Cyno^lossum.] Boragine(r. 203 



C. mlcranthum, Desf. Cat. Hort. Par. 220 (1804). Bu-katu- 

 henda, S. 



C. ovatuin, Moon Cat. 12. Thw. Enum. 215. C. P. 143. 

 Fl. B. Ind. iv. 156 {C. furcatutn, var. lanceolatian). 



Stem 3 ft. or more, erect, slender, stiff, with several long, 

 ascending, arched branches above, hispid with copious short 

 spreading hair ; lower 1. on long hairy petioles, oval, 5-6 in. 

 decurrent on petiole, acute, stem-1. subsessile, oval-lanceolate 

 (the upper ones somewhat ovate), rather hispid above and 

 on margins and venation beneath ; fl. rather distant, on 

 drooping pubescent ped., cal.-segm. oval, subacute, hispid- 

 pubescent ; cor. scarcely \ in. diam., lobes longer than tube, 

 spreading ; achenes about \ in. rounded at base (outer end) 

 somewhat concave on upper surface covered on all parts with 

 glochidiate prickles, the uppermost (inner) row united at their 

 base, the rest distinct. 



Var. /3, decurrens, Mooti Cat. 12 (sp.). C. fiircatum, Thw. Enum. 

 215 (? Wall.), Wight, Ic. t. 1395 (C. furcatitm). C. P. 1892. 



Stouter, more leafy, softly and densely pubescent, stem-1. 

 sessile and decurrent for some distance on stem, softly 

 pubescent on both sides, the uppermost ones not decurrent, 

 cordate at base ; fl. on very short ped.; cor. twice as large, 

 f-| in. diam., achenes with a median ridge on upper surface, 

 prickles all quite distinct. 



Roadsides, waste ground, &c., up to 5000 ft.; very common. Var. /3 

 in upper montane zone, above 5000 ft., only. Fl. Feb.-Aug. ; very pale 

 greyish-blue, darker in centre. Var. /?, bright blue. 



Throughout India. Var. /3 in Himalaya and Nilgiri Mountains (.''). 



Var. /3 is perhaps a distinct species, but I am unable to fit our two 

 plants to the descriptions given in Fl. B. Ind. Our common low-country 

 weed seems to agree well with DCs description of C. 7nia-anthiim, Desf. 

 (which is probably C. lanceolatian^ Forsk., and C. racemosum, Roxb.). 

 Wallich's description oi C. furcatiim might cover both our forms, but best 

 applies to the hill plant, as given by Wight and Thwaites. This, from its 

 bright blue flowers, is called the ' Forget-me-not ' by the English. 



\C. zeylanicuin, Thunb., is given by Lehmann as found on sandy 

 shores in Ceylon. It is a S. Indian species, referred to C. dentictclatum, 

 A.DC., in Fl. B. Ind., and no specimens are known from here.] 



