Psilostemon. borragine^. 177 



Hab. in castanetis umbrosis raontis Athos fGriseb!), raontis Gorthiati (Orph !), 

 in vineis Thraciae prope Garlova (Frivl). 



Ar. Geogr. Banatus. 



.PSILOSTEMOIN (l).C. Prodr. X, p. 35. — Trachystemon Don — 

 Nordmannia Ledeb.)- 



Calyx quiiiquefidus. Corolla tut)0 brevi, limbo in iacinias lineares 

 tuho pluries longiores partito. Fornices iDreves vel elongataj. Fila- 

 menta longe exserta basi ad insertionem papillosa vel hirta. Antherae 

 distantes. iNucul?e 4 liber;e,obliqu8e vel rectae, basi excavatae et annulo 

 Ipevi cinctie. — Herbce perennes vel annua}. 



1. P. Orientale (L. Sp. 197 sub Borrago) rhizomate carnoso 

 cylindrico stolonifero, foliis superne adpresse strigosis subtus ad 

 nervos et venas hirtis radicalibus longe petiolatis amplis cordatis 

 breviter acuminatis, caulibus setoso-hispidis folia radicalia vix supe- 

 rantibus erectis nudis in paniciilam multifloram foliis parvis sessilibus 

 ovato-oblongis bracteisque parvis ovatis obsitam abeuntibus, calyce 

 ultra medium in lacinias oblongas obtusas partito, corolhe cseruleo- 

 purpurascentis tubo calyce sublongiore intus medium versus 5 fasci- 

 culis pilorum instructo. limbo tubo triplo longiore in lacinias lineares 

 extus pilosas horizontales revoluto-contortas partito, fornicibus parvis 

 ovatis retusis, filamentis longe exsertis pilosulis basi hispidis, nucibus 

 in calycc parum ampliato parvis nigris nitidis transverse ovatis rostro 

 liorizontali acuto rugafere unica.annulo tenui iniegro :^. P. Orientale 

 D.c. Prorlr. X, p. 36. — Borrago cordlfolia Maench. — JSordmannia 

 cordifolia Ledeb. BuU. Petersb. -2, p. 312. — Ic. Tourn. Voy. p. 523. 

 — Fl. Graec. t. 175. — Bot. Reg. tab. 288. — Trachystemon Orien- 

 tale Don. — Jaub. et Sp. 111. tab. 419. 



Hab. in sylvis urabrosissimis humidis Byzantii (Tourn.Sibth! Cast! Auch I^, 

 radices Olympi Bithyni (Bois.s! Barbey !), Bithynia et Paphlagonia (Wied!), 

 Pontus adTrapezuntera (^Bourg!)et Rhize (Bal!), in Colchide, Abcbasia et 

 Imeretia (Nordm! Rupr! usqu^ ad 1900!), Guri^ (Stev 1). 



2. P. Greticum (Willd. Sp. 1, p. 778 sub Borrago) molliuscule 

 setuloso-hispida. rhizomate fusiformi, caulibus erectis vel ascendeu- 

 tibus flexuosis foliosis fere a basi ramosis, foliis a basi ovata vel sub- 

 cordata ovatis et oblongis ohtusis repando-petiolatis inferioribus et 

 intermediis peliolalis summis diminutis sessilihus. racemis junioribus 

 scorpioideo-capitatis demum elongalis laxis , calyce ad medium in 

 lacinias lanccolatas lisso, fnictifero valde accreto nutanti campauulato, 

 corolhB alhidce tubo calyce breviore ima basi glanduloso limbo tubo 

 2 VrPlo longiore in lacinias lineares erecto-patulas glabriusculas 

 partito, fornicibus linearihus papillosis longc exsertis sed laciuiis 

 corollaebrevioribus, filamenlis glabris longc exsertis fornices superan- 



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