BORAGINEZ. XXX. ECHINOSPERMUM. 349 
Virginian Echinospermum. Clt. 1699. 
Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
8 E. Java’nicum (Lehm. asper. p. 118. Blum. bijdr. p. 846.) 
leaves lanceolate, strigose above, hairy beneath ; racemes erect, 
loose, bifid, bractless; nuts depressed, densely clothed with 
scattered, somewhat imbricate, glochidate prickles. %. H. 
Native of Java, on mounts Gede and Salak, in dry, exposed 
places. Myosotis Javánica, Swartz in litt. Lehm. in act. soc. 
schrift. hall. 3. p. 20. Rochélia Javanica, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 108. Cynoglóssum Javánicum, Thunb. in litt. Stem 
erect, downy.  Racemes bifid. Corolla blue; tube a little 
longer than the calyx, hispid, with ovate obtuse segments. 
This species differs from Æ. Virginicum, to which it is very 
nearly allied, in the floriferous branches being erect, not divari- 
cate, in the leaves being elliptic-lanceolate, short-acuminated, 
strigose above, and hairy beneath, not villous ; and in the 
racemes being longer and bractless. 
Java Echinospermum. PI. 1 foot. 
4 E. Borsénicum (Lehm. asper. p. 119.) suffruticose ; leaves 
lanceolate-linear, very long, nearly naked ; racemes erect, bract- 
less; nuts beset with densely scattered, very short, glochidate 
prickles. h.S. Native of the island of Bourbon. | Myosótis 
Borbónica, Lehm. in act. soc. scrift. hall. 3. p. 25. t. 2. 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 157.  Myosótis Borbénia, Lam. ill. 1. p. 396. 
no. 1777. dict. 4. p. 401. Rochélia Borbónica, Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 4. p. 108. Stem scabrous, branched at top. 
Leaves scabrous above from white dots, and almost glabrous 
beneath. Flowers in 2 rows. Calyx obovate ; with oblong lan- 
ceolate, bluntish segments. Corolla as in Myosótis palistris. 
Bourbon Echinospermum. Shrub 1 to 14 foot. 
5 E. perie’xum (Lehm. asper. p. 120.) leaves oblong-lance- 
olate, bluntish, hairy ; racemes erectly spreading, bracteolate at 
the base; nuts having a simple series of prickles along the 
margins, which are connate at the base, and glochidate at the 
apex. ¢.H. Native of Lapland, Norway, Hungary, Siberia, 
and Styria, at the bottom of the Alps, in stony shady places. 
Myosótis defléxa, Wahl. fl. carp. p. 47. fl. lapp. p. 55. act. 
stockh. 1810. p. 113. t. 4. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 174. Oed. 
fl. dan. t. 1568.  Rochélia defléxa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 109. Root fusiform, fibry. Stem hispid, branched at top. 
Calyx hairy, with oblong, obtuse segments, which are elongated, 
divaricate, and reflexed in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla size 
and colour of E. láppula. There are varieties of this, with 
blue or white, smaller or larger corollas. 
Deflexed-calyxed Echinospermum. 
1820. Pl. i to 1 foot. 
Fl. June, July. 
Fl. May, June. Clt. 
$ 2. Fruit erect. Racemes leafy. 
6 E. LA'PPULA (Lehm. asper. p. 121.) stem branched at top ; 
leaves lanceolate, beset with incumbent strige, ciliated ; calyx 
at length spreading, exceeding the pedicels; corolla small, 
exceeding the calyx, with an erectly spreading limb; nuts fur- 
nished with a double row of glochidate prickles along the mar- 
gins, having the disk and sides tubercled. (2. H. Native of 
Europe, Asia, and North America, among rubbish, stones, 
and on walls; and of China, on mountains.  Myosótis Láppula, 
Lin. spec. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 189. fl. suec. ed. 2d. no. 158. All. 
ped. 1. p. 191. Smith. prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 112. Bess. fl. 
gall. 1. p. 145. Pursh. fl. 1. p. 134. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 
118. Oed. fl. dan. t. 692. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 56. Bieb. fl. 
taur. 1. p. 120. Lam. ill. 91. Láppula Myosótis, Moench. 
meth. p. 417. Cynogléssum Láppula, Scop. fl. carn. ed. 2d. 
vol 1. p. 25.  Rochélia Láppula, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 
4. p. 109.—Hall. hist. helv. no. 589.—Column. ecphr. p. 
