554 BORRAGINE^. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 



7. O. caerule§cens, Boiss. 2f .15 to .3, grey, stellate-woolly 

 and bristly, scarcely strigulose. Radical and lower leaves oblong- 

 spathulate, petioled, upper cauline oblong, obtuse. Racemes capitate ; 

 calyx hispid, lobes linear, .015 to .018 long; corolla, glah'ous, .015 to 

 .02 long, tchite, then bluish, one-fourth longer than calyx; nutlets .004 

 long, oblong-triangular, acute, smooth, glossy — April to July — Sub- 

 alpine and alpine Antilebanon. 



8. O. Rasheyanuiii, Boiss 2f .15 to .2, 2^o,le-green, strigulose. 

 Radical leaves oblong-spatlmlate, j)etioled, cauline elliptical-linear, 

 sessile ; floral leaves linear-lanceolate. Racemes capitate ; calyx hispid, 

 lobes linear, acute, .015 loTig\Q,ovoll?L pruinose-'Deldety, white, then bluish, 

 one-third longer than calyx; nutlets .004 long, oblong, tapering, 

 smooth, glossy — April and May — Antilebanon. Too near the last. 



9. O. Rous§aei, DC. 11 .15 to .2, many-stemmed from base, 

 green, strigulose. Radical leaves oblong-spathulate, petioled, cau- 

 line oblong-linear. Racemes capitate, somewhat elongated in fruit, 

 calyx hirsute, lobes .01 long, linear; corolla velvety, cream-colored, 

 turning red, twice as lo?ig as ca\jx, .02 long, .006 broad; nutlets .003 

 long, 3-angled, abruptly acute at apex, smooth, glossy — May and 

 June — Subalpine Lebanon to Aleppo, Aintab, Marash, and north- 

 ward and eastward. 



10. O. Arineuiiin, DC. If .15, hispidulous, cancscent, many- 

 stemmed from base ; stems ascending, simple. Leaves .02 to .1 long, 

 oblong-linear, revolute-margined, the lower obtuse, the floral acute. 

 Racemes 2-3, terminal, capitate; calyx-lobes .01 to .015 long, linear- 

 lanceolate; corolla fine-velvety, cream-colored, a little longer than 

 calyx to twice as long; nutlets .002 long, triquetrous, abruptly acute 

 at tip, smooth, glossy — May to July — Aintab, and northward. 



11. O. stellulatum, W. K. 21 .15 to .3, many-stemmed from 

 base, scabrous with appressed and spreading bristles and stellate wool. 

 Radical leaves sjiathulate-oblong, cauline Hd ear-oblong, flat or re- 

 volute-margined. Racemes capitate in flower, elongated in fruit; bracts 

 oblong-lanceolate; calyx .01 long in flower, .013 long in fruit, lobes 

 linear-lanceolate ; corolla ichite to yelloto, twice to thrice as long as calyx, 

 short-velvety or glabrous; anthers included; nutlets .003 long, abrupt- 

 ly acute at tip, smooth, glossy — May and June — SubaljDine and alpine 

 Lebanon and Coelesyria to Marash, and northward. 



Var. genuiiiuiti, Boiss. Green ; indument rather appressed. 

 Var. pallitliim, Boiss. Pale; strigose; corolla light-colored. 

 Var. angustifolium, Boiss. Ashy ; indument appressed. 

 Var. brevifoSiuiii, Boiss. Ashy or green; leaves .01 to .02 long. 



1 1 Biennials, .5 to .8 high. 



12. O. gig^antcum, Lam. (D .5 to .8, stout, ashy with ap- 

 pressed bristles and stellate hairs; root long, fusiform. Leaves oblong- 

 lanceolate to lanceolate, the radical .15 long, petioled, the cauline 

 sessile. Panicle often .3 to .4 long, strigose; fruiting racemes elong- 

 ated, dense, one-sided ; bracts triangular-linear, long-ta'pering; pedicels 



