236 BORRAGiNE^. Myosotts, 



4. M. littoralis (Stev. Gat. Gorenk. 1812) annua. nana suba- 

 caulis ad folia patule secus inflorescentiam adpresse hispida, foliis 

 radicalibiis parvis aggregatis ovato-oblongis obtusis, racemis fere 

 radicalibus numerosis etiam fructiferis brevibus imbricatim densi- 

 floris sccundis incurvis ebracteatis. pedunculis fructiferis incrassatis 

 strictis caiyce brevioribus, calyce adpresse hispido fructifero cylin- 

 drico laciniis conniventibus, corollae exiguae crerulese vel albse limbo 

 concavo lubum non sequante ©. 



Hah in arenis maritimis Taurise meridionalis (Stev!), Bithyniae ad sinuni 

 Nicodemicum prope Hersek (Griseb!), Atticne ad Phalerum (Heldr. Herb. 

 Norm. 554! Orph. Fl. Gr. exs. 220! sub M. pusiVd'). 



Plantula l-^-poUicaris a collo saepe ramosissima, racemi fructiferi densiflori 

 semipollicem vel ad summum pollicem longi. 



5. M. Idaea (Boiss. et Heldr. Diagn. Ser. I. 11, p. 121) annua, 

 irtferne subpatentim superne adpressiuscule hirta pumila caule brevi 

 ramoso foliis radicalibus obovato-spathulatis. caulinis paucis elliptico- 

 linearibus, racemis fructiferis elongatis laxis secundis ebracteatis, 

 pedunculis fructiferis plus minus incrassatis erecto-patulis verpalenli- 

 deflexis calyci sequilongis vel sesquilongioribus, calyce adpresse piloso 

 fructifero anguste campanulato laciniis ereclis non conniventibus, 

 corollae exiguee ceerulete limbo concavo limbum noncequant^e O. 



Hab. in littore maris Tauriae prope Sudak (Rehml), in monte Apos insuli» 

 Chios { Orph !), in saxosis montis Ida et montium Lassiti Cretse 5-6000' (Heldr !), 

 Hymetto orientali in Attic^ (Heldr!), Malfevo Laconiffi (Orph!), Lycise monti- 

 bus supra Elmalu (Bourg!). 



/S. grandiflora Boiss. herb. — Gorollse Cferuleee vel lactese limbus 

 niajor tubo tamen vix sequilongus. — M. Kiesenivetteri Heldr. in litt. 



Hab. in Attica in monte Lycabetto, ad lapidicinas Pentelici, ad cacnmen 

 Hymetti et montis Parnes Heldr! (Orph. Fl. Gr. 219!), in arenosis et alveis 

 prope Athenas vHeldr et Orph. Fl. exs. 218! sub M. Creticd non Boiss. et 

 Heldr.), in monte Malevo Laconite (Orph!), regione inferiori Parna.ssi (Guicc!), 

 ad radices montis Delphi Eubese et in insula Chios (Orphl). 



y. Cadmea. — Gorolla caerulea magna limbo tubinn superante, 

 pedicelli fructiferi vix incrassati, valde palentes. — M. Caamea Boiss. 

 loc. cit. p. 122. — M. Boeotica Reut. Mss. 



Hab. in monte Helicon Baeotiae (Orph!), in monte Cadmo Cariae supra 

 Colossas (Boiss !), prope Byzantium (Wiedl). 



Planta 2-6-pollicaris a M. littorali pilis brevioribus, racemis fructiferis laxis, 

 pedicellis^longioribus magis patentibus, culyce fructifero non clauso; a M. 

 pusilld racemis ebracteatis discedens. An tamen omnes ad speciem polymor- 

 pham reducend8e?Var. /3 et y sistunt formas corolla majori, variationes jparal- 

 lelse in aliis speciebus generis observantur. 



6. M. pusilla (Lois. in Desv. Journ. II, p. 260, tab. 8) annua, 

 pilis erecto-patulis ad inflorescentiam adpressis hispida pumila a collo 

 brevissime ramosa, foliis radicalibus obovatis raraeis paucis ellipticis 

 obtusis, racemis fructiferis laxis parte inferiore bracteatis, pedicellis 



