Lrichodesma.] UXXX1X. BORAGINEX (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 51 
19, T. zeylanicum, 2. Br. Prodr. 496. Annual. Stems erect, 
3-4 ft. high; branches pubescent and with scattered bulbous-based 
hairs. Leaves opposite or the upper alternate, subsessile, oblong- 
lanceolate, tapering at the base, 1-3 in. long, pubescent and with 
bulbous-based hairs on both surfaces; lower leaves larger, shortly 
petioled. Cymes lax, terminal; pedicels long, slender, densely hairy, 
patent hispid. Sepals ovate-lanceolate, not cordate at the base, very 
hairy on both surfaces, finally 6-9 lin. long. Corolla slightly longer 
than the calyx, 6 lin. in diam., blue with a white eye; lobes 14 lin. 
long, 3 lin. broad, rounded at the sides, produced at the apex into an 
acumen 1 lin, long. Anthers lanceolate, 14 lin. long; awn nearly 
as long as the cell, contorted, hairy below. Ovary conical, glabrous ; 
style long subulate. Nutlets ovoid, compressed, slightly rugose on 
the ventral side, smooth, grey and glossy on the back, 2 lin. long.—DC. 
Erour. x...72: “A. Rich. Tent. FL Abyss. ii. 91; Klotzsch in Peters, 
Reise Mossamb. Bot. 255; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl, Aethiop. 117; Bot. 
Mag. t. 4820; Benth. Fl. Austral. iv. 404; Baker, Fl. Maurit. 202; C. 
B, Clarke in Hook, f. Fl. Brit. Ind. iv. 154; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. 
Trop. Afr. 352; Gregory, Great Rift Valley, 395. 7. kotschyanum, 
Fenzl ex A.DO. in DC. Prodr. x. 172. Borago zeylanica, Burm. 
f. Fl. Ind. 41, t. 14, fig. 2; Linn. Mant. 202; Jacq. Ic. t. 314. 
Pollichia zeylanica, F. Muell. Census, ed. i. 100. Borraginoides zeylanica, 
Hiern in Cat. Afr. Pl. Welw. i. 720. Boraginella zeylanica, O. Kuntze, 
Rev. Gen. Pl. ii. 435. 
Wile Land. Fazokl, Kotschy, 542! Khartoum, Heuglin. Abyssinia: near 
Jelajeranne, Schimper, 625 ! Aguar Valley, Schimper, 1025! and without precise 
locality, Schimper, 68!.208! Jur: Jur Ghattas, Schweinfurth, 1295! Muru: 
near the River Bibia, Petherick! British East Africa: Mele, Kassner, 244! near 
Mombasa, Scott-Elliot, 6126! Shimoni, Whyte! Witu, Nzaoi, and _ Iveti 
Mountains, Gregory. 
Lower Guinea. Angola: Huilla; between Mumpullo and Nene, Welwitsch, 
5301! 
Mozamb. Dist. German East Africa: Kilimanjaro; “Kwa Kinabo,” 
Volkens, 1982! Usambara; Lutindi, Holst, 3452! Usaramo; Dar es Salaam, 
Hildebrandt, 1219! Portuguese East Africa: Lower Zambesi ; Shupanga, Kirk ! 
near Lake Nyasa, Johnson, 53! 368! British Central Africa : Upper Shire Valley, 
Meller! Nyasaland ; near Zomba, Whyte! Kondowe to Karonga, Whyte! near 
the Umbaka River, Scott ! 
Also in the Mascarene Isles, India, Malaya, and Australia. 
9. CYNOGLOSSUM, Linn.; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Pl. ii. 848. 
_ Calyx deeply 5-lobed, not acerescent. Corolla-tube short, closed with 
scales at the throat ; lobes 5, orbicular, patent, imbricate; stamens 5, in- 
serted in the corolla-tube ; filaments very short ; anthers oblong, obtuse. 
Ovary with 4 depressed lobes; style long or short; stigma minute, capt- 
tate; ovules horizontal. Nuts 4, depressed, convex on the back, muricate. 
Seeds straight or slightly curved; cotyledons broad, flat ; radicle short.— 
Perennial or biennial herbs. Leaves many, alternate; radical petioled. 
