542 BORRAGINEJE. (BOEAGE FAMILY.) 



one-third to one-half its length into lanceolate lobes; corolla blue, 

 tube exserted; scales ovate, velvety; nutlets .002 long, tubercled- 

 wrinkled, somewhat constricted above ring — Spring — Vineyards and 

 fields; coast and mountains to 1000 m., and tablelands. 



3. A. undulata, L. (D .3 to .6, grey, tomentellous-scabrous. 

 Leaves oblong-lanceolate to linear, wavy-margined. Bracts ovate-coi''- 

 date ; pedicels shorter than calyx ; calyx campanulate, cleft for one- 

 third to one hall its length into triangular to lanceolate lobes ; corolla 

 blue, exserted ; scales ovate, velvety ; nutlets oblique, ovate, tubercled- 

 wrinkled, not constricted above ring — Spring — Fields ; same range as 

 last. 



The last two species would seem to be varieties of A. officinalis^ L. 



t t Calyx ^-'parted. Nutlets straight, erect. 



4. A. Ilalica, Ketz. % Dliandb-el-Qut .3 to .6, hispid icith long 

 hairs arising from a tubercle, panicled above. Leaves oblong to ob- 

 long-lanceolate and oblong-linear, the lower petioled, the upper sessile. 

 Pedicels erect, as long as calyx or longer ; calyx-lobes linear ; corolla 

 blue, tube as long as calyx; limb .008 to .01 broad; bracts penicillate, 

 exserted; nutlets .004 long, 3-angled, strongly wrinkled, areolae pap- 

 pulose — April to June — Common to subalpine regions. 



Var. exserta, Post. Corolla-tube long-exserted — Jerusalem. 

 Var. aiig'&i§tifolia, Post. All the leaves lanceolate-linear — 

 Marash. 



5. A, strlgfOia, Labill. 2|! JIamham. .4 to .8, exceedingly stri- 

 gose with pricldy ^ai'rs- arising from a tubercle, panicled above. Leaves 

 entire or eroded-dentate, the radical obovate-oblong to oblong, petiol- 

 ed, the upper lanceolate to linear. Bracts as long as pedicel ; pedicels 

 shorter than calyx; calyx-lobes oblong-linear; corolla .01 to .015 broad, 

 blue to white, tube longer than calyx; scales furnished with elongated 

 papillae; nutlets .006 long, 3-angled, ribbed — April to June — Com- 

 mon to subalpine regions. 



6. A. BarreSieri, All. Ped. '^, A to .^\^iem% retrorsely hirsute, 

 leaves spreading-hirsute; stems bifid-panicled above. Leaves oblong to 

 lanceolate, the lower petioled, the upper half- clasping. Bracts scule- 

 UJce, minute; pedicels shorter than calyx ; calyx-lobes linear, obtuse ; 

 corolla .003 broad, blue, tube shorter than calyx; scales semi-orbicular, 

 glabrous, ciliate; nutlets .003 long, oblong-cylindrical, "ribbed, areolae 

 tubercled — Spring — Marash, and northward. 



1 1 1 Calyx 5-parted. Nutlets oblique or horizontally curved. 



7. A. iieglecta, Alph. DC. (D 1^ .4 to .6, green, tender, mi- 

 nutely asperidous; stems branching from base and above. Leaves oblong 

 to ovate and lanceolate, the lower petioled, the upper sessile. Bracts 

 ; pedicels spreading or reflexed, as long as fruiting calyx ; calyx-lobes 

 lanceolate, at length linear-lanceolate; corolla .003 broad, blue, tube 

 as long as calyx; scales transversely ovate, velvety; nutlets .002 long, 

 half-ovate, wrinkled-areolate. with a short, double-edged beak — 

 April to September — Rocky places; alpine and subalpine Lebanon, 

 CcBlesyria, Antilebanon, and Jebel-ed-Duruz to Cassius, Amanus, 

 and northward. 



