Lycopsis. | €. BORAGINEZ. (C. B. Clarke.) 169 
the middle, somewhat longer than the calyx ; lobes 5, imbricate in bud, obtuse, 
spreading. _ Stamens 5, included ; anthers ovate, obtuse. Ovary 4-lobed ; style 
filiform, stigma capitate. Nutlets 4, ovoid, suberect, reticulate-rugose; scar on 
the inner face, near the middle, oblong, longitudinal, elevated, margined ; carpo- 
phore conical.—Species 3-4, of the Mediterranean region. 
L. arvensis, Linn.; DC. Prodr. x. 54; erect, bristly, leaves oblong 
acute upper amplexicaul lower petioled, corolla-lobes subequal. Lamk. lilt. 
92; Engl. Bot. t. 938. Anchusa arvensis, Bieb. Fl. Taur.- Cauc. i. 193; Reichb. 
Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1310, fig. 1; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 160. 
Kasumir and WESTERN TinET, alt. 3-8000 ft.; from near Peshawur to Skardo, 
Royle, Thomson, &c.—DrsTRIB. Europe, W. & N. Asia. 
. Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 2 by $in. Racemes in fruit 3-6 in.; pedicels 1 in.; bracts 
2 in., lanceolate, or lower leaflike. Sepals in flower 4 in., hispid, oblong-linear, in 
fruit} in. Corolla-tube ł in., narrowly cylindric; lobes } in., blue, or in the Indian 
plant usually white. Stamens attached near the base of the corolla-tube. Nutlets 
$-à in., 12 not papillose-scabrid between the wrinkles. 
23. WONNEA, Moench. 
Annual or perennial herbs, hispid or villous, usually diffuse. eaves alter- 
nate. Cymes dense, in fruit elongate, bracteate. Calyx 5-fid, shortly or half- 
way down; in fruit much enlarged, tube enclosing the nutlets. Corolla-tube 
straight, about as long as the calyx, throat naked or hairy (not with scales), 
small scales sometimes present lower down; lobes 5, imbricate in bud, obtuse, 
spreading. Stamens 5, included or scarcely exsert; anthers oblong, obtuse. 
Ovary deeply 4-lobed; style filiform, stigma shortly or obscurely 2-lobed. 
Nutlets 4, ovoid, reticulate-rugose, on a depressed-conic receptacle ; scar large, 
l oblique, concave, with a central a pendage and very hard margin.— 
Species 20; in Europe, N. Africa, W. and Gentral Asia. 
N. pulla, Lamk. et DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 626, in note; erect, hairy, leaves 
oblong acute upper subamplexicaul lower petioled, calyx-lobes acuminate, corolla 
blackish-purple, stamens included. DC. Prodr. x. 82; Reichb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 
1302, fig. 2; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 166. N. taurica, Ledeb. Fl. Ross. ii. 112. 
N. Edgeworthii, A. DC. Prodr. x. 30.  Lycopsis pulla, Zinn. ; Jacq. Fi. 
Austr, ii, t. 188; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 327, t. 67. Anchusa pulla, Bieb. Fl. Taur.- 
Cauc, i, 125.— Boraginearum sp., Edgw. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 284. 
Asi Ponsa Prax, Thomson, Edgeworth, &e.—Disrris. Central and E. Europe, W. 
ia. 
. Much branched, 12-18 in., hispid and villous. Leaves 2 by 4 in. Racemes 2-5 
in., dense; pedicels 1—1 in. ; bracts 1 in., leaflike. Calyx } in.; in fruit j in., the 
Campanulate base lin. diam. ; subglobose.  Corolla-tube 4 in., narrow ; lobes j in., 
alf-spreading, Nutlets } in., obliquely curved inwards, slightly wrinkled, puberulous. 
24. MERTENSIA, Roth. 
_ Perennial herbs, strigose or softly hairy. Leaves alternate. Racemes ter- 
minal, scorpioid, usually simple, dense p^ lax; bracts 0, Flowers blue or 
lish, pedicelled. Sepals narrow, somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla- 
tube as long as, or much longer than, the calyx ; throat with or without scales ; 
lobes 5, imbricate in bud, short, obtuse, spreading or suberect. Stamens 5, in- 
cluded or scarcely exserted, filaments short linear; anthers oblong, obtuse. 
Ovary-lobes 4; style filiform, often very long, stigma small. Nutlets 4, erect, 
