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Balestrino, labelled Lithospervium purpiireo-coeruleiim, probably 

 came from the Eock, where it does not now, I think, occur. III. ! 



Borago officinalis L. Eoadsides, fields, and waste places ; 

 very common, sometimes in masses ; 2-5. Occasionally with 

 white flowers. I.! II.! III.! 



Echium Pomponium L. [E. glomeratum Boiss.). Eocky places; 

 rare ; 5-6. The largest of our species, racemes many, lateral, 

 densely covered with yellowish flowers. E. flavum Desf. may 

 not be distinct; Lemann's specimen is so labelled. My own 

 closely resembles Jacquin's figure of E. altissimum [E. italicum L.), 

 but that has usually a much laxer panicle. I. Mediterranean 

 Steps! 



E. pusttdatum Sibth. & Sm. Chiefly sand-dunes ; rather 

 frequent ; 5-6. Very hispid, leaves narrow, panicle often cylin- 

 drical, but equally often much branched, corolla usually reddish 

 purple. I. Eocky places on south and west slopes, Wk., K., D. 

 III. i. Towards Pedrera ! Near Tunares! Punta Mala! Cork 

 Wood Crags, &c. ! ii. Palmones Playazo ! iii. Palmones Village 

 and Sands ! 



[E. italicum L., resembling E. Pomponium, but usually much 

 more branched, and with pale bluish flowers, has been found by 

 Perez Lara at Boca de Leon, just beyond our limits.] 



\E. maritimum Willd. Sandy ground ; rare ; 3-6. Distin- 

 guished from all others but E, calycinum by its included stamens, 

 and from that by its larger deeper purple flowers. I. Devil's Gap 

 to Queen's Gate ! III. i. Punta Mala ! Sea sand at foot of 

 S. Carbonera and of San Eoque, Wk. 



E. plantagineum L. Sandy fields; abundant; 4-6. Leaves 

 almost silky, stem little asperous, flowers very large. Varies 

 greatly in habit, either with a single, erect, simple or branched 

 stem, radical leaves withered by time of flowering, or, more 

 commonly, with a radical rosette of very broad leaves, with 

 several prostrate lateral and one central erect stem. I. Eare 

 upper, more frequent lower slopes ! North Front ! II. ! III. ! 



E. creticum L. Eocky slopes, very common on Eock ; 3-5. 

 Like the erect form of last, but much more asperous, especially 

 leaves. I. ! II. K., D. III. i. Sand-dunes at San Eoque, Wk. 

 Alcadeza ! 



E. calycinum Viv. {E. parviflorum Moench.). Eoadsides and 

 stony places ; common ; 2-4. Flowers small, pale blue, stamens 

 all included. I. General, but chiefly south ! 



[Litliospermum purpureo-ccemleum Willd. was communicated 

 to Kelaart, certainly in error. A specimen of AncJutsa italica is 

 so labelled in herb. Balestrino.] 



L. fniticosiim L. Heathy places in woods and mountains ; 

 frequent ; 1-6. Perez Lara says our variety is his prostratum, 

 but the characters are very indefinite, and Debeaux only admits 

 var. erectum Coss. I. Frere. III. i. Queen of Spain's Chair I 

 Pine Wood Plains ! Cork Woods! ii. Mountains! 



[L. officinale L. Eecorded from the Eock by Kelaart, either 

 in error or as a casual.] 



