Plate 2458. 



CYNOGLOSSUM TRIAN^UM, Wedd. 



BoRAGiNE^. Tribe Borage^e. 



C. triangeum, Wedd, CIdoris Andina, ii. 90 ; caule florifcro erecto 

 fohoso inferne glabrato, foliis elongato-ovalibus basi in pctiolum alatum 

 semianiplexicaulem angustatis iiiferioribus plus minus decurrentibus 

 apice acuminatis supra margin e excepto glabratis subtus appresse 

 strigosis, racemis srepe simplicibus inferne bracteatis elongatis laxis, 

 floribus longiuscule pedicellatis, pedicellis deruuui infra apicem recurvis 

 ebracteatis v. inferioribus extra-axillaribus, calycis strigosi segmentis 

 ovatis, corollse tubo caljcem subpoquante limbo quam tube longiore, 

 profunde 5-fido segmentis obovato-rotundatis, fornicibus brevibus 

 obtusis, nuculis dorso undique glocbideo-ecliinatis. 



Hab. South America : Colombia and Ecuador, in various localities 

 at an elevation of 9000-10,000 feet, Tria?ia ; Pur die ; Spruce; 

 Jameson; Goxidot ; White, 



Jlerba 1-2-pedalis. Folia cum petiolo alato 4-8 poll, longa. Macemi 

 terminales v. laterales ; pedicelli fructiferi 1-1^^ poll, longi. Flores 

 4-6 lin. diam,, * ca,^rulei fauce lutescentes' {Spruce)] *pallide violacei 

 roseo tincti ' ( White). Fructus maturus | poll. diam. 



A number of specimens of this plant have been many years in this 

 herbarium without specific determination, but a pencil-note in the hand- 

 writing of the late Mr. Ball suggests comparison of this plant with the 

 Cynoglossum described above ; and I think there can be no doubt of 

 the identity of our specimens with the plant described by Dr. Weddell, 

 as pointed out to me by Mr. C. H. "Wright, of the Herbarium staff. It 

 is interesting as presenting much in common with welbknown species 

 of the Old World to w^hich it would seem to be more nearly allied than 

 to species known to us from North or South America.— D. Oliver. 



Fig. 1. Pistil and part of caljx. 2. Corolla laid open. 3. Views of anther. 

 4. Nutlet, dorsal vie-w. 5. Inner face of the same. 6. Stellate appendages of nutlet. 

 All enlarged. 



