Anchusa. 795 
1110. (1.) Anchusa undulata L. Spec. Plant. I (1753), p. 191. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. VI, p. 152. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., 
p.109 no. 724. — Rchbch. Ic. XVIII tab. 106 fig. I. — Sicken- 
berg. Contrib. Flor. d’Eg., p. 260. — Aschers.-Schwein. Primit. Flor. 
Marmaric., p. 659 no, 222. — A biennial plant, 20—30 cm high, or 
sometimes somewhat more, grey, tomentellous-scabrous. Leaves 
oblong-lanceolate to linear, wavy-margined. Bracts ovate-cordate; 
pedicels shorter than the calyx; calyx campanulate, cleft for one- 
third to one half its length into triangular to lanceolate lobes; 
corolla blue, exserted; scales ovate, velvety; nutlets oblique, ovate, 
tubercled-wrinkled, not constricted above the ring. — Flow. December 
to March. 
M. ma. Marmarica: Matruga; Abusir; Mariut; Montaza; 
Alexandria-West and -Hast. 
Also known from all the other parts of the Mediterranean region. 
1111. (2.) Anchusa strigosa Labill. Syr. Decad. II (1809), p. 7 
tab.4. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 155. — Anchusa echinata Lam. 
Illustr. III, p. 1821. — A perennial plant, 40—80 cm high, rarely 
more, exceedingly strigose with prickly hairs arising from a tubercle, 
panicled above. Leaves entire or eroded-dentate, the basilar ones 
obovate-oblong to oblong, petioled, the upper ones lanceolate to 
linear. Bracts as long as the pedicel; pedicels shorter than the 
calyx; calyx-lobes oblong-linear; corolla 1—15 cm broad, blue to 
white. tube longer than the calyx; scales furnished with elongated 
papillae; nutlets 6 mm long, 3-angled, ribbed. — Flow. March. 
M. ma. Alexandria-West, recently introduced. 
Also known from Arabia Petraea, Syria and Mesopotamia to Persia. 
1112. (3.) Anchusa aggregata Lehm. Asper. (1818), p.619 _ 
tab. 47. — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p.157. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Illustr. 
Flor. @Eg., p.109 no. 725. — Anchusa parviflora Sibth. and Smith 
Flor. graec., p.57 tab.167 not of Willd. — Anchusa micrantha 
Roem. and Schult. Syst. Veg. IV, p. 98. — Lycopsis glomerata Urv. 
Enum., p.-22. — Echium humile Desf. Flor. Atlant. I, p.65. — An 
annual plant, 30—50 cm high, densely strigose, dichotomously 
branched from the base and above. Leaves oblong-spathulate to 
linear-oblong and linear, repand, the lower ones long-petioled, the 
upper ones sessile. Racemes terminal, very dense, corymbose-capi- 
tate; flowers nearly sessile; calyx-lobes at length triangular-lanceo- 
late; corolla blue, 2 mm broad, tube exserted; scales exserted, ob- 
long, penicillate; nutlets transversely 5 mm, vertically 3 mm, with 
inflated ring at the base. — Flow. March to April. 
