Tab. 7003. 



MACROTOMIA Bbothami. 

 Native of the Western Himalaya. 



Nat. Ord. Boragine.e. — Tribe Borage*:. 

 Genus Maceotomia, DC. ; (Benth. et Hook.f. Gen. PI. vol. ii. p. 862.) 



Mackotomia Bentliami; herba elata hirsuto-hispidissima, foliis rndicalibus 

 elongato-lineari-lanceolatis subacutis basi Bemi-amplexii-aulibus 5-7-cnstatis, 

 caulinis sessilibus linearibus lanceolatisve, floribus in thvrsum elongatoin 

 cylindraceum spiciformem villoso-liispuluni dispositis, braoteil lineari-eliui^atis 

 foliaceis flores longe superantibus, corolla luride purpurea tubo glandulosn- 

 piloso. 



M. Bentbami, Z>C. Prodr. vol. x. p. 27 ; Hooh.f. Fl. Jiril. Ind. vol. iv. p. 177. 



Echium Benthami, Wall. Cat. 931 5 G. Don Gen. Syst. vol. iv. p. WMi. 



Leptanthe macrostacbya, Klotzsch hi Reise Pr. Wahlem. But. p. 95, t. <i:{. 



A stately plant, not uncommon in rocky places of the 

 Western Himalaya. It was discovered in the pfovinc 

 Kumaon by Dr. Blinkworth, a correspondent of Dr. 

 Wallich's, where it has since been found by Mee 

 Strachey and Winterbottom at elevations of 12,000 to 

 13,000 feet; from thence it extends into Garwhal, where 

 Mr. Duthie has collected it at 10,000 to 12,000 feet. From 

 Kashmir it has been sent by many travellers, Royle, Fal- 

 coner, Thomson, Clarke and' Aitchison. There, the latl ir 

 botanist informs me, it occurs at a thousand feet lower 

 elevation, namely, 9000 to 11,000 feet. Dr. Aitchison 

 writes that the root and flower are medicinal, but he docs 

 not say for what purpose they are used; he gives the 

 native Kashmiri name of Khou Ka Zaban, and remarks 

 that the leaves resemble a giant Plantar/ o. 



The specimen figured flowered in the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, in May, 1887, and was raised from seed received 

 from Mr. Duthie of the Saharumpore Botanical Gardens in 

 ]884. It differs from the description of the genus in the 

 stamens being inserted far above the middle of the corolla, 

 and in the style being very short, which suggests that the 

 flowers are dimorphic. 



Desor. A stout herb one to three feet high, everywh.ro 

 hispidly hirsute. Boot xvvy stout. Stem as thick below 

 jult 1st, 1888. 



