218 BORRAGiNE.E. Lithospermum. 



o. L. Apulum (L. Sp. 189 sub Myosotide) annuum. setis tuber- 

 culatishirsutum, caule pumilo rigidulo simpliciusculo. foliis linearibus 

 angustis uninerviis radicalibus subspathulalis caulinis strictis, race- 

 niis subcorymbosis fructiferis densis parum elongatis foliaceo-brac- 

 tealis. corollLe flavie tubo calycem superante, fauce puberulo-annulata, 

 nuculis ovalo-triqiietris lucidis tuberculatis gibbosis ©. L Aptdum 

 Vahl Symb. II, p. 32. — lc. Fl. Grffic. tab. 158. — L. strigosum 

 M.B. Taur. Cauc. III, p 121. — L. Mesopotamicum d.c. Prodr. X, 

 p. T6. 



Hab. in collibus siccis regionis inferioris, Peloponnesus (Sprunl), Attica 

 (Heldr!), Creta fSieb!). Archipelagus (Sibth , Auch!), Anatoha orientalis 

 (Fleisch! Auch. 2329!). Bithynia (Wied!;^. Cyprus (Ky!), Syria bor. ad Aintab 

 (Haussk !), Me.sopotamia (Auch. 1484!), Tauria (Stev!) 



Ar Geogr. Europae et Africae borealis regio Mediterranea. Planta sub hoc 

 iiomin<- in insulis Canariensibus indicata est species diversa, L. mict-ospermum 

 Boiss. Diagn. Ser. II. 3, p. 135 = L. arvense var. ccerulescens Bourg. exs. 318 

 = L Webbii Cosson et Dur. in Bal. Marocc. 1867. 



Sect. II. 1']llithosfermum d.c. — Nucula? ovatfe lcevissimse. Corol- 

 l<e faux sub lobis gibbis vel plicis velutinis instructa. 



6. L. officinale fL. Sp. 189) perenne. indumento adpresso aspe- 

 rum. caule firmo elalo folioso superne stricte ramosissimo, foliis 

 oblongo-lanceolatis oblongisque acutis venosis, racemis fructiferis 

 laxis bracteis calyces longe superantibus obsitis. pedicellis non incras- 

 satis. calycis fructiferi vix aucti setosi laciniis ianceolatis obtusis, 

 corolla albido-flavidci extus hirsuta tubo calycein non superante limbo 

 parvo, nuculis ovatis obtusiusculis albis nitidis leevibus ^. Ic. Fl. 

 Dan. tab. 1084. 



Hab. in pratis humiihs dumosis. sylvaticis. pomariis totius ditionis praeser- 

 tim septentrionali.s a Peloponneso (Bory !), ad Thraciam et Bithyniam (Thirke !), 

 prov. Caucasicas et Iberiam!. Persiam borealem in prov. Aderbidjan (Szov ') 

 et Khorassan (Bge!). KurdistanirePersicte monte Avroman(Haussk!). Ex Ana- 

 tolia austraU et Syriu nondum notum 



Ar. Geogr. Europa omnis a Scandinavia et Rossia ad Hispaniamcentralera, 

 Itaham. Dahiiatiani, Sibiria tota, Japonia, America borealis. 



7. L. purpureo-caeruleum (L. Sp. 190) perenne, adpresse 

 hirlum. surculis repcntibus. caulibus floriferis erectis a))ice 2-3-rulis, 

 follis lanceolalis acutis basi altenuatis, racemis fructiferis demum 

 laxissimis. ()edicellis brevibus fructiferis incrassatis, calycis laciniis 

 anguste linearibus frucliferis valde elougatis, corolla purpurea 

 tandeni azurea liirta calyce longiore limbo amplo. nuculis ovatis 

 obtusis albis nitidis Ifievibus ^. Ic. Jacq. Austr. tab. 14. — Rclib. 

 t. 112. 



Halj in sylvatici.s Peloponnesi (Bory!), Bithyniai (Calvlj et in Olympo 

 Bithyno (Barbey!j, Phrygia; (Aucli!j, totius Anatoliae bor. (Wied!), Ponti et 



