542 BORRAGINE^. (bOEAGE FAMILY.) 



one-third to one-half its h;ngth 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. iindulata, L. (2) .3 to .6, grey, tomentellous-scabrous. 

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

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

 third to one half 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 5-2Mrted. Nutlets straight, erect. 



4. A. Italica, Retz. 2([ Bliandb-el-Qut .3 to .6, hispid with 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^ustifolia, Post. All the leaves lanceolate-linear — 

 3Iarash. 



5. A. strig^o§a, Labill. If UamJtam. .4 to .8, exceedingly stri- 

 gose with 2>ricMy hairs 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 Avhite, tiibe longer than calyx; scales furnished with elongated 

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

 mon to subalpine regions, 



6. A. Barrelieri, All. Ped. "^^ A to ,^\ sterna retrorsely hirsute^ 

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

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

 liJce, 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 ^-parted. Nutlets ollique or horizontally curved. 



7. A. iieg^lecta, Alph. DC. (D 2f .4 to .6, greeji, tender, mi- 

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

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

 0; pedicels spreadiog or reflexed, as long as fruiting calyx; calyx-lobes 

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

 as long as calyx; scales transversely ovate, velvety; nutlets .003 long, 

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

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

 Ccelesyrid, Antilebanon, and Jebel-ed-Dur(iz to Cassius, Amanus, 

 and northward. 



