170 c. BOoRAGINEE. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Mertensia. 
ovoid-oblong, obscurely dorsally compressed, smooth, slightly angular; scar 
small, triangular, at the very base of the inner angle, not strongly margined.-- 
Species 15; in E. Europe, extratropical Asia, and N. America. 
Trigonitis differs by its short corolla-tube and shortly trigonous (not oblong) 
nutlets. Myosotis differs by its short corolla-tube and twisted corolla-lobes. The 
length of the corolla is variable in the species of this genus. 
1. M. elongata, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 857 ; adpressedly hairy, leaves 
oblong lower long-petioled spathulate, raceme many-flowered at length elongate, 
corolla-tube a little longer than the calyx, scales in the throat very small. 
Lithospermum elongatum, Dene. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 121, t. 126. Eritri- 
chium elongatum, 4. DC. Prodr. x. 124. 
Kasumi, alt. 5-8000 ft. ; Jacquemont, Falconer. , 
Rootstock somewhat stout, annual stems 8 in. Radical leaves 2 by } in. ; petiole 
1j in.; cauline 2 by 4 in., sessile, acute, hairs adpressed from tubercular bases. 
Raceme in fruit 34 in. long-peduncled ; pedicels } in., rigid, suberect. Calyz-lobes 
4 in., linear, sparingly strigose; in fruit } in. Corolla 4 in. diam., tube 3 in. long ; 
scales in the throat very small; lobes spreading. Anthers subsessile, above the 
scales. Style} in. Nutlets } in., white or pale, shining.—Described from Jacque- 
mont’s specimen. 
2. M. moltkioides, Clarke; patently hairy, leaves oblong or elliptic 
lower long-petioled spathulate, racemes many-flowered, corolla-tube nearly 
twice as long as the calyx, scales in the throat small. Anchusa moltkioides, 
Benth. in Royle Ill. 305, t. 73, fig. 1; DC. Prodr. x. 51. Lithospermum 
moltkioides, Dene. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 122. 
Kasumi, alt. 8000 ft., Falconer; near Islamabad, Thomson, PancEe; Dr. Watt. 
Very near M. elongata; leaves more softly hairy, hairs on the midrib beneath 
patent or reflexed. Racemes shorter peduneled. Calyx larger. Corolla-tube 4 by 
zy in. Nutlets brown-black, not more excavate at the base than are those of M. 
elongata. . 
Van. Thomsoni; radical leaves large elliptic acute, corolla exceeding $ in. diam. 
with tube } in. long. Mertensia sp. n. 3, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. & T.—Kashmur, alt. 
11,000 ft.; near Islamabad, Thomson. Radical leaves 3 by 1} in., base subobtuse. 
Pedicels in fruit 1-4 in. Sepals in fruit 4 in. and upwards, narrowly oblong, patently 
hairy. Nutlets exceeding à in. brown-black. ` 
3. M. echioides, Benth. in Gen. Pl. ii. 857 ; softly hairy, leaves oblong 
lower long-petioled spathulate, raceme dense many-fid., corolla-tube one-t 
longer than the calyx-lobes erect scales in the throat obsolete, anthers exsert 
from the tube. Lithospermum echioides, Benth. in Royle Ill. 305; DC. Pr odr. 
x. 83. L. secundiflorum, Dene. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 120, t. 125. Eritrichium 
secundiflorum, A. DC. Prodr. x. 124. 
Kasmwig and Western TiprT, alt. 5-12,000 ft. ; from the Upper Indus to the 
southern face of the Himalaya, frequent ; Royle, Falconer, &c. : 
Stems 6-15 in. Leaves 14 by } in., subobtuse. Peduncles long ; racemes 1-3 in, 
dense even in fruit; pedicels à-l in. linear.  Corolla-tube 1-4 in., lobes P 
Filaments linear, distinct; anthers completely exsert, but not reaching above its lobes. 
Style and nutlets as of M. elongata, —Easily distinguished from all the other species 
of Mertensia by its erect corolla-lobes. 
4. M. primuloides, Clarke; strigose, leaves small elliptic lower very 
shortly petioled, raceme dense not many-flowered, corolla-tube } in. twice as 
long as the calyx, scales in the throat distinct. Eritrichium primuloides, Dene. 
in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 123, t. 128; A. DC. Prodr. x. 125. 
" ALPINE WESTERN HIMALAYA, Jacquemont; Sai and Gilgit, alt. 15,000 ftu, Col 
anner. 
