BORAGINE/E. XXX. Ecutnosrpermum. 
Marginate-fruited Echinospermum. Fl. April, Aug. Cilt. 
1822. Pl. ł to 1 foot. 
22 E. pirrFU'suM (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 33.) stem and leaves 
hairy; radical leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate : upper cauline 
ones ovate, obtuse, sessile; racemes erect, simple, bracteate ; 
nuts covered with glochidate prickles all over. (2. H. Native 
of the north-west coast of America. Myosótis diffüsa, Dougl. 
mss. Stem divided at top into racemiferous branches. Leaves 
somewhat 3-nerved. Pedicels subsecund, drooping in the fructi- 
ferous state. Calycine segments oblong-linear, blunt. Corollas 
large, white. 
Diffuse Echinospermum. | Pl. 1 foot. 
23 E. cynoctossorpss (Lehm. asper. p. 131.) stems erect, 
suffruticose ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, hispid; nuts furnished 
with a single row of long, glochidate prickles along the margins, 
which are combined to the middle. h. G. Native of the 
Cape of Good Hope. Myosdtis cynoglossoides, Lam. ill. no. 
1778. p. 396. Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. Cynogl. echinàtum, 
Thunb. in Schrad. new. journ. bot. 1806. p. 48. prod. 1. p. 
34. Pers. ench. 1. p. 60. Willd. spec. 1. p. 763. Rochélia 
cynoglossoldes, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 111. Stems nu- 
merous, branched from the base, clothed with adpressed hairs. 
Racemes erect, secund. Calyx hispid; with lanceolate-acute 
segments, which spread in the manner of a star in the fruit-bear- 
ing state. Corolla blue? 
Cynoglossum-like Echinospermum. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 
24 E. VanuLrA'NA (Lehm. asper. p. 132.) stem suffruticose, 
dichotomously branched at top; leaves linear, densely pilose, 
greyish ; nuts muricately spinose. h. G. Native about Alex- 
andria. Myosótis spinocárpus, Vahl, symb, 2. p. 32. Willd. 
spec. l. p. 750. Lehm. in act. nat. scrut. hal. 3. 2. p. 24. t. 1. 
f. 1. Anchüsa spinocárpus, Forsk. descr. p. 41. Del. egypt. 
p. 42. t. 17. f. 3. Plant greyish. Leaves bluntish. Pedun- 
cles axillary, solitary, in the branches. Leaves 2 under each 
calyx. Keel of nuts toothed. 
Vahl’s Echinospermum. Shrub 1 foot. 
Cult. Most of the species of this genus have rather a weed- 
like appearance; and therefore they are only to be found in 
botanical gardens. They are of the most easy culture; only 
requiring the treatment given to other common hardy annuals 
and perennials. The two last species, being natives of Africa, 
should be kept in pots, and placed among other greenhouse 
plants. They are all increased by seed. 
XXXI. ROCHELIA (named after Anthony Rochel, director 
of the botanic garden at Pest, in Hungary, who has written on 
the plants of the Carpathian mountains.) Rchb. comm. in icon. 
pl. rar. 2. p. 13. t. 123. f. 226. 237. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 172. 
fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 244. but not of Roem. et Schultes. 
Lin. syst. Pentándria, Monogýnia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla. funnel-shaped, 5-lobed ; throat furnished with arched 
scales. Nuts 2, oblique, adnate to the indurated style, or cen- 
tral column, combined, 1-celled, 1-seeded. — Hispid plants, with 
narrow leaves, and terminal racemes of flowers. 
1 R. LEIOCA'RPA (Ledeb. l. c.) plant hispid from spreading pili ; 
cauline leaves oblong-linear; nuts smooth, glabrous. ©. H. 
Native of the Soongarian steppe, in sterile places at the river 
Kurtschum. Herb green. Stem simple, divided into 2 or 3 
racemes at top, or branched from the base to the apex; the 
branches very straight, and adpressed to the stem. 
Smooth-fruited Rochelia. Pl. 4 foot. 
2 R. srerLUzA' rA (Led. fl. atl. 1. p. 172.) plant hoary, and 
hispid from erectish strigze ; cauline leaves oblong-linear, some- 
what spatulate; nuts strigose. (2. H. Native of Siberia. 
XXXI. Rocuerta. XXXII. OMPHALODES. 351 
Starry Rochelia. Pl. 4 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation, see Echinospérmum above. 
