BORAGINEE. 
ci folio, flore maximo campanulato, Tour. itin. 2. p. 107. t. 
107.— Trew. pl. rar. 1. t. 1?. Root fusiform, fibrous. Stem 
pilose. Leaves pale green ; radical and lower cauline ones a foot 
and more long: the rest gradually shorter as they ascend. 
Spikelets axillary and terminal, simple. Calyx hairy; with lan- 
ceolate, acute, segments. Corolla large, purplish blue, with a 
rather curved tube, and obtuse limb. Style bifid at apex. 
Eastern Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1780. 
2 to 8 feet. 
57 E. cRANDiFLORUM (Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 166. t. 46.) stem 
herbaceous, nearly simple, pilosely strigose ; leaves ovate-oblong, 
clothed with downy tomentum : floral ones ovate-lanceolate ; 
spikelets simple, erect; corolla 4 times longer than the calyx ; 
stamens inclosed. (2. H. Native of Barbary and Cyrenaica. 
Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 183. Lehm. asper. p. 456.. E. ma- 
cranthum. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 20. Leaves bluntish : 
lower ones drawn out into petioles: middle and upper ones 
sessile, 2-3 inches long, becoming gradually shorter as they 
ascend. Spikelets terminal, and from the axils of the superior 
leaves. Bracteas clasping, hispid. Calyx pilose or hispid, with 
linear-subulate segments. Corolla large, nearly an inch long, 
violaceous, striated, pubescently pilose outside, particularly at 
the striæ. Style bifid at apex. 
Great-flowered Viper's Bugloss. FI. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. 
Pl. 13 foot. 
58 E. rnANTAGÍNEUM (Lin. mant. p. 202.) stem herbaceous, 
erect, paniculately-branched ; radical leaves petiolate, ovate- 
oblong, lined ; cauline leaves sessile, lanceolate, beset with long 
incumbent hairs; stamens hardly equal in length to the corolla, 
which is irregular. ©.H. Native of Greece, Portugal, South 
of France, Italy, Montevideo, &c. All. ped. no. 138. Smith, 
prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 124. fl. graec. t. 179. Jacq. hort. vind. 
1.t. 45. D.C.syn.fl.fr.no. 2711. St. Hil. pl. usuell. bras. t. 
25. Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 186. Poir. dict. 8. p. 671. 
Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p 182. Lehm. asper. p. 457. E. planta- 
ginoides, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 19.— Barrel. icon. 1026. 
obs. 145. E. amplissimo folio Lusitanicum, Tourn. inst. p. 135. 
—E. orientale, folio oblongo molli et cinericio, Tourn. cor. p. 6. 
Root fusiform, reddish brown. Stems many from the same 
root, soft to the touch at the base, but scabrous above. Radical 
leaves obtuse, 2-3 inches long, and 1 to 13 broad: cauline ones 
stem-clasping : uppermost ones acute. Flowers large, showy, 
disposed in solitary, many-flowered, pedunculate spikelets. 
Calyx hispid; with linear lanceolate, nearly equal segments. 
Corolla large, purplish-violet, rarely white, red before expansion ; 
limb sub-bilabiate, obtuse. Filaments glabrous. Style bifid at 
apex. 
Plantain-like Viper's Bugloss. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
59 E. Benrua‘ui (Wall. cat. no. 931.) plant thickly clothed 
with strigose pili; radical leaves long, lanceolate, tapering at 
both ends, acuminated, 5-nerved ; stems simple, naked from the 
base to the spike of flowers: lower bracteas ovate-lanceolate, 
acuminated, gradually diminishing in size to the top of the spike: 
calycine segments very long, linear, very villous. )/. H. Native 
of the East Indies, at Buddrinath. Leaves 1 to 14 foot long. 
Spike solitary, a foot long. Corolla not seen. 
Bentham's Viper's Bugloss. Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
60 E. E'LecANs (Lehm. asper. p. 459.) stem herbaceous, erect, 
branched at the base, pilosely hispid ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 
hispid, somewhat repand; stamens a little longer than the 
corolla, which is irregular. 4. H. Native in the fields of 
Naples. E. híspidum, Smith, fl. graec. 1. p. 125. fl. greec. t. 
181. E. Sibthórpi, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 26. The 
whole plant is canescent. Branches beset with red spots. Spike- 
lets simple, alternate, many-flowered. Bracteas linear, ovate at 
Pls 
Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1779. 
