BORKAGINE^. (BORAGE FAMILY,) 539 



Racemes 1 -2, from near base. Calyx-lobes linear, reflexed in fruit, 

 nearly as long as r^e.?e(^ pedicels ; corolla cylindrical-dbconical, nearly 

 twice as long as calyx; scales erect, oblong, 5 times as long as short co- 

 rolla-lobes; nutlets .01 long and bi'oad, unarmed, glah'ous, glossy, mar- 

 gin broader than cell, somewhat concave, denticulate — May — Qaldtin 

 (Antilebanon Plateau.). Plant resembling P. Aucheri, DC, but dis- 

 tinguished by its appressed-velyety indument and long corolla. 



10. £€HI]VOSPERMUM, Swartz. Stickseed. 



Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-shaped, thiioat closed by minute 

 scales. Stamens included, anthers longer than filament. Nutlets 

 sometimes more or less adnate to each other, erect, 3-angled or flat- 

 tened; disk tubercled or smooth, margined with 1-3 rows of glochidiate 

 prickles free or connate at base — Herbs with minute white or bluish 

 flowers, and pyramidal fruit usually appressed-strigulose, (ours not 

 more than .003 to .003 long). 



Nutlets Tceeled, icith pitted muricate surface, and indistinct tnargin. 



1. E. spinocarpiis, Forsk. .1, canescent or virescent, more 

 or less branched from base. Leaves linear-spathulate, .01 to .015 long. 

 Racemes loose ; bracts linear, longer than fruit; pedicels very short; 

 fruiting calyx twice as long as fruit; nutlets keeled — Spring — Deserts 

 east and south of Syria and Palestine. 



** Nutlets with dish, and 1-3 rows of glochidiate prickles at distinct margin. 



2. E. barbatum, M. B. ©d) .3 to .5, canescent, many stemmed; 

 stems paniculate above. Leaves linear-spathulate to linear, .02 to .035 

 long. Racemes at length much elongated; bracts minute; fruiting 

 calyx scarcely longer than fruit; disk tubercled, margins with 2 rows of 

 prickles — Spring — Antilebanon ; Damascus plain, and northward 

 and eastward. 



3. E. Eappula, L. © (D .3 to .4, appressed-hirsute; stem 

 panicled. Leaves lanceolate-ohlong, the radical petioled, .1 to .15 long, 

 the cauline stiff, sessile, diminished. Racemes at length elongated; 

 lower bracts longer than calyx; fruiting calyx as long as fruit; disk tu- 

 bercled ; margin with 2-3 rows of prickles — Summer — El- Jebel-el- 

 Ahmar (Amanus). 



* * * Nutlets with one row of glochidiate p7'icMes at margin. 



4. E. Sinaicuni, D. C. .1 to .2, hispidulous; stems slender, 

 flexuous, simple or sparingly branched. Lower leaves oblong, taper- 

 ing to a petiole, the upper oblong, sessile. Racemes few-flowered, at 

 length loose; pedicels as long as or longer than fruiting calyx, erect 

 or recurved ; calyx-lobes linear, reflexed in fruit ; corolla minute, blue ; 

 nutlets minutely tubercled — Spring — Sandy places ; Sinai. 



11. ECmOCHIEON, Desf. Echiochilon. 



Calyx 5-parted, the inner lobe smaller, often 0. Corolla-tube slen- 

 der, somewhat curved, throat naked, limb spreading, 2-lipped, uppe 

 lip obsoletely 2-lobed, lower 3-lobed. Anthers 5, subsessile, includedr 

 Style included; stigma 2-lobed. Nutlets 4, ovate, glabrous — Low 

 shrubs growing in sand of coast and deserts. 