XXXII. OMPHALO'DES (from opu$aXoc, omphalos, the 
navel; and «oc, eidos, like; nuts or fruit resembling the 
navel; hence some species have been called Venus's Navel- 
wort.) Tourn. inst. t. 58. Moench. meth. p. 420. Lehm. 
asper. p. 180.—Cynoglóssum species, Lin. gen. no. 181, and 
Schreb. no. 243. Juss. gen. p. 131. ed. Usteri, p. 147. Gaertn. 
fruct. 1. no. 426. t. 67. f. 4. C.—Picótia species, Room. et 
Schultes, syst. 4. p. 84—85. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogy'nia. Calyx 5-cleft. Co- 
rolla rotate; throat closed by short vaulted processes; limb 5- 
parted, obtuse. Nuts 4, 1-celled, depressed, cup-shaped, with 
an inflexed membrane along the margin, fixed to the central 
column, not perforated at the base. 
§ 1. Perennial plants, with usually rhizomatous roots, broad green 
leaves, and terminal racemes of blue or white floners. 
1 O. wrripA. (Lehm. in new schrift. gesell. berol. 8. p. 97. 
asper. p. 181.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, nerved, glabrous above, 
and shining, downy beneath: lower ones on long petioles : supe- 
rior ones sessile. 2t. H. Native of Portugal, in humid places, 
under the shade of trees. Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 104. 
t. 25. Cynoglóssum nitidum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 181. Sims, 
bot. mag. t. 2529. Cynogléssum Lusitánicum, Lam. dict. 2. p. 
239. Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 296. Cynogléssum lanceolàtum of 
various Herbaria. Picdtia nítida, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 
p. 84. Omphalódes Lusitánica, Cynoglóssi folio, Tourn. inst. 
p. 140. Rhizoma creeping under ground. Stems numerous 
from the same root, smoothish, branched. Racemes bractless, 
long. Pedicels and calyxes beset with adpressed hairs. Caly- 
cine segments ovate, acute. Corolla blue; tube white; throat 
yellow ; scales in the throat floccose, of an obscure violet- 
colour. Membrane of nuts toothed. 
Shining Venus Navel-wort. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1812. 
Pl. 2 to 4 feet. 
2 O. conwiróLiA (Lehm. in new. schrift, gesell. berol. 8. 
p. 97. t. 5. asper. 182.) radical leaves on long petioles, 
ovate-cordate, acuminated, nerved: cauline ones nearly ses- 
sile: lower ones lanceolate: upper ones ovate ; racemes solitary, 
many-flowered. 2t. H. Native of Cappadocia. Cynoglossum 
Cappadócicum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 767. Pers. ench. 1. p. 161. 
Cynoglóssum omphalódes, f), Lam. dict. 2. p. 239.  Picótia cor- 
nifdlia, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 85. Omphalodes Orien- 
talis cornifolio, Tourn. cor. p. 7. Rhizoma creeping under 
ground. Stems filiform, a span high, hairy. Leaves nearly gla- 
brous. Flowers distant. Calyx pilose at the base ; with ovate, 
acuminated segments. 
Dogwood-leaved Venus Navelwort. Pl. 3 foot. 
3 O. ve'nNA (Moench. meth. p. 420.) radical leaves ovate- 
cordate: cauline ones ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, nearly gla- 
brous; racemes conjugate, few-flowered. 4. H. Native of 
Piedmont, Carniola, Transylvania, and Caucasus, in mountain 
woods. Lehm. new. schrift, gesell. berol. 8. p. 98. asper. 
p. 183. O. répens, Schrank, in denks. acad. wiss. munch. 
1811, 1812. p. 221. Cynogléssum omphalodes, Lin. spec. ed. 
2d. vol. l. p. 193. Pall. fl. ross. p. 96. Lois. fl. gall. 1. p. 
107. Willd. spec. I. p. 766. Jaume St. Hil. pl. fr. 2. t. 116. 
Curt. bot. mag. 7. Scop. fl. carn. 1. no. 190. t. 3. Mill. fig. 
2.t. 190. f. 2. Sturm. fl. germ. fasc. 21. icone.—Mor. hist. 
3. sect. 11. t. 26. f. 2.—Lob. icon. p. 577. f. 1.—Bull. herb. 
t. 309.—Knor. del. 2. t. e. 7. Rhizoma creeping under ground. 
Stems many : floriferous ones erect, glabrous, simple, emitting 
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