BORRAGINE^. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 529 



2. C. serotina, Koch. © .5 to .7; stem-leaves ovate, or ovate- 

 lanceolate, narrower at connate lase. Calyx deeply parted into 8, lan- 

 ceolate-subulate, Z-nerved lobes, nearly/ as long as corolla ; corolla-lobes 

 acute or acuminate — Summer — Wet places ; Lattakia to Marash, 

 and northward. 



2. ERYTHRiEA, Ken. Centaury. Qantariyun. Qantariydn. 



Calyx tubular, 5-cleft. Corolla funnel-shaped, marcescent, with 

 cylindrical tube and 5-cleft limb. Stamens 5, inserted on upper part 

 of corolla-tube ; anthers exserted, at length spirally twisted. Style 

 filiform, undivided or 2-cleft, deciduous; stigma bilamellate or un- 

 divided. Capsule 2-valved, septicidal, margins more or less introvert- 

 ed ; placentae sutural — Monocarpic herbs. 



* Coi'olla pinJc, rarely white. Style undivided. Stigma 2-lol)ed or -parted. 



1. E. rainosissima, Pers. .3 to .6, much branched, cy- 

 mose-fastigiate. Leaves ohlong to oblong-linear, the ujDper acute. 

 Flowers solitary, rather long-pedicelled, the lateral distant from h'acts; 

 Gorolla-tube somewhat longer than calyx, lobes elliptical-oblong, rather 

 obtuse — April to July — Sterile fields ; common, especially aluug 

 coast. 



Var. albiHora, Boiss. Corolla white. 



2. E. latifolia, Sm. .3 to .6, stiff -branched, cymes dense. 

 Leaves ovate to ohlong, obtuse. Flowers clustered, bracted at base ; co- 

 rolla-tube a little longer than calyx, lobes lanceolate, acutish — May 

 and June — Bare along coast. 



3. E. Ceiitaurium, Pers. (D .3 to .6, compactly corymbose 

 above. Leaves ovate-oblong. Flowers sessile at apex of branches, 

 bracteate at base ; corolla-tube nearly twice as long as calyx, lobes ovate, 

 obtuse; capsule somewhat 2-celled — May and June — Common in 

 fields, especially in mountains. 



The above three species are too near each other, 



* * Corolla yellow. Style 2-cleft. Cymes dichotomous. 



4. E. maritinia, L. .2 to .5, simple, one-flowered, or 

 branching above. Leaves elliptical to oblong, obtuse, upper acutish. 

 Cyme few-flowered, loose; lowers pedicelled; corolla .02 long, tube 

 somewhat longer than calyx, lobes ovate, acutish ; valves of capsule 

 slightly introflexed — Spring — Fields along coast ; lower zone of 

 Lebanon. 



* * * Corolla pinh Style undivided. Floicers in spike-like, cymose racemes. 



5. E. spicata, L. Menash-ed-Dibbdn. .2 to .5; stem densely 

 leafy, branching above. Leaves oblong, nearly 5-nerved, Flowers 

 nearly sessile, bracteate ; corolla-tube as long as calyx, lobes lanceolate, 

 acute — June — Swampy places along coast. 



Order LXIX. BORRAOI^^E^IE. (Borage Family). 



Trees, shrubs, or anmml or perennial, visually rough- 

 hairy herbs, with mucilaginous juice, alternate or rarely 

 ojpjposite, undivided leaves, symmetrical flowers, with a five- 



