Plate 1755. 



HELIOTROPITTM GYMNOSTOMUM, Eemsl 



BoEAGiNEiE. Tribe Heliotropes. 



, H. gymnostonnun, Bemsl. (sp. nov.) ; H. cabulico simillimum, differfc 

 imprimis corolla? tubo intus omnino glabro. 



Hab. Gilgit Expedition : Roshan, at 1,000 feet, Br. Giles. 



Herba perennis, erecta, multicanlis, ramosa, 12-15 poll, alta, ramulis 

 gracihbus leviter strigosis. Folia petiolata ovata, cum petiolo £-1 



poll. longa, strigosa, scabrida. Flores dissiti vix 3 lineas longi ; calycis 

 stngosi segmenta vix acuta ; corolla? tubus extus dense strigosus supra 

 medium leviter constrictus, lobis a?stivatione abrnpte inflexis ; anthera? 

 medio tubi corolla? inserta?; ovarium glabrum, stylo brevi stigmate 

 conico puberulo. Nuculce glabra? tubo persistenti strigoso corolla? 

 arete vestita?. ere 



This is easily distinguished among the species with a comparatively 



°V ^florescence and similar foliage by the corolla being naked 



within. The ripe nutlets are so closely invested by the persistent 



gury tube of the corolla, as to be taken for hairy themselves.— W. B. 



F, S- l - A flower -with the tips of the corolla lobes still inflexed. 2. Corolla laid 

 t,„m*. 3 - -Pistil. 4. Fruit invested in the persistent tube of the corolla. 5. A 

 n »tlet. All enlarged. 



