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keeled, and the sides tubercled. ©.H. Native of Altaia, at 
the river Tscharysch, and near Smejow. The whole plant is his- 
pid from spreading hairs. Racemes terminal, elongated, usually 
solitary, rarely twin; bracteas narrow, ciliated. Corolla pale 
blue. Segments of calyx linear. 
Slender Echinospermum. Pl. 3 to 1 foot. 
12 E. microca’rrum (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 202. fl. ross. alt. ill. 
t. 183.) stems branched above, and are, as well as the leaves, 
silky from strige ; leaves oblong, or ovate-oblong, attenuated at 
the base: radical ones rosulate ; tube of corolla exceeding the 
calyx; segments of calyx erectly spreading while bearing the 
fruit, about equal in length to the pedicels ; nuts furnished with 
a single row of approximate, glochidate prickles along the mar- 
gins, having the disk a little keeled, and the keel and sides 
tubercled. 4. H. Native of Altaia, in stony places, near the 
summits of the Arkaul mountains; and on mountains near 
Bucktorminsk, and near the mine of Nicolajew. Stems many 
from the same root. Racemes terminal, and sometimes axillary. 
Bracteas ciliated. Corolla with a pale blue limb; and the 
scales on the throat yellow. 
Small-fruited Echinospermum. PI. i to 1 foot. 
13 E. CoxpvrórHonuM (Lehm. asper. p. 125.) branches diva- 
ricately reflexed ; leaves lanceolate, villous ; pedicels thickened 
when bearing the fruit; nuts furnished with a single row of 
glochidate prickles along the margins. 2%. H. Native of 
Siberia. Root fusiform, simple, woody. Stem branched above, 
beset with incumbent hairs. Racemes for the most part conju- 
gate, with a solitary flower in the fork ; flowers distant. Calyx 
strigose ; with oblong acutish segments, which are elongated 
and divaricate in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla fine blue: 
tube nearly the length of the calyx. 
Club-bearing Echinospermum. PI. 1 foot. 
14 E. BRAHYCE'NTRUM (Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 203. fl. ross. alt. ill. 
t. 802.) stems branched above, and are, as well as the leaves, 
rather silky from adpressed soft strigze ; leaves as in Æ. micro- 
cárpum ; tube of corolla a little shorter than the calyx; but 
twice shorter than the limb; calycine segments erect in the 
fructiferous state, exceeding the pedicels; nuts edged with a 
single row of very short prickles, having the disk and sides 
tubercled. ©. Y.H. Native of Altaia, in exposed stony places 
between Butakowa and Tscheremschuka, and near Buchtar- 
minsk. Very like E. microcárpum. Racemes elongated. Calyx 
hairy. Corollas varying to blue, red, and white. 
Short-spurred Echinospermum. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 
15 E. sEw1IGLA BRUM (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 204. fl. ross. alt. ill. 
t. 28.) leaves oblong, glabrous above, but hispid beneath, as 
well as the stems which are branched ; tube of corolla length of 
calyx, and about equal in length to the pedicels ; nuts furnished 
with a single row of very long glochidate prickles along the 
margins, having the disk keeled and prickly, and the sides 
tubercled. (2. H. Native of Altaia, in saltish sandy places at 
the river Irtysch, not far from the Lake called Noor-Saisan. 
Stems many from the same root, rather tufted. Radical leaves 
rosulate, sub-spatulate, obtuse: cauline leaves ciliated at the 
base.  Racemes solitary or twin, bracteate. Calyx hispid. 
Corollas small white, rarely pale blue. 
Half-glabrous Echinospermum. PI. 1 to 1 foot. 
16 E. macra’ntuum (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 205. fl. ross. alt. ill. 
t. 29.) stem branched ; leaves strigose, oblong, obtuse, tapering 
to the base; corollas twice as large as the spreading calyx; 
fruit-bearing pedicels about equal in length to the calyx ; nuts 
furnished with a single row of glochidate prickles, which are 
dilated at the base, upper ones the smallest, having the disk 
keeled; the keel prickly, and the sides somewhat tubercled. 
©.org.H. Native of Altaia, in sandy, saltish places, at the 
river Istysch, not far from the Lake called Noor-Saisan. Stem 
Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. 
