Lithospermum. ] C. BORAGINE®. (C. B. Clarke.) 175 
Kasuwrn ; Peshawur, Vicary. WEsTERN TiBET, Thomson.—Disrrir. From Cabul, 
Siberia to N. Africa, Europe. 
Annual. Stems 12-24 in., erect. Cauline leaves 1 by 4 in., strigose, hairs often 
from tuberculate bases. Racemes in fruit 4-10 in., pedicels 3; in.; bracts leaflike, 
smaller upwards. Corolla i in. long, hairy upwards, Nutlets } in., gradually nar- 
rowed upwards; sepals in fruit 4—4 in., hispid. 
2. L. tenuiflorum, Linn. f. Suppl. 130 ; strigose, leaves oblong-linear 
lower spathulate scarcely petioled, corolla blue rarely white tube slightly ex- 
ceeding the calyx, nutlets ovoid somewhat suddenly acuminate tuberculate.. 
Jacq. le. Rar. ii. t. 3135 DC. Prodr. x. 75; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 217. Myo- 
sotis tenuiflora, Viv. FI. Lib. 9, t. 1, fig. 2. 
Kasumir, alt. 5-7000 ft., Thomson. Punsas, Rawul Pindee, Aitchison.—DisTRIB. 
Cabul, W. Asia to Egypt and Greece. 
Very near the preceding species. Stems often divided near the base, decumbent, 
rarely more than 12 in. 
3. L. officinale, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. x. 76; hispidly hairy, leaves oblong- 
lanceolate, corolla white fading yellowish, nutlets ovoid shining white smooth. 
Engl. Bot. t. 184; Boiss. Fl. Orient. iv. 218. Margarospermum officinale, 
Dene. in Jacquem. Voy. Bot. 122. 
Kasuane ; alt. 6—8000 ft., frequent ; Falconer, Thomson, &c. . 
Perennial. Stems 2—4 feet, erect, corymbose upwards. Leaves 2 by i in., rough 
Strigose, nerves subprominent. Racemes in fruit 1-4 in.; pedicels à in.; bracts- 
leaflike, smaller upwards. Corolla lin. hairy upwards. Vutlefs } in.; sepals in 
ruit 1 in. 
29. SERICOSTOMA, Stocks. 
Small strigose branched shrubs. Leaves alternate. Flowers small, axillary, 
sessile, solitary, or the upper in a bracteate raceme. Sepals 5, narrow. Corolla- 
tube short; mouth wide, closed with hair; lobes 5, imbricate in bud, obtuse, 
Spreading. Stamens 5, subincluded ; anthers oblong, obtuse. Ovary deeply 4- 
obed ; style short, stigma subcapitate. Nutlets 4, ovoid, substipitate; scar 
basal ; receptacle flat.—Species 3 in W. Asia, from India to Arabia. 
l. S. pauciflorum, Stocks in Wight Ic. t. 1377 ; roughly strigose, leaves 
oblong subsessile, corolla white, nuts ovoid acute stony blotched with very flat 
White tubercles. Dalz. & Gibs. Bomb. Fl. 172; Hook. Ic. Pl. t. 804. 
W. Invra; Deesa. KATTYWAR (in the sands near the sea). SciNDE; Stocks, &c. 
_ Attaining 12-18 in., oftener small, scrubby. Leaves 14 by }-} in., obtuse with a 
minute mucro, narrowed at the base, hisptd with tubercle-based hairs ; in serubby 
Plants 1-3 in. long. Sepals 4 in., lanceolate, hispid. Corolla } in. diam., lobes crisp 
pa oserrulate on the margin ; tube within and base of the lobes densely hairy. Nut- 
els S5 in., acute. 
30. ARNEBIA, Forsk, 
Annual or perennial hispid herbs, diffuse or divided near the base; root 
often staining red. Leaves alternate. Racemes terminal, elongate, bracteate ; 
Owers subsessile, yellow or whiteish (in the Indian species). Sepals linear, 
pot or slightly enlarged in fruit (in the Indian species). Corolla-tube slender, 
?nger than the sepals, throat naked within; lobes 5, imbricate in bud, obtuse, 
Spreading, Stamens 5 ; much below the mouth of the tube with long style, or 
in the throat semi-exsert with short style; anthers small, oblong obtuse. Ovary 
dee ly 4-lobed ; style shortly bipartite, stigmas small capitate, nearly the same 
in the long. and short-styled flowers. Nutlets 4, ovoid-oblong or acute, erect ; 
