862 CXII. UORAGINB^. [Boragem. 



Gl, Zwackbla, Sejidtn. in Bviclih, Ic, Fl, Germ, xxviii. G5, t 131C, — Calyx alte 5-fidu3 

 sub-5'partitii9, lobia lineari-lanceolatis pamm uicequalibus. Corolla oblique infundibu^ 

 l;u:is, fauce ampliata iutus infra stamina squamulis emarginatis instructa ; lobi 5, valdo 

 in^qnaleSj erecto-patentes. Stamina 5, fauci affixa at vix ea longiora, filameutis brevis- 

 simis complanatis; antheree ovatEc. Ovarii lobi 4^ distinct!, gynobasi plan^e impositi ; 

 stylus filiformis, stigmate parvo. Nuculie abortu (an semper 1) solitaricej crassas, rugosfe, 

 facie interiore lata medio carinatiCj areola plana v. vix concava gynobasi planaj impositaj; 

 Semina recta ; cotyledones plana?- — Herba perennis, glabra v. parce pilosa, rliizomato 

 crassOj caulibus subsiniplicibus erectis. Folia alterna^ angnsta, obtusa. Racemi unilate- 

 rales, simpliceav. 2-fidi, breA^cs, floribus breviter pedicellatis foliaceo-bracteatis- Stamina 

 vix e fauce prominula v. ea abscondita ; stylus stepius longc exsertu^. - ■ 



Species 1, Boenise, EuropEc aiifitro-orientaliii incola. Genus hiiic Moltkis? illinc Echio affine. 



62. iLrnebia, Forsh. FL JEg. Arab, 62, (Dioclea, Spre^ig. Syst, i. 502- Strobila, G. 

 Don, Gen, Syst, iv, 327- Meneghinia, EndL Gen. 648, Stenosolenium, Turcz. in Bull. 

 Soc. Imp, Nat Mosc. 1840, 253. Toxostigma, A. Bkh. Fl. Abyss, il 86, t. 77,)— Calyx 

 alte 5-fidns v. 5-partitus, fructifer s^epe auctus, lobis lanceolatis linearibusve conniventibua, 

 interdum basi demiim induratis subauriculatis, Corolhe tubus tenuis, rectus, fauce intus 

 nuda ; lobi 5, imbricati, obtusi, patentcs, sinubiis s^pe inQexo-dilatatif^. Stamina tube 

 inrequaliter affixa, inclusa, filamentis brevibus ; antber^ oblongte, obtusse. Ovarii lobi 4, 

 gynobasi plana-* impositi ; stylus filiformls, apice 2'fidus, stigmatibus terminalibus capi- 

 tatis V, 2-lobis ; ovula crecta, funiculia brevibus. Nucule 4 v, abortu i:>auciores, erectse, 

 oblongai V, e basi lata acuminatre, rugos^e, latere interiore carinat^e, areola basilari plana 

 V. vix concava latiusculav. parva et interdum substipitata gynobasi plansc affixie. Semina 

 recta ; cotyledones crassse. — Herbse anuuai v, percunes, hispid^, erectte v. diffusjc, radice 

 interdum more Alkanna^^ rubro-tingente. Folia altema* " Flores flavi v. violacei, subscs- 

 silea, in racemes simplices v. cymas parum ramosas foliaceo-bracteatas dispositi. 



Species ad 12, Africse botfealis et Asiffi occidentalis et medife ii\col?e, DC. Prod, s, 94.' Walp. 

 Ann. iii, 135, v, 551, Boiss. Biagn. ser. 2, iii. 135. VaM^ Symh. ii, t, 28, Vent. Jard, Cels. t. 37. 

 Lehm. Asperif. t 39. Ledeh. Ic. Fl, Boss. t. 25 {siib Lithospermo), Wight, Ic. t, 1393, Jaub. et 

 Spack, ni. PL Or, t. 363, Hooh Kew Journ. iii, t. 6, BoU Mag. t 4409, 5266, 



Uoisfiier species percnnes ad Mnnhyam euam rofcrt. Vide adnot, sub genero sequente. 



63. IVIacrotomia, DC. Brod. x. 2Q. (Leptantbe, Kl, in Waldcm. BeisejBot 95, t 63,) — 

 Calyx 5-partitus, segnientis lunge linearibus. Corolla infundibularis v, subliypocrateri- 

 formis, tnbo longo tenui, fauce intus nuda ; lobi 5, imbricati, lati, patentes. Stamina 5, 

 tubo affixa, inclusa, filamentis abbreviatia nunc brevissimis ; antherie oblongaj, obtusc^. 

 Ovarii lobi 4, distincti, gynobasi parum conapicure impositi ; stylus filiformis, indivisus, 

 stigmatibus crassis distinctis v. in stigma vix emarginatum connatis ; ovula lateraliter 

 funiculo filiformi afiixa. !Nucul^ 4 v- abortu pauciores, erecta?, ovoidea3 v, angulatre et 

 acutiuRCula;, nigosuli^, latere interiore carinatfe, areola basilari lata" plana gynobasi vix 

 convex^ a&xee. Semina recta. — HerbiB perennes, erectfe^ hispida). Folia altema, 

 Cymae densie, in corymbum subglobosum v- in spicam longam terminalem calycis laciniia 

 longia Iiispidis fere plumosam cunfurtte. Corollie flavie v, cserule^c. 



Species 7 v. 8, Himalayse et Orientis incolae. 



^IviTBYA, Boiss. Biagn r ser. 1, xi. 114, species plures QOntinet Macrotomiam cum Arnihia arete 

 coBnectentes- In speciebus typicis, a Macrotomia non sepaxandis, stylus indivisus, stigmate emar* 

 ginato v.. vix 2-fido, In M, pere7ini, Boiss., affinibusqae a Candolleo nostro Bsnsa rite Arnchim 

 relatis, stylus 2-fldus v- (io M. cyanocJiroa, Boiss,) stigmatis laminEe bene distinctse. Boissier 

 Munhyam ab Arnehia distinxit radice peronni et stylo indiviso v. 2-fido, stigmatibus integris nee 

 sub'2-fldis. Hie character tameu iii sola Amebia iinctoria^ Forsk., observatur, in ceteris speciebus 

 annuls stigmata in c^uoque ramo integerrima, et in A. fimbripetala, Stocks, ut in A. echioide, BC- 

 (AiPXANTHo, 8tev. in Bull. Soc. Imp. ^'at. Mosc. ISoh i. 699), fitylus apice vix brevissimo 2-fidus 

 lobis intus stigmatosis. 



