LOGANIACEAE • BORAGINACEAE 253 



BIJDDLEIA— continued 



unevenly toothed, straight or heart-shaped base, dull dark green above, 

 white-felted or woolly below. Fls. rose-lilac, in clusters on old wood. 

 China. (Fig. 57 e.) 

 B. globosa. Orange Ball Tree. 15. June. \ E. Young stems tawny-felted. 

 Ls. lane, 8, tapered at both ends, round-toothed, dark green and 

 wrinkled above, tawny-felted below. Fls. yellow, in balls | diameter. 

 South America. (Fig. 57 H.) 

 B. nivea. 9. July-August. D. Young stems covered with white wool. Ls. 

 ov., lane, 10, rounded at base, coarsely toothed, white-felted below. 

 Fls. pale purple, in terminal spikes. West China. 

 B.paniculata. 15. June-September. D. Like 5. Farrm, but Is. lane, 4; and 

 fls. lilac, with white throat, fragrant, in pyramidal panicles up to 3 long. 

 Himalaya. 

 * B. sahifolia. South African Sage Wood. 15. July. | E. Stems covered 

 with white or reddish down. Ls. lane, 3, minutely round-toothed, dull 

 green and wrinkled above, white- or brown-felted below. Fls. white or 

 pale lilac, woolly, in terminal panicles on current year's wood. South 

 Africa. (Fig. 57 c.) 

 B. variabilis {B. Davidii). 15. June-September. D. Branchlets 4-angled, 

 downy. Ls. lane, 12, long-pointed, finely toothed, white-felted below. 

 Fls. lilac or purple with orange eye, in long narrow spikes up to 12. 

 China. (Fig. 57 F.) 



Variety magnifica. Fl. spikes violet-purple, up to 30 long; corolla 

 lobes reflexed. 



Variety Veitchiana. Like above, but corolla lobes erect; comes into 

 flower a little earlier (Bean). 



Variety Wilsoni. Fls. rosy lilac with deep orange centre, corolla lobes 

 erect. 

 * Desfontainea spinosa. 10. July-October. E. Branches smooth, shining. 

 Ls. opposite, ov., 2, leather}% glossy, margins armed with sharp triangular spines. 

 Fls. 1 1, funnel-shaped, red, with yellow lobes. South America. (Fig. 54 G.) 



Family 70. BORAGINACEAE. K (5), C (5), A5, G (2) 

 (Anchusa, Forget-me-not) 

 Fruit of four nutlets. 



EHRETIA. Ls. alternate, ov., 7, toothed. Fls. |, white, in terminal panicles. 

 Fruit berry-like. 



E. acuminata {E. thyrsiflora). 20. June-July. D. Ls. hairless or nearly so. 



North India, China, and Japan. (Fig. 104 l.) 

 E. macrophylla. 20. June-July. D. Ls. hairy. Himalaya. 

 LiTHOSPERMUM PROSTRATUM. Gromwell. \. May. E. Stems slender, trailing, 

 bristly. Ls. alternate, linear-oblong, f , blunt-ended, bristly. Fls. \, blue, funnel- 

 shaped, stalkless, in terminal spikes. Europe. (Fig. 52 J.) 



MoLTKiA PETRAEA. 2. Juuc. ^ E. Stcms crcct, hairy. Ls. alternate, linear, 

 I, hairy. Fls. ^, violet-blue, tubular, in crowded terminal clusters. Dalmatia. 

 (Fig. 51 E.) 



