178 c. BoRAGINE&. (C. B. Clarke.) [ Onosma. 
connivent, included or half-exserted. Ovary deeply 4-lobed; style filiform, 
stigma capitate or obscurely 2-lobed. Nutlets 4, ovoid, acute, erect or somewhat 
incurved, smooth or tuberculate; scar basal, large, flat.—Species 70, of the 
Mediterranean region and Central Asia. 
Sect. 1. Buonosma. Calyx lobes in fruit much longer than the tube. 
Corolla tubular or somewhat widened upwards. Filaments not dilated at the 
base. 
1. O. echioides, Linn.; DC. Prodr. x. 61; patently hispid, leaves 
oblong, racemes elongate often forked, calyx-lobes j in. narrowly oblong, 
corolla 3 in. cylindric slightly dilated upwards yellow, nutlets shining smooth. 
Lamk. Ill. t. 93; Sibth. Fl. Grec. t. 172; Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 295 ; Boiss. Fi. 
Orient. iv. 181. O. hispida, Wall. Cat. 938; DC. Prodr. x. 66. O. arenarium, 
Waldst. & Kit. Pl. Hung. iii. t. 979. O. Gmelini, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. 184, and 
Ic. Fl. Ross, iii. t. 280. 
Kasuwig, alt. 5-9000 ft., frequent, Thomson, &c. Kumaon; Royle.—DisTRIB. 
From Siberia and Cabul to France. i 
Biennial; stems 8-20 in. Cauline leaves 24 by 4 in. Racemes in fruit 1-6 in. ; 
bracts }-1 in., leaflike; pedicels 0-} in. Calyzx-lobes in fruit attaining sometimes 1 
in. Corolla 1 in. diam. at top, glabrous without. Filaments linear, anthers included 
or shortly exserted. Style overtopping the anthers, Nuts }-} in. long, stony, white, 
often speckled. 
2. O. Hookeri, Clarke; hirsute, leaves oblong, racemes subcapitate, 
calyx-lobes } in. linear silky, corolla } in. cylindric dilated upwards, nutlets 
muricated on the sides.—Onosma, sp. n. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 
ALPINE SIKKIM, alt. 12-14,000 ft.; Kongra Lama and Tungu, J. D. H. 
Rootstock perennial; stems 3-7 in. Radical leaves 3 by 4 in. ; eauline 1-2 by i 
in., somewhat distant. Flowers in a single terminal villous head. Calya-lobes 1n 
fruit 3 in, very silky. Corolla silky without, apparently purple; upper half j 1 
diam.. nearly twice as wide as the lower. Stamens and style nearly as of O. echioides. 
Nutlets scarcely } in., ovoid, suddenly narrowed, somewhat incurved, shining, 8n 
nearly smooth on the back.—Affords the best Lepcha red dye. 
3. O. 'Thomsoni, Clarke; hirsute, leaves linear white woolly beneath, 
racemes small divided calyx-lobes 4 in. linear, corolla 3-3 in. cylindric slightly 
dilated upwards, nutlets shining glabrous.—Onosma sp. n. 3, Herb. Ind. Or. 
H. f. & T. 
Kasuwrn, alt. 6000 ft.; Banahal, Thomson. os 
Perennial; stems 1-2 ft., patently hairy. Cauline leaves 14 by 4-4 in. hispid 
above with tubereular-based hairs. Facemes 1-3 in., capitate or in fruit lax; bracts 
} in., linear; pedicels 0-1 in. Calyx-lobes scarcely enlarged in fruit. Corolla mi- 
nutely hairy, mouth 1-4 wide. Anthers more than half their length exsert ; style over 
topping the stamens,  Nutle/s à in., ovoid, very acute, somewhat incurved, sides 
obscurely angular. 
4. O. bracteatum, Wall. in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey & Wall. ii. 13; 
and Cat, 936; hirsute, leaves lanceolate upper ovate-lanceolate silky white 
beneath, racemes capitate, calyx-lobes in fruit 1 in. linear silky, corolla-tu 
in. slightly dilated upwards, nutlets ovoid rough. DC. Prodr. x. 
macrocephala, Don Frodr. 99. 
Western Hrwaraya; Kashmir, Royle, Kumaon, alt, 11,500 ft.; Pindar» 
Strachey §& Winterbottom. we 
Stems 15 in., erect, stout, patently hispid. Radical leaves 6 by 1 in. petioled ; 
cauline 2 by $ in. acuminate, upper surface hispid with tubercular-based hairs 
Flowers in dense silky heads 2-3 in. diam. Corolla 4 in. diam. at the mouth, hairy 