179. icon.—Clus. hist. 2. p. 163. f. 1. Root fusiform. Stems 
scabrous from pili, branched at top. Calycine segments linear- 
lanceolate, spreading in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla with a 
very short tube; limb exceeding the calyx, blue. There is 
also a white flowering variety. 
Var. B. squarrosum (Lehm. asper. 1. p. 122.) angles of nuts 
beset with hooked prickles; leaves lanceolate, pilose, callous at 
apex. ©.H. Myosotis squarrosa, Retz. obs. 2. p. 9. no. 10. 
Willd. spec. 1. p. 749, exclusive of the syn. of Pall. Pers. ench. 
1. p- 157. 
Burdock Echinospermum. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1656. Pl. 
1 to 14 foot. 
7 E. ngTERACA'NTHUM (Ledeb. suppl. ind. hort. dorp. 1823. 
p. 3. fl. alt. 1. p. 198.) stem erect, branched above; leaves 
strigose ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx ; calyxes at length, 
spreading, exceeding the pedicels; nuts furnished with 2 rows 
of glochidate prickles along the margins: those in the inner row 
connate at the base, having the disk tubercled, and the sides 
tubercled and prickly. ©. H. Native near Astrachan. 
Various-spined Echinospermum. PI. 1 foot. 
8 E. INTERMEDIUM (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 199. fl. ross. alt. ill. 
t. 180.) stem branched above; leaves strigose ; corolla length 
of calyx; flowers pedicellate ; pedicels a little longer than the 
calyx in the fruit-bearing state; nuts furnished with a single 
row of horizontal, approximate, glochidate prickles along the 
margins, having the disk granulated, and the sides wrinkled. 
©. H. Native of Altaia, in sandy places at the river Katunga. 
Habit exactly of E. Láppula. Stem hispid. Leaves oblong- 
linear. Racemes solitary or twin. Bracteas ciliated. Corollas 
blue. 
Intermediate Echinospermum. PI. 1 to 14 foot. 
9 E. pa’tuLum (Lehm. asper. p. 124.) branches divaricate, 
spreading ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, beset with spreading stri- 
gee; corolla length of calyx, at length spreading; flowers ses- 
sile; nuts furnished with a single row of distant, elongated, 
glochidate prickles along the margins, having the sides and disk 
beset with acute prickles. ©. H. Native of Caucasus, at the 
rivers Kuma and Terek ; also on the lower Volga, about 
Sarepta, and about the town of Astrachan, &c.  Myosótis 
squarrósa, Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 120, exclusive of the synonymes of 
Retzius, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 174. Willd. enum. 1. p. 176. 
Rochélia squarrósa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 124. M. 
Láppula, var. Pall. itin. 3. p. 718. no 71, in a note. Root 
simple, perpendicular. Stem beset with rigid spreading hairs. 
Calyx pilose; segments linear, erectly spreading inflorescence, 
but in the fruit-bearing state they are divaricate and elongated. 
Corolla small, blue, a little longer than the calyx, like those of 
JMyosótis arvénsis. 
Spreading-branched Echinospermum. Fl. April, Aug. Clit. 
1802. Pl. 1 to 14 foot. 
10 E. srricrum (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 200. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 27.) 
branches erect; leaves lanceolate, beset with spreading strigze ; 
tube of corolla length of calyx; flowers pedicellate ; pedicels 
when bearing the fruit length of calyx ; nuts furnished with a 
single row of erect, approximate, glochidate prickles along the 
margins, keeled and beset with obtuse tubercles on the disk, and 
wrinkled on the sides. ©.H. Native of Altaia, in sandy 
places at the river Irtysch, between the river Kurtschum and 
Lake Noor-Saisan. Stems many from the same root. Limb 
of corolla pale blue. Bracteas much smaller than in Æ. pátulum. 
Strict Echinospermum. Pl. 1 foot. 
11 E. re'nve (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 201. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 182.) 
stem branched above, hispid from strigze, as well as the leaves ; 
leaves oblong-linear, obtuse; corolla exceeding the calyx a 
little; calyxes when bearing the fruit divaricate, twice as long as 
the pedicels ; nuts furnished with a single row of short, distant, 
glochidate prickles along the margins, having the disk a little 
