802 Borraginaceae. 
1124, (3.) Arnebia linearifolia DC. Prodrom. X (1846), p.95. 
— Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 214. — Aschers.-Schweinf. Ill. Flor. d’Eg., 
p. 110 no. 738. — Arnebia flavescens Boiss. Diagnos. Plant. Or. Ser. I 
fasc. XI, p.117. — An annual herb, 50cm to 1m high; strigulose 
with yellow, appressed and spreading hairs; stems branching from 
the neck. Basilar-leaves oblong-spathulate, somewhat petioled; stem- 
leaves oblong-linear, obtuse. Fruiting racemes short, dense; bracts 
linear, somewhat shorter than the calyx; fruiting calyx growing 
much, inflated, scarcely indurated at the base, tubercled and hairy 
along prominent nerves, lobes often 2 cm long, linear-lanceolate, 
3-nerved; corolla-tube villous, once and-a half as long as the calyx; 
nutlets 2 mm long, scrobiculate-tubercled. — Flow. March to April. . 
D. 1. Kafr-Dawud; Beni-Selama; Kafr-Hakin; Abu Roash; 
Pyramids of Giza; Pyramids of Saqqara. — D. i. Salihiya; Ismailia. 
— D. a. sept. Nefish; Serapeum; Suez. 
Local name: hina-el-ghtil; kahaly (Wilkinson, Schweinfurth); 
-aweynet-el-musleman (Schweinfurth). 
Also known from Tripolitania, Arabia Petraea, Syria, Armenia and Persia. 
1125. (4.) Arnebia tinctoria Forsk. Flor. aeg-arab. (1775), 
p. 63, — Boiss. Flor. Or. IV, p. 215. — DC. Prodrom. X. p. 101. 
Aschers.-Schweinf. Il]. Flor. d’Eg., p. 110 no.739. — _ Sickenberg. 
Contrib. Flor. d’Kg., p. 261. — Lithospermum tetrastigma Lam. 
Eneyclop. HI, p. 30. — Lithospermum tinctorium Vahl Symb. Bot. II, 
p. 33 tab. 28. — Lithospermum Arnebia Del. Illustr. Flor. d’Kg., 
no. 203. — A very low shrubby plant, 4—6 cm high, cinerascent 
with appressed, tubercled hairs; stem branching from the base. 
Leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, tapering at the base. Fruiting 
racemes dense, short, one-sided; bracts linear, somewhat longer than 
the calyx; calyx hirsute, lobes linear, 1 em long, somewhat 3-nerved; 
corolla-tube glabrous, pale violet, not longer than the calyx; stigma 
4-cleft; nutlets smooth, glossy. — Flow. January to Mareh. 
D. i. Bir-abt l’fruq (Barbey). — D. a. sept. Gebel ahmar; Great 
Petrified Forest. 
Local name: shegret-el-arneb (Forsk.), 
Also known from Arabia Petraea. 
455. (15.) Eehium Linn, 
Calyx 5-partite; segments linear or lanceolate. Corolla-tube 
funnel-shaped, curved, the oblique throat not closed with scales; 
lobes 5, imbricate, orbicular, unequal. Stamens 5, unequally inserted 
below the middle of the corolla-tube; filaments filiform, often dilated 
at the base; anthers ovate or oblong, obtuse, small. Ovary with 4 
