Echinospermum.l BORAGINEiE. 



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Tab. CXLIIL— Fi^. 1, Flower; Jig. 2, Calyx with the pistil; Jig, 3, Corolla laid open; fig, 4, Pistil; 

 fig, 5, Fruit;^^. 6, Single achenium;^^. 7, the same cut open showing the seed:— magnified, 



7. M,fulva; hispida, caule erecto, foliis oblongo-linearibus obtusis v. acumlnatis calloso- 

 stngosis, racemis demum valde elongatis, calycibus pilis flavis hispidissimis 5-partitis ses- 

 silibus fructiferis ampliatis laciniis erectis, nucibus 2 (alteris abortientibus) reniformi-ovatis 

 rugosis nigris. — Hook, et Arn, in Bot. of Beechey's Voy, v, I, p, 38, 



Hab. Dry prairies of the Columbia. Mr. Tolmie. — These specimens entirely agree with the original 

 ones from Chili. The species is indeed very distinct and well-marked, remarkable for the large size of the 

 calyx, especially when in fruit. {Hook.) 



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8. M, Chorisiana; caulibus filiformibus adscendentibus subramosis, folus scssilibus an- 

 gusto-linearibus calloso-strigosis, racemis tenninalibus secuiulis, calycibus hispidis in fructu 

 erectis apice barbatis, nucibus verrucosis rugosis. — Cham, in Lin. v, 4. p. 4i4. Hook, et 

 Arn. in BoL of Beech. Voy. v. \, p, 152. 



Caules ex eadem radice plures, adscendentes, ramosi, subpalraares, incumbenti-pilosi. Folia sessilia, 

 angusto-linearia, acutiuscula, utrinque strigosa, 3-nervia, nervis latcralibus obscuris. Racemi muUiflori, in 

 summo caule ramisque secundi, ebracteati, floribus iufimis axillaribus. Calyces brevi-pcdiccllati, erecti, 5- 

 partiti: laciniis lanceolato-liiiearibus, hispidis, apice fulvo-barbatis. Pedicelli sub calyce incrassati. Co- 

 rolla parva, flava. Tubus calycem subsuperaus: ZiVn^z laciuiae rotundutse, integerrima). iVMCM rugosae, 



verrucosse. 



Hab. Columbia. Dr. Scouler.—TKxs was found in California by the officers of Captain Beechey's 

 Voyage, {Hook,) 



3. ECHINOSPERMUM. Lehm. 



Cor. hypocrateriformis : fliuce squamis brevibus instructa. Lirnhus 5-partituSj obtusus, 

 patulus. Nuces 4, uniloculares, echinata?, columnce central! aflBxie, basi imperforatae. 



a.fructihus nutantibus vel defexis. 



1. E. Virginicum; foliis ovato-oblongis acuminatis nervoso-venosis, supra scabris subtus 

 pubescentibus, racemis divaricatis bracteolatis, nucibus aculeis glochidiatis dense asperis. 

 Lehm. Asper. v. 1. p. 1 IT. — Rochelia Virginiana. Boem. et SchulL v. 4. p. 108. Torr. Am. 

 V. \. p. 208.--Myosotis Virglnica. Lin. Sp. PL v. I. p. 189. Pursh, Am. v. I. p. 134. 

 Nutt. Gen. Am. v. I. p. 112. 



Hab. Canada to the Saskatchawan, Dr. Richardson, Drummond, 



2. E.diffusvm; caule foliisque hirsutis : radicalibus petiolatis oblongo-lanceolatis, cau- 

 linis superioribus ovatis obtusis sessilibus, racemis erectis simplicibus bracteatis, nucibus 



aculeis glochidiatis uudique adspersls. Lehm. Pugil. IL p. 23. — Myosolis diffusa. 



Dough ms. 



Caulis subpedalis, erertus. teres, hirsutus, apice in ramuHs raccmiferis divisus. Folia integerrima, 

 utrinque hirsuta.sub 3-nervia: nervo medio subtus protuberantc: radicolia longepctiolata. oblongo-lanceo- 

 lata, obtusiusculii; canlina sparsa conferta. inferiora radicalibus simillima scd minora et brevius petiolata; 

 superiora sessilia, ovata, ol)tusa. Racemi simpliccs, hir.uli, erecti, bractcati. Bracte<B inferiores ovato 

 lanceolatse, lonsi*"**'"*^ pcdicellorum, superiores lincares breviores. Pedicelli subsecundi, 3 lin. longi, bir- 



