Tas. 8617. 
ECHIUM Perrezit. 
Island of Palma. 
BORAGINACEAE. Tribe BoRaGINEAE. 
Ecurum, Linn. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. Plant. vol. ii. p. 863. 
Echium Perezii, Sprague in Kew Bull. 1914, pp. 210, 267; affinis H. Wild- 
pretii, H. H. W. Pearson, a quo thyrso laxo cymis conspicue pedunculatis, 
styli ramis longioribus, foliorum lamina usque ad basin decurrente 
distinguitur. 
Herba erecta, circiter 0-6 m. alta (in insulis canariensibus ad 2 m. alta). 
Caulis simplex, basi defoliatus, ceterum dense foliatus. Folia inferiora 
deflexa, anguste lineari-lanceolata, circiter 13 em. longa, 0°8-1°3 cm. lata, 
caudato-acuminata, in basin sensim angustata, grosse sericeo-pilosa; nervi 
laterales utrinsecus circiter 4, satis obliqui, supra inconspicui, leviter 
impressi, subtus elevati; foliasuperiora adscendentia. Thyrsws terminalis, 
ovoideus, multiflorus, circiter 25 cm. longus, 13 cm. diametro; cymae 
scorpioideae, conspicue pedunculatae, circiter 8 cm. longae pedunculis 
2-3 cm. longis inclusis; cymae inferiores et intermediae bifurcatae, 
circiter 25-florae, superiores simplices; pedunculi et rhachis patenter 
pilosi; bracteae lineari-lanceolatae, 6-8 mm. longae. Calycis segmenta 
erecta, lanceolata, acuta, 6-7 mm. longa, 2-3 mm. lata, extra hirsuta. 
Corolla subrotata, regularis, 8 mm. longa, pallide rosea; lobi patentes 
vel apicem versus leviter deflexi, late ovati, marginibus deflexis. Stamina 
e plicis elevatis corollae tubi orta, longe exserta, aequaliter divergentia. 
Stylus circiter 2 cm. longus, basi et superne glaber, ceterum pilosus; 
rami fere 2 mm. longi. Nuwculae tuberculatae, rostro patulo—T. A. 
SPRAGUE. 
For the introduction to cultivation of the striking 
FEchium which forms the subject of our plate, horticulture 
is indebted to Dr. G. V. Perez of Tenerife, from whom 
seeds were received at Kew in 1911. These seeds were 
sown in heat in the following spring, and two years 
later the plants raised came into flower in the Temperate 
House, when they were recognised by Mr. Sprague, who 
has made an exhaustive study of the genus Lchiwm, as 
belonging to a hitherto uncharacterised species, nearly 
allied to E. Wildpretii, figured at t. 7847 of this work. 
The illustration here given represents one of these 
plants. The plant now figured resembles /. Wildpretii 
in its foliage except in that the leaves are decurrent 
to the base; it further differs by its lax thyrse and 
in having longer ‘style-arms. The species has been 
named in honour of the discoverer, who has done so 
much for the cause of botany in the Canaries, and is 
himself an ardent student of the genus to which it 
JULY, 1915. 
