BORAGINEJE. XLV. PracioBorRvs. 
the base; pedicels very short; calyxes rather longer than the 
corolla, spreading in the fruit-bearing state ; carpels wrinkled. 
©.H. Native of New California, about the Russian colony, 
Ross. Corolla white, with 10 yellow glands at the throat ; seg- 
ments of the limb roundish, hardly emarginate. Very nearly 
allied to M. Chorisiana, Cham. ; but differs in the flowers being 
nearly sessile. 
Californian Scorpion-grass. Fl.? Clt. 1836. Pl. 4 foot. 
8 Mxosóris surrruticosa (Torrey, in ann. lyc. 2. p. 225.) 
stem suffruticose, much branched, hairy; leaves linear-lance- 
olate, hispidly pilose; spikes terminal, numerous ; flowers pedi- 
cellate; calyxes closed ; nuts smooth, depressed. h. H. Na- 
tive of North America, in barren deserts along the river Platte. 
Flowers unilateral, on short pedicels. Corolla as large as that 
of M. palustris, blue, salver-shaped ; lobes obtuse, entire. This 
is the only frutescent species. 
Suffruticose Scorpion Grass. Shrub $ to $ foot. 
9 EcniwosPE/RMUM Lxtoca’rpum (Fisch. et Meyer. cat. sem. 
hort. petrop. 1836. p. 36.) annual, branched, diffuse, rather 
hoary from erectly spreading hairs; leaves rather linear, obtuse; 
racemes leafy ; fructiferous calyx closed ; carpels unarmed, very 
smooth. (2. H. Native of New California, about the Russian 
colony, Ross. Flowers minute, white, with small yellow scales 
in the throat. This species differs from others in habit, and the 
closed calyx and smooth carpels. 
Smooth-fruited Echinospermum.  Fl.? 
foot. 
10 EcnrwosPE'RMuM Szovirsia‘num (Fisch. et Meyer. sem. 
eat. hort. petrop. 1836. p. 86.) annual, hairy from spreading 
pili; leaves linear-lanceolate ; racemes leafy ; calyxes oblique, 
spreading while bearing the fruit, shorter than the spreading 
thickened pedicels; corollas length of calyx ; carpels tubercled 
on the disk and sides, and furnished with a single row of glochi- 
date prickles along the margins, which are dilated at the base, 
and often connate. ©. H. Native of the North of Persia, on 
the edges of fields. Very nearly allied to E. minimum; but 
the prickles on the fruit are fewer, a little shorter, broader 
at the base, and often connate. 
Szovits's Echinospermum.  Fl.? Clt. 1836. Pl. 4 foot. 
11 EcniwosPE'RMUM PATENS; strigosely pilose; leaves ob- 
long-linear, bluntish ; stem simple, nearly naked; floriferous 
branches spreading ; flowers pedicellate, loose. 2t. H. Native 
of North America, at Flat Head river. Rochélia pàtens, Nutt. 
in journ. acad. nat. sc. phil. 7. p. 43. Radical leaves on long 
petioles; those of the stem remote and sessile. Flowers in all 
respects almost similar to those of Myosòtis scorpioides ; rather 
large, and apparently red. Calycine segments small, linear, 
obtuse. Nuts wrinkled. 
Spreading Echinospermum. — Pl.? 
Cit. 1836. Pl. 4 
XLV. PLAGIOBO'TRYS (from vAayic, plagios, trans- 
verse; and (jo0pve, bothrys, a pit; in reference to the pits at 
the base of the carpels being transverse, and not longitudinal.) 
Fisch. et Meyer. cat. sem. hort. petrop. 1836. p. 46. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 
rolla funnel-shaped ; throat closed by 5 inclosed plicee. Sta- 
mens inclosed. Stigma capitate, 2-lobed. Carpels 4, distinct, 
nearly ovate, 1-celled ; having the insertion of the areola lateral, 
perforated ; receptacle elevated, hemispherical. This genus is 
distinguished from Lithospérmum in the carpels being perforated, 
and the receptacle elevated ; from Anchisa and Myosótis, in the 
lateral insertion of the areola; as well as in the elevated recep- 
tacle; and from Cynogléssum and Echinospérmum, in the. car- 
pels being perforated. 
