138 BORRAGINEAE. 



ALKANNA. 



caulinis basi rotundatis elliplicis, ouiniljus obtusis; racemis bipartitis, post aathesin 

 elongatis; bracteis late linearibus obtusis, calyces aequantibus ; calycis strigosi quin- 

 quepartiti laciniis erecto - patulis lanceolalis obtusis; corollae purpurascentis tubo ca- 

 lyce plus duplo longiori, limbo brevissimo a tubo vix distincto , lobis erectis ovatis; 

 ahtheris sub medio tubo inserlis; plicis faucis vix perspicuis glabris; nuculis profunde 

 reticulato - scrobiculatis valde incurvis, curvaturae ramis inter se aequalibus subpa- 

 rallelis, areola stipitata basilari. — Crescit in rupestribus submontosis ad Alaya Pain- 

 phyliae. 



A MACROPHYLLA Boiss. Sc Heldr. 1. c. 120. f — Caulibus ascendentibus foliosis fra- 

 gillimis, superne ramosis, retrorsum ciliato-villosis, inter setas viscido-puberulis; foliis 

 denticulatis aculiusculis teneris, inferioribus magnis oblongis vel oblongo -lanceolatis, 

 inferne longe atlenuatis brevissime velutinis virentibus, setis sparsis basi tuberculatis 

 albis utrinque et ad margines magis minusve obsitis, caulinis superioribus bracteis- 

 que ovato - oblongis, basi cordatis ut et tota pars superior plantae molliter argyreis 

 ciliatis; calycis laciniis lineari - lanceolatis acutis ; corollae azureae tubo calyce sub- 

 duplo longiori,»ad faucem quinqueplicato purpureo-5-vittato; calyce fructifero minimo 

 nutante; nucula parva verruculis basi dislinctis conicis obsita , areola basilari convexa 

 fere usque ad curvaturae apicem extensa. — Crescit in muris Pamphyliae ad Adalia, 

 in muris arnphitheatri Perge. 



XLVI. Jl\ OSOTIS Dill. 

 (DC. Prodr. X. 104. & 588. — Wiprs. Repert. VI. 561.) 



1. M. (Gymmomyosotis) IDAEA Boiss. & Heldr. Diagnos. plant. nov. orient. XI. 121. f — 

 Annua pumila, inferne subpatentim, superne adpressiuscule pilosa: caule basi ramoso; 

 foliis radicalibus obovato-spathulatis, basi breviter attenuatis, caulinis paucis elliptico- 

 linearibus; racemis ebracteatis. fructiferis rectis laxis; calycis adpresse pilosi laciniis 

 lanceolatis obtusiusculis erecto-patulis; pedicellis sub anthesi erectis, calycem aequan- 

 tibus, fructiferis clavato -incrassatis, calyce sesquilongioribus erecto-patulis vel subre- 

 curvis; corollae caeruleae minimae tubo calyce paulo longiori, limbo exiguo; nuculis 

 nitidis nigris ovatis subcompressis acutis. — Crescit in saxosis regionis alpinae montis 

 Idae allit. 5000—6000 ped. et in monte Lazzaro jugi Lassiti. 



2. M. CRETICA Boiss. & Heldr. in Boiss. I. c. f — Annua pumila adpressiuscule pilosa: 



caule basi ramoso; foliis radicalibus minimis ovato- rotundis subsessilibus, caulinis 

 oblongo-ellipticis; racemis brevibus, basi bracteatis, fructiferis laxis Ilexuosis; calycis 

 adpressissime pilosi laciniis lanceolatis acutis erecto - patulis ; pedicellis erectis post 

 anthesin non incrassatis . calyce paulo longioribus; coiollis minimis albidis, rarius 

 margine pallide caerulescentibus , calyce non longioribus; nuculis ovatis nitidissimis. 

 — Crescit cum M. ldaea. 



'<. M. CADMEA Boiss. 1. c. p. 122. f — Annua gracilis pumila adpressiuscule pilosa; 

 caulibus simplicibus vel supra basin vel bis dichotomis*; foliis radicalibus obovatis ob- 

 tusis, basi breviter attenuatis , caulinis paucis elliptico -lanceolatis acutis; racemis de- 

 mum elongatis laxis subincurvis nudis, rhachide vixflexuosa; pedicellis floriferis tenui- 

 bus calycem aequantibus, frnctiferis incurvo - patulis clavatis in calycem incras.satis eo 

 longioribus; calycis adpresse pilosi laciniis lanceolatis acuminatis non conniventibus ; 

 corollae tubo brevi calycera vix superanti, limbo amplo patenti azureo , fauce lutes- 

 centi; stylo brevissimo: nuculis ovatis nitidis acutis. — Crescit in jugo montis Cadmi 

 Asiae minoris supra pagum Khonas silo. 



4. M. (Eumyosotis?) ABYSSINICA Boiss. 8c Reut. in Boiss. 1. c. p. 122. f — Annua, tota 

 patule hispida: caulibus erectis ramosis; foliis oblongis elliplicisque , basi angustatis 

 obtusis. superioribus acutiusculis: racemis vix scorpioideis, basi bractealis , fructiferis 



