204 BORRAGiNE.E. Megacaryo7i. 



nuda, lobis brevibus ovatis erectis. Stylus longus hispidus apice bifi- 

 diis. AnlherjB breviter oblongse exappendiculalfe nutantes medio dorso 

 filamentis longis Infequalibus sub coroll^ dimidiainsertis apice incur- 

 vis atTix.-B. Nucuia abortu spepius solitaria magna ovata subhicarinata 

 et apice anceps Irevissima nitida areola basiiari plana ovata. — Herba 

 elata pilosa. — Genus Echio atline, ab eo corolla fere regulari et pree- 

 sertim nucuia magnS ovata ifevissima ancipiti nec ut in oninibus 

 Echiis turbinato-trlquetra tuberculata ve! rugoso-scrobiculata diver- 

 siim. Calyx fructifer valde auctus et ut fructus habitum prae se ferens 

 Onosmnth antheris longis appendiculatis diversi, 



1. M. Orientale (L. Sp. Ed. 11, I, p. 200 sub Echio) caule 

 crasso elato pyramidatim ramoso ut el rami setis patuiis basi tuber- 

 culatis rigidulis strigoso, foliis radicaiibus et inferioribus amplis late 

 oblongo-lanceolatis utrinque attenuatis acuminatis adpresse et brevi- 

 ter canescenti-velutinis, superioribus sensim abbreviatis setosis, flora- 

 iibus anguste lineari-lanceoiatis caiycem subffiquantibus, spicis pri- 

 mum compactis subcapitatis deiri fructiferis elongatis, calycis laciniis 

 longis anguste iinearibus acuminatis corolla parum brevioribus fruc- 

 tifcris diialatis strigosissimis dorso uninerviis, coroUa griseo-caeru- 

 lea 'if vel ®. M. Armenum Boiss. Decad. Or. p. 7. — Echinm 

 Orientak verbascifolio flore maximo campanulato Tourn. Gor. 6. — 

 Voy. 11, p. :248 Icon. — Onosma megalospermum Boiss. in Bourg. exs. 



Hab. in Arrnenia Turcicr. (Tourn!), in arvis prope Macka (Bourg!), in Ana- 

 tolia horeali inter Aradsch et Kastamouni (Wiedemi). 



Radix ex Tournef. pedem longa, caulis tripedalis et fnictifer procerior, folia 

 inferiora mollia Cynoglossi, 1-1 '/2 pedes longa 2-3 pollices lata, calyx florifer 

 12-13 lineas longas, fructiferi lacinise sesquilineam latse, corolla 15-16 lineas 

 longa, nucula pisoparum minor. 



ECHIlll (L. GeD. 19i). 



Galyx (in nostris) quinquepartitus. Goroila infundibuliformis vel 

 tubuloso-obconica, fauce ampliat^ nuda, limbo (in nostris} plus minusve 

 irregulari quinquelobo subbilabiato. Stamina 5 insequalia filamentis 

 longis, anthcrce ovatse dorso affixiie. Stylus filiformis iongus. Nuculfe 4 

 liberee fundo calycis area basilari triangulari plana affi.xse ovatae vel 

 triquetrffi tubercuiato-rugosfe. — Ilerbce (nostrse) perennes vel mono- 

 carpicse. 



* Stylus apice indivisus vel capitato-bilobus. 



1. E. rubrum (Jacq. Fl. Austr. 5. App. p. 27, tab. 3) bienne, 

 selis albis erecto-patulis basi tuberculatis hispidum ciuereo-virens, 

 caule erecto simplicissimo modice elato in thyrsum spiciformem spi- 

 culis brevibus simplicibus constantem abeunte, foliis crebris strictis 



