150 c. BoraGINESZ. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Heliotropium. 
h. H. europeum, Aitchison Cat. Punjab. 94; Benth, Fl. Austral. iv. 394; 
PLinn. ; DC. l.c. 534. 
Poxas and SciNpz; in the plains, frequent. Kasumir ; Srinuggur, alt. 5,200 ft. 
—Disrris. W. and Central Asia, Australia. 
Stems woody; branches from the base, 6-12 in., softly closely hairy. Leaves 
4-1} in., obtuse ; nerves not prominent on the upper surface ; petiole 4-1 in. Spikes 
2 in. Sepals 4, in., ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Corolla-tube 4 in., narrow, cylindric, 
hairy without ; segments small, round, crenulate. Stigma microscopically scabrous. 
Nutlets à; in.—Differs from H. europeum, Linn., in the more softly hairy leaves and 
spikes; as to the minute differences in the stigma (shown by Gussone l. c.) they do 
not apply satisfactorily to the Indian and Australian materials. 
Var. lasiocarpum ; nuts hispid-silky sparingly rugose. H. lasiocarpum, Fisch d 
Mey. Ind. Sem. iv. 38; Bunge in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1869, 292; Boiss. 
Fl. Orient. iv. 131.—N.W. India; ez Boiss. l.c., but all the Indian examples seen 
suit H. Eichwaldi so far as the two differ. 
6. H. calcareum, Stocks in Hook. Kew Journ. iv. 174; leaves obovate 
lower Jong. petioled softly closely hairy, spikes elongate ebracteate, flowers 
l-ranked, calyx persistent after the setulose nutlets have fallen. Bunge in Bull. 
Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1869, 308 ; Boiss, Fl. Orient. iv. 128. H. cinerascens, 
Aitchison Cat. Punjab. 94, not of Steud. 
SciwpE; Stocks.—Distrr, Beloochistan. 
Stem and leaves nearly as of H. Eichwaldi, but indumentum more ash-coloured. 
Spikes often 6 in. Sepals 4 in., lanceolate, hairy.  Corolla-tube } in., cylindric, 
hairy without; lobes small, round, crenate. Stigma conic elongate, minutely bifid at 
the apex. Nutlets J in. 
7. H. ovalifolium, Forsk. Fl. 4Eg.- Arab. 38 ; leaves elliptic or obovate 
softly closely hairy lower long-petioled, spikes elongate persistently bracteate. 
Roth Nov. Sp. 103; Wall. Cat. 2089. H. coromandelianum, Retz. Obs. ii. 
9; DC. Prodr. ix. 541; Wall. Cat. 7016; Wight Ic. t. 1888; Dalz. $ Gibs. 
Bomb. Fl. 171. H. tomentosum and polystachyum, Poir. Dict. Suppl. iii. 23; 
DC. l. c. 549. H. ile, Br. Prodr. 493. H. obovatum, Don Prodr. 101; 
DC. l.c. 548. H. Kunzei, Lehm.; DC. Lc. 541; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 130. 
H. Syenites, Spreng. Syst. i. 539. H. Brocchianum, Vis. Pl. Æg.-Nub. 8, t. 2, 
fig. 1. H. niloticum, A. DC. Prodr. ix. 541. 
Bencat, Deccan PrxiNsULA and Sciwpz ; frequent.— DisrRIB. Tropical Africa and 
Australia. 
Stems woody ; branches 1 ft., ascending, softly hairy. Leaves 3 by j in., or in the 
western examples hardly half so large, obtuse with or without a mucro; nerves not 
prominent. Spikes 1-4 in., dense; bracts 1-2 in. ovate, acute, Sepals ig iD, 
elliptic, acute. Corolla-tube 3, in., cylindric ; lobes minute, ovate, patent, subacute. 
Stigma minutely hairy. Nutlets is in., densely setulose. 
** Leaves lanceolate, bristly, margins crisped-crenulate; flowers sessile, 
ebracteate. 
_ 8. H. undulatum, Vahl Symb. i. 13; leaves obscurely petioled, spikes 
rigid branches short, nutlets small hispid. Wall. Cat. 916; DC. Prodr. ix. 536; 
Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 147. H. persicum, Lamk. Dict. ii. 94; Burm. Fl. Ind. 
4l, t. 19; DC. Lc. 537; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 147. H. crispum, Desf. Fl. 
Atlant. i. 151, t. 41. H, eriocarpum, Delile; Lehm. Asperifol. 55 ( fide Doiss-). 
H. ramosissimum, Sieb.; DC. l.c. 536. H. affghanum, Boiss. Fi. Orient. iv. 
143. Lithospermum hispidum, Forsk. Fl. Æg.- Arab. 38. 
Ponsan, Scrxpr, and UPPER GANG z. — — B. 
W. Asin and N Africa. ETIC PrArN, alt, 0-1000 ft., frequent.—DistR! 
Suberect, 6-24 in., branched, harsh, scabrous. Leaves 1-1] in., often rugoses 