XXI. Ecuivx. 333 
the base. Calycine segments unequal, lanceolate, acute. Corolla 
of a fine scarlet colour, pilose at bottom. Filaments glabrous. 
Style bifid at apex. 
Elegant Viper’s Bugloss. 
1 to 2 feet. 
61 E. Cre’ricum (Lin. spec. 200.) stem herbaceous, diffuse, 
very hispid, branched at the base ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, his- 
pid; calyxes while bearing the fruit distant and widened; stamens 
inclosed. ©. H. Native of Candia, and throughout the 
Grecian Islands, in the sand by the sea-side. Smith, prod. fl. 
graec. l. p. 126. fl. græc. t. 183. Sims, bot. mag. 1934. Schultes 
obs. p. 33. Nocca, in Usteri. ann. bot. 5. stuck. p. 14. Willd. 
enum. 1. p. 187. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 183. Lehm. asper. p. 
Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 
460. Sabb. hort. rom, 2. t. 95. E. rubrum Moench. meth. p. 
421. E. angustifolium, Mill. dict. no. 6. E. Créticum an- 
gustifolium rübrum, Tourn. inst. p. 136. Root slender, brown. 
Stems decumbent in the spontaneous plant, but erect when cul- 
tivated. Leaves bluntish: radical ones petiolate: cauline ones 
sessile: floral ones acute, stem-clasping at the base. Spikelets 
simple, axillary, and terminal, many-flowered. Calyx hispid, 
with unequal foliaceous segments. Corolla irregular, reddish- 
violet, marked by 5 villous lines outside. Style bifid at apex. 
Cretan Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Sept. Clt. 1683. Pl, 4 
to 1 4 foot. 
62 E. rroripu’npum (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 24.) leaves nearly 
sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, a little ciliated, downy on both 
surfaces: radical ones lanceolate, petiolate: racemes bifid, brac- 
teolate; nuts smoothish : prickles glochidate, disposed in a sim- 
ple series along the margins. ©. H. Native of the north-west 
coast of America. Stem beset with adpressed hairs. Racemes 
axillary, pedunculate, panicled at the top of the stem, many- 
flowered. Pedicels pilose: floriferous ones length of calyx, 
erect ; but twice that length, and refracted in the fruit-bearing 
state. — Calycine segments lanceolate, obtuse. ^ Corolla blue, 
size of that of Myosótis palástris, with roundish segments. Nuts 
ovate, acute. 
Bundle-flowered Bugloss. Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
63 E. BowanrE'wsE (Poir. dict. 8. p. 674.) stem herbaceonus, 
simple, pilose; lower leaves linear, very narrow: superior ones 
dilated at the base, hairy ; stamens hardly exceeding the corolla, 
which is large. $?. ©?. H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Lehm. 
asper. p. 462. Stem somewhat fistular. Leaves stem-clasping, 
1 to 2 inches long, obtuse: floral ones subsagittate. Spikes 
terminal on long peduncles. Calyx very hispid, with lanceolate, 
acuminated segments. Corolla bluish-violet, irregular. Style 
glabrous ; stigma bifid. 
Buenos Ayrean Viper's Bugloss. Pl. 1 foot? 
64 E. ANGusTIFOLIUM (Lam. ill. p. 412. no. 1856.) stem 
herbaceous, simple, erect, hispid; leaves linear, very narrow, 
attenuated at the base, hispid; corolla twice as long as the 
calyx; stamens exserted. ©. H. Native of Spain. Pers. 
ench. 1. p. 184. Lehm. asper. p. 462.— Barrel. icon. 1011. 
—Boce. mus. t. 78. f. 3. Hairs rising from white conical tuber- 
cles. Leaves bluntish, 3-4 inches long, and about a line in 
breadth: lower ones petiolate: upper ones sessile. Spikelets 
solitary, pedunculate, terminal, and from the axils of the upper 
leaves. Calycine segments subulate. Corolla funnel-shaped, 
blue, beset with long, white, stiff hairs above; segments un- 
equal. Style bifid at apex. 
Narrow-leaved Viper’s Bugloss. Pl. 1 to 2 feet? 
65 E. Merre’nsu (Lehm. asper. p. 463.) stems woody at 
the base, simple, erect, leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, hispid, 
hoary; corolla twice as long as the calyx ; stamens equal in 
length to the corolla. 2/. H. Native of Spain. Root fusi- 
form, simple. Stems one or more from the same root, hispid, 
hoary. Lower leaves 3-4 inches long, and 1-2 lines broad, 
