534 BORRAGINE^. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 



* * Perennial, low, shruhhy plants. 

 t Corolla-lobes triangular-linear, with involute margin, connivent in hud. 



8. H. luteum, Poir. ^ Eismah. Fureish. Balamah. ReTiamah. 

 Rughl. Natash. .3 to .4, much branched, retrorsely tomentel- 

 loiis, canescent. Leaves .01 to .015 long, oblong to ovate, usually 

 wavy-margined, depressed-lineate at upper surface. Racemes .01 to 

 .04 long, dense; corolla-tube silky without, glabrous within, once and a 

 half as long as calyx, lobes indexed, much shorter than tube ; anthers 

 retuse, inserted on throat ; stigma long-conical, half as long as style, 

 hirsute at apex ; nutlets large, densely silky or glabrescent — Spring — 

 Sandy places ; Wadi Zuweirah at south end of Dead Sea, and southward 

 to Sinai and Egypt. 



1 1 Corolla-lobes ovate or oblong, imbricated in hud; tube glabrous inside, 

 silky or hirsute outside. 



9. H. rotundifolium, Sieb. 5 -^ to .5, with ascending, white- 

 woolly branches. Leaves .015 to .02 long, orbicular to ovate, depressed- 

 lineate at upper surface, prominently nerved at lower. Racemes .04 to 

 .07 long, at length lax; corolla-tube silky without, nearly twice as long 

 as calyx, lobes short-ovate, obtuse, as long as tube, spreading; anthers 

 acute, inserted below middle of tube ; stigma nearly sessile, long-coni- 

 cal, hirsute at apex ; nutlets minutely tubercled, glabrous — Summer — 

 Hillsides ; Antilebanon and Damascus to Jerusalem, Wadi Zuweirah, 

 and the borders of the Tih. 



10. H. Arbainense, Fresen. 5 RoMh. Qurfeh. .2 to .4, 

 erect, greenish-yellow, beset with short, viscid wool and longer hairs. 

 Leaves oblong to ovate, .01 to .015 long, tapering to a petiole, acutish, 

 wavy-margined. Racemes .05 to .1 long, 1-ranked; corolla-tube near- 

 ly twice as long as calyx, strongly ribbed, ribs ending beneath throat in 

 small teeth; limb shorter than tube, lobes repand ; stigma depressed-con- 

 ical, glabrous, nearly sessile; nutlets netted, glabrous — Spring — 

 Sandy places; Ghor-es-Safieh, and southward in the Tih to Sinai. 



11. H. undulatum, Vahl. 5 -^ *o •■*) procumbent, grey, 

 beset with hairs tubercled at base. Leaves oblong to oblong-linear,' .01 

 to .06 long, nearly sessile, wavy, crisp-margined. Racemes .02 to .03 

 long, 2-ranked; corolla-tube a little longer than calyx ; lobes shorter- 

 than tube ; stigma elongated-conical, hairy, 4-lobed, somewhat longer than 

 style; nutlets hirtulous, separable — Spring — Sandy places; about 

 Dead Sea, to Gaza, and southward to Sinai and Egypt. 



12. H. Persicum, Lam. 5 .2 to .4, rough with grey bristles ; 

 stems erect. Leaves nearly sessile, lanceolate to linear, acutish, wavy- 

 margined. Spikes rather loose, 1-ranlced; corolla-tube somewhat long- 

 er than calyx ; lobes somewhat longer than tube ; stigma short-conical, 

 somewhat longer than style ; nutlets hirtulous, separable — Spring — 

 Sinai to Egypt, and eastward. 



H. Peruvianum, L. is the cultivated Sweeit Heliotrope. 

 3. TRI€IIOI>£S]»IA, R. Br. Trichodesma. 



Calyx deeply 5-cleft. Corolla scarcely longer than calyx, campan- 

 ulate, lobes broad, with awl-shaped tips, and naked throat. Stamens 