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BORAGINEÆ. XXX. ECHINOSPERMUM. 
solitary, or many from the same root. Leaves strigose. Ra- 
cemes terminal, erect, strict. Bracteas similar to the leaves, 
Calyx hispid. Corolla with a white tube, one-half shorter than 
the calyx, and a blue limb, which is 3 times longer than the 
tube. 
Large-flowered Echinospermum. PI. 3 to 13 foot. 
17 E. minimum (Lehm. asper. p. 126.) branches divaricate; 
leaves lanceolate, obtuse, beset with spreading hairs; pedicels 
thickened in the fruit-bearing state ; nuts large, furnished with 
a single row of somewhat branched, glochidate, very long 
prickles along the margins. (2. H. Native of Siberia, at the 
Volga, in nitrous places. Myosotis echinóphora, Pall. itin. 3. 
append. no. 71. t.j. i. f. 1. Willd. spec. 1. p. 750.  Rochélia 
echinóphora, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 110. Plant hispid 
from white hairs. Root simple, perpendicular. Calycine seg- 
ments lanceolate, elongated, and spreading in the fruit-bearing 
state. Corolla small, nearly the length of the calyx, with a 
blue limb and a white throat. 
Least Echinospermum. PI. 3 foot. 
18 E. Repéwsxn (Lehm. asper. p. 127.) stem simple, 
straight; leaves lanceolate-linear, beset with spreading hairs, 
reflexed ; nuts furnished with a single row of short glochidate 
prickles along the margins. 4. H. Native of Russia. Myosótis 
Redówskii, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 174.  Rochélia Redowskii, 
Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 110. Root fusiform. Stem 
strigose. Racemes lateral and terminal, simple or bifid. Calyx 
pilose, with linear segments, hardly the length of the corolla, 
elongated and spreading in the fruit-bearing state. 
Redomskís Echinospermum. Fl. May, July. 
Pl. 1 to 2 feet. 
19 E. sarpa’rum (Lehm. asper. p. 128.) stem branched 
above; leaves lanceolate, beset with incumbent hairs; corolla 
large, with a flat limb; nuts furnished with a double row of 
very short glochidate prickles along the edges. ©. H. Native 
of Tauria, on calcareous mountains, to Caucasus and Iberia, in 
gravelly and exposed places. Myosòtis barbàta, Bieb. fl. cauc. 
1. p. 121. pl. cent. ross. t. 386.  Myosótis, Pall. cat. pl. taur. in 
nov. act. petrop. 1792. p. 303.  Rochélia barbàta, Roem. et 
Schultes, syst. 4. p. 110. Root fibry, reddish. Stem beset 
with soft incumbent hairs. Branches leafy, bearing the flowers 
at the apex, for the most part bifid. Calyx villous, with oblong, 
acutish segments, which spread in the fruit-bearing state. Co- 
rolla fine azure blue, size of those of Myosdlis palástris, Pro- 
cesses of the throat orange colour. 
Bearded Echinospermum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. PI. 
1 to 11 foot. 
20 E. cna'crtE (Lehm. asper. p. 129.) stems procumbent, 
filiform ; leaves linear; nuts echinated ; echinze glochidate. ©. 
H. Native of Chili, about Conception in fields, and on hills. 
Myosótis grácilis, Ruiz. et Pav. fl. per. 2. p. 5 and 6. no. 3. 
Rochélia gràcilis, Roem. et Schultes, 
syst. 4. p. 111. Root capillary. Plant rather hispid. Flowers 
lateral, secund, disposed in a loose, leafy raceme. Corolla 
white. 
Weak Echinospermum. | Pl. procumbent. 
21 E. waRerNA' TUM (Lehm. asper. p. 130.) stem erect, 
branched above; leaves oblong, obtuse, beset with spreading 
hairs; nuts furnished with a single row of glochidate prickles 
along the margins, which are combined to the middle. (2. H. 
Native on the Lower Volga, about Astrachan, in vineyards and 
sandy places. Myosdtis marginàta, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 120. 
Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 174. Willd. enum. 1. p. 176. Rochélia 
marginata, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 110. Root simple, 
perpendicular. Stem pilose. Racemes erect. Calyx pilose; 
segments lanceolate, spreading in the fruit-bearing state. Co- 
rolla small, a little longer than the calyx, blue. 
Cit. 1819; 
