid, with 
unequal segments; the two lateral ones larger, and keeled. 
Corolla blue, campanulately tubular; segments unequal, obtuse. 
Stamens unequal; the 2 lower ones longer than the corolla, the 
rest inclosed. Plant canescent. 
Var. B, feroz (Lehm. asper. p. 422.) stem shrubby; branches 
and leaves prickly; flowers spicate; corollas nearly equal. 
VOL. IY. 
Fl. May, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 
XXI. Ecuium. 329 
h. G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. E. férox, Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 163. E. ferocíssimum, Andr. bot. rep. t. 39. E. ar- 
génteum, Roth. bot. abh. p. 25. 
Silvery Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1789, B. 1794. 
Shrub 8 to 6 feet. 
22 E. crAvucoPHY'LLUM (Jacq. coll. 2. p. 325. icon. rar. 2. 
p. 10. t. 312.) stem branched ; leaves lanceolate, glabrous, with 
callosely scabrous edges, glaucous ; spikelets bipartite, bracteate. 
h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. Lehm. asper. p. 
423. Andr. bot. rep. t. 165. E. levigatum, Lam. ill. p. 413. 
no. 1863. but not of Thunb. E. glàbrum, Thunb. in Schrad. 
journ. bot. 1803. p. 38. prod. fl. cap. p. 33. Stem quite 
glabrous. Leaves sessile, acute, 14 inch long, scabrous from 
white callous dots on the edges. Spikelets panicled, terminal, 
and from the axils of the leaves. Calyx glabrous, with lance- 
olate segments, which are edged with callous dots. Corolla 
violaceous ; limb almost regular. Stamens unequal, longer than 
the corolla. 
Glaucous-leaved Viper’s Bugloss. Fl. July. Clt. 1792. Shrub 
2 to 3 feet. 
23 E. nxvica ruM (Lin. spec. p. 199. Thunb. prod. p. 33.) 
stem simple, glabrous ; leaves ovate-lanceolate, glabrous, spinu- 
losely ciliated on the margins; spikes terminal, compound ; 
spikelets simple, very short. JH. G. Native of the Cape of 
Good Hope. Lehm. asper. p. 424. Willd. spec. 1. p. 785. ex- 
clusive of the syn. of Jacq. Leaves ciliated with distant white 
bristly strigee, and with callous dots along the midrib beneath. 
Calycine segments strigose along the margins and middle nerves. 
Corolla funnel-shaped ; limb nearly equal, obtuse. Stamens 
much exserted, declinate, unequal. Stigma simple.  Corollas 
blue. 
Smooth Viper's Bugloss. Fl.June,July. Clt. 1774. Shrub 
1 to 2 feet. 
24 E. PAN1cULA' TUM (Thunb. in Schrad. journ. 1806. p. 41. 
prod. p. 33.) stem branched; branches elongated, angular, and 
downy above; leaves lanceolate, hispid, spinulosely ciliated ; 
spikelets panicled. h.G. Native of the Cape of Good Hope. 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 784. Lehm. asper. p. 425. Branchlets sub- 
fastigiate, hispid, and compressedly angular. Leaves about an 
inch long, with diaphanous cilize, which rise from papillæ. Pani- - 
cle terminal. Calyx 5-angled ; segments acute, having the an- 
gles and edges hispidly ciliated. Corolla white, regular; limb 
bluntish. Stamens unequal, twice as long as the corolla. 
Panicled-flowered Viper's Bugloss. Fl. May, July. 
1815. Shrub 2-3 feet. 
25 E. Swa'nrzu (Lehm. asper. p. 426.) stem branched at 
top, glabrous ; leaves linear-lanceolate, glabrous, furnished with. 
callous dots on the margins, but when young hispidly ciliated ; 
spikelets terminal, bifid or trifid. ^p. G. Native of the Cape 
of Good Hope. E. angustifolium, Swartz in litt. Branchlets 
scabrous. Leaves sessile.  Bracteoles hispid. Calyx hispid, 
with unequal lanceolate segments. Corolla irregular, blue, 
rather large. Stamens exserted. 
Swartz’s Viper’s Bugloss. Shrub 2 to 3 feet. 
26 E. cLA'BRuM (Vahl. symb. 3. p. 22.) stem branched ; 
leaves narrow-lanceolate, somewhat falcate, glabrous above, but 
beset with callous dots beneath: uppermost leaves, as well as 
the calyxes pilose, or strigose; spikelets alternate. h. G. Na- 
tive of the Cape of Good Hope. Lehm. asper. p. 427. Andr. 
bot. rep. t. 165. E. falcàtum, Lam. ill. p. 413. no. 1864. E. 
Vahlii, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 14. Branches purplish, 
beset with adpressed villi, Leaves an inch long. Spikelets 
erect, 2 inches long, leafy, from the axils of the upper leaves. 
Calyx pilose, with lanceolate unequal segments. Corolla irre- 
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