Boraye(B.] CXII, BORAGlNE^j 863 



, 04, rLobostemon, Lehn, in Lintutaj v. 378j f, 5. (Ecliiopsis, Hetchh. ex DC)— Calyx 

 6-partituR, segraentis lanccolatis lincaribnsve, nonnullis interdum basi connati,'^. Corolla 

 tubuloso-infundibularis, fauce eiibsequali intus nuda ; lobi 5, imbricati, rotundati, subpa- 

 teiites, vix inaequales. Stamina 5, tubo affixa, exserta, ssepius inajqualia, filamentis fili- 

 formibus fcasi s^pius intror.snm squaiiuila pilosa v. pilorum pcnicillo instructia ; antherro 

 subglobosse ovatie v, oblongas, obtusse. Ovarii lobi 4, distincti, gynobasi planse v. vix 

 convexEe iiupositi ; stylus filiformis, indiviaus, stigmate parvo subcapitellato. Nuculie 4, 

 distinctrej erecte, ovoidca^ S-gon^e v. acnminat^j granulato-scabrie v, rugosa), areola basilar! 

 plana gynoTiasi planse V, vix convex^ affixee, Semina recta, — IFerbfe peferines rudesque 

 suffrutices v. frutices, scabro-canescentes v, hispidi,,^ Folia alterna, sessilia, gi'auuloso- 

 tuberculata v, hispida, rarius fere glabra. Cynifo terminaleSj nunc dense capitatLe^ iximo 

 ramis paucis scorpioideis parum elongatis laxiores, Flores albi v. cpcrulescentes- 



Species euumcratai ad 50, Africns australis incola^, pliirima? tanien inter so vix distingucndae. 

 Va Prod. X. 5 et 13 {Echii sect. 1 et 2). Lehm, Aspcrif. Ic. t. 1, 3, 16, 17, 21 ad 28, Jacq. Hort 



Schmnbr, t 34; Ic. Rat. tZl2. Vent Jard.Malm.L 97. Ajidn Bot. Sep. t 20,39, 154, 165. 2iot. 

 Seg. t 124; {Iconcs plur. suh %Q\xio!) "' " ' • " 



Genus Kchio valde aftiDe, patria, corolla magis regular! et stylo indiviso melius a Buchio iu 

 Linna&a xi. 129 distinctiiin, qiiam a CandoUeo squaniis ad basin filamentorum. Hac euim interdum 

 in Lohostemonibus Candollei ipsius consensu vix pcrspicux et in Echiis nonnullis EuropEeis adwunt ctsi 

 nunquam pilosas vidimus, et saepe de specie in speciem in Lobos£€7nonc ut in ffj/droj>h2/llaceis vsixiant, 

 Sectiones igitur CandoIIeanaj Trichobasis et Synlohuin ab Echio ad Lobostemon revocantUe videntur. 



65. ZVXe&acaryon, Boiss, PL Or. Nov, Dec. i, 7- — Calyx 5-partitus, segmentia linearibu.^ 

 elongatis. Corolla tubuloso-infundibulariSj fauce ampliata intiis nuda ; limbus Rub- 

 tequalisj lobis 5 imbricatia rotundatis erecto-patentibus. Stamina 5, infra medium tubum 

 afRxa, parum in^^qualia (exseiia ?), filamentis basi inappendiculatis ; antlierie oblong;©, 

 obtusse. Ovarii lobi 4, distinctij gynobasi planse impositi ; stylus filiformis, exsertus, 

 apice breviter 2-fidus, stigmatibus parvis. ., Nuculje ssepius abortu 1-2, magnse, ovoidese, 

 acuminatfej lapidese et laivissima^j areola busilari plana gynobasi planee v. vix convexai 

 affixse. Embryo rectus. — Herba rudis, elata^ setoso-hispida. Folia alterna, inferiora 

 longissima. Bpicoe unilaterales, furcate, elongatse, bracteis angustis. 



Species I, Armeniaca. Genus consenu Boissieri (in litt) Echiox^lAo affinc, et rerisimiliter species 

 eadem ac planta Tournefortiana sub nomine £. orientalise Linn., edita. Specimen a Boissierio nobis 

 commotliitum fructiferum est cum flore uuico superstite, in eodcm stiitu est specimen partis superioris 

 ioflorescentise olitn a Ledebourio receptumcum sehedula ' Echium asperrimuni, Astracan' ; utrumquo 

 ab E. asperrimo, Bicb,, uti a toto genero diifert segmentis calycinis duplo longioribus et acha^niia 

 maximis nitidissimis. An revera species pro gouere propriu retiuenda observationes ulteriores ad 

 specimina meliora docebunt. 



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66. Sciiluin, Linn. Gen. n* 191, — Calyx 5-partituSj segmentia linearibus rarius lanceo- 

 latis, nonnullis interdum basi couiiatis. Corolla tubuloso-infinidibularis, fauce ampliata 

 obliqua intus nuda ; lobi 5, imbricati, rotundati, ini^qualcs, erecti v. subpatentcs. 

 Stamina 5, infra medium tubum affixa, sf^pius in^qualia exsertaque, filamentis basi siepo 

 dilatatis glabris tamen nudisque v, vix squamiferis, summo aaipius altius decurrente ; 

 antherio ovatie v. oblong^s, obtusie. Ovarii lobi 4, distincti^ gynobasi planix; impositi ; 

 stylUvS filiformis, Sfepius exsertus, apice breviter 2-fidiis, stigmatibus parvis. Nueiilfe 4, 

 distinctfe, erectse, ovoidete v. acuminatse, rugosai, areola basilari plana gynobasi plansD v, 

 vix convexse afiixr^. Embryo rectus; cotyledunes ovatpe, plana;, — Herbtc fruticesve 

 nideSj scabri hispidi v, anbincani. Folia alterna, Spicfe unilaterales, seorpioideae, sim- 

 plices V. furcatie, primum densas demum srepius elongatte, bracteis parvis v. ample 

 foliaceis. Flores ca3rulei violacei nibri v. rari\is albi. 



Species »b auctoribus inordinate multiplicata?, ultra 50 enumeratae, vix 20 retinendfe, Europse, 

 Asise occidontalis, Africse borealis et ins, Canaricnsium et Azores iucolac, una specie in aliis regioni- 

 bus inquiliDft. DC. Prod, x, 16 (j^ect. Euechium). Walp. Ann, i, 525, iii. 123, Lehm, Ic, 



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