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1 P. rure’scens (Fisch. et Meyer. 1l. c.) ©.H. Native of 
Chili.—An annual herb, with the habit of Lithospérmum arvénse, 
beset with spreading simple hairs. Leaves scattered, nearly 
linear, bluntish. Racemes terminal, conjugate, almost leafless. 
Flowers almost sessile, erect. Calyx beset with rufous hairs, 
conniving while bearing the fruit. Corolla white. Carpels very 
like those of E‘chium, rugose, tubercled, marked by a lateral 
circular areola. Cotyledons flat, nearly orbicular, undivided. 
Rufescent Plagiobothrys. Fl.? Clt. 1836. Pl. 1 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Amsinckia, below. 
XLVI. Cryprantya. XLVII. Amsincx1a. 
XLVI. CRYPTA'NTHA (from xpvzroc, cryptos, hidden ; 
and a»0oc, anthos, a flower.) Lehm. sem. hort. hamb. 1832. 
Lin. syst. — Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, with 
ovate or lanceolate segments. Corolla funnel-shaped, shorter 
than the calyx; throat naked? Stamens inclosed. Carpels 4, 
l-seeded, tubercled or nearly smooth, fixed to the bottom of 
the calyx, imperforated at the base ?—Annual plants, with the 
habit of Echinospérmum. 
1 C. crouEnA'TA (Lehm. ex Fisch. et Meyer, sem. cat. hort. 
petrop. 1836. p. 35.) leaves ovate-lanceolate, bluntish ; calycine 
segments ovate; carpels obsoletely tubercled, or nearly smooth. 
C. H. Native of Chili. Leaves pale green, broader than 
those of C. microcárpa. 
Glomerate-flowered Cryptantha. Fl.? Clt. 1836. Pl. 
2 C. microca’rpa (Fisch. et Meyer, l. c. p. 35.) leaves lance- 
olate, acute; calycine segments linear-lanceolate ; carpels rough 
from acute tubercles. ©. H. Native of Chili. Lithospér- 
mum clandestinum, Trev. Echinospérmum  cynoglossoídes, 
Hort, but not of Lehm. Herb glaucescent. Carpels minute. 
Small-fruited Cryptantha. Fl.? Clt. 1836. Pl. 3 foot. 
Cult. For culture and propagation see Amsinckia, below. 
XLVII. AMSI'NCKIA (meaning unknown to us.) Lehm. 
delect. sem. hort. hamb. 1831-2. 
Lin. syst.  Pentándria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted; seg- 
ments linear, gibbous. Corolla funnel-shaped ; segments of the 
limb equal, roundish; throat naked. Stamens inclosed. Stigma 
capitate, emarginate. Nuts 4, 1-seeded, fixed to the bottom of 
the calyx, imperforated and ovate at the base, gibbous outside, 
conniving at top, wrinkled from tubercles. 
1 A. tycopsoipes (Lehm. 1. c. Fisch. et Meyer, sem. cat. 
hort, petrop. 1836. p. 26.) throat of corolla bearded; limb 3 
times shorter than the tube ; stamens inserted a little above the 
base of the tube. ©. H. Native of America. Tube of corolla 
3l lines long. Limb 2 lines in diameter. 
Lycopsis-like Amsinckia. Fl. June, July. 
1 foot. 
2 A. ANGUsTIFOLIA (Lehm. l. c. 1832. Fisch. et Meyer, I. 
c.) throat of corolla glabrous, naked; limb twice shorter than 
the tube; stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla. ©. H. 
Native of Chili. A. parviflora, Bernh. sem. hort. erf. 1833. 
Lithospérmum calycinum, Moris, enum. sem. hort. Taur. 1831, 
and in mem. acad. Torino, 37. p. 108. t. 22. Tube of corolla 
hardly 2 lines long; limb hardly 2 lines in diameter. This 
differs from the preceding in the smaller flowers, and distinct 
insertion of the stamens. 
Narrow-leaved Amsinckia. Fl.? Clt. 1836. PI. 4 foot. 
3 A.1NTERME'D1A (Fisch. et Meyer, l. c.) throat of corolla 
glabrous, naked ; limb rather shorter than the tube; stamens 
inserted in the throat of the corolla. ©.H. Native of New 
California, about the Russian colony, Ross. Tube of corolla 14 
lines long; limb nearly 3 lines in diameter, orange yellow, 
painted with 5 deeper spots. An intermediate species between 
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