166 BORRAGiNE^. Nonnea. 



7. N. Philistsea (Boiss. Diagii. Ser. 1, 11, p. 96) amiua, breviter 

 pubescenti-viseida praetereaque setis basi tuberculatis aspera, cauli- 

 bus tlecumbentibus raniosis, foliis inferioribus lanceolato-oblongis 

 basi attenuatis floralibus triangularibus acuminatis calyces superan- 

 tibus. racemis foliatis frucliferis densiusculis, calycis ad tertiam par- 

 tem quinquefidi frucfiferi erecto-patentis campanulati dentibus trian- 

 gularihus acutis. corollre pallide aurantiacse tubo calycem aequante 

 limbo mediocri erecto-patulo. nuculis obsolete puberulis transverse 

 ovatis subcurvatis acute areolatis annulo basilari plicato dentato O- 



Hah. in Palestina au.strali circa Ga/a (Boiss!). 



AtTmis A^. Vivianii et melanocar]m a quibus corolhTe colore, racemis etiam 

 frnctiferis densis, nuculis su])curvatis acutius areolato-nervosis differt. 



8. N. picta (M.B. Taur. Cauc. I, p. J27 sub AncJ lusd) d^imim, 

 setis basi tuberculatis strigulosa praelereaque pilis brevissimis vlsci- 

 dulis liiria. caulibus decunibentibus sinvdicibus vel divaricatim 

 ramosis. foliis eroso subdentatis inferioribus oblongo-lanceolatis basi 

 attenuatis. caulinis subdecurrentibus. floralibus anguste lanceolato- 

 linearibus vakle acuun*natis ilores multo superantibus, racemis folio- 

 sis tandem laxis abbreviatis. calyci'^ ad medium quinquefidi fructiferi 

 nnilateralitcr pendiili valde aucli campanulati dentibus subulatis, 

 corolla c.erulea saturatius picta tubo e calyce subexserto limbo parvo, 

 nuculis glabris vel basi puberulis transverse oblongis tenuiter areo- 

 lato-rugosis annulo basilari rugoso vel l?eviusculo Q. N. picta F. et 

 ^. Ind. l83o. p. 43. — Lycopsis Caspica Lebm. Asp. 256 et N. Cas- 

 pica Don. — N. sordida F. et M. Ind. 183.i. p. 43. — N. diffusa 

 Boiss. et Bulise Aufz. p. lo2 — N. Szovitsiaiia Stev. Bull. Mosq. 

 1831. p, o74. 



Hab. in agri.-;. ad via>, Cappadocia ad Everelc (Ky. 234!), ad C^saream 

 (Bal!). Armenin Rossica (C. Koch), Caucasns et prov. Transcaucasicoe (M.B., 

 Hohen!. Szov !), Persia borealis (Buhsel, Bge!). Persia media (Bge!), AlYghania 

 (<jriti"!j. Belutschia (Stocks!), Turkestania (Lehm I). 



Omnibus partiljus N. Vivianii et mclanocarpd minor, caules breviores, folia 

 nngu>tiorn, lloralia imprimis angustissima et valde acuminata, calycis dentes 

 .'-"tn<HO-acnmiiiati ncc triangulares acuti, 



Ar. Geogr. Rossia ausfralis orientalis, Songaria, Sibiria Uralensis, India 

 liorealis in Pentapotamide. 



v^. N. puUa (L. Sp. J96 sub Lijcopsidc) perennis, pube brevi 

 glandulosa setis basi tuberculatis plus minus copiosis intermixtis 

 pilosa. caulibus erectis foliosis superne breviter paniculatis,, foliis 

 inferioribus oblongo-lanceolatis in petiolum attenualis. caulinis supe- 

 rioribus lanceolatis basi semiamplexicaulibus, racemis brevibus, flori- 

 bus secumlis. calyce ad medium quinquefido fructifero accreto cam- 

 panulato dentibiis triangulari-lanccolatis acutis . coroll.T brunneae 

 calyce sesquilongioris tubo in limbuni campanulatum breviter loba- 

 lum erectum ampliato, nuculis depressis transverse breviler ovatis 



