242 BORRAGiNE.E. MyosoUs. 



fructifero subaccreto campanulato, corollse cserulese tubo calyci aequi- 

 longo, limbo amplo plano tubo eequilongo lobis rotundatis ^. 



Hab. iii fruticetis Imeretise Caucasicae inter Sekari et Saleschkro 2000', Cau- 

 casi centralis prope Kaischaur 4800' et districtu Alagir 2000' (Rupr!). 



Planta '/2-l'/2-pedalis,a prtecedentibus eximie distincta rhizomatesurculoso- 

 repenti. corolUe limbo diam. 2 lineas longo; racemi fructiferi 4-5-pollicares 

 pedicellis tandem 6-7 lineas longis, nuculse ut in M. sparsifiord acutai oblongae- 

 nitidiB strophiolatae. 



Sect. III. Phyllocephalum. 



19. M. involucrata (Stev. Mem. Soc. Mosq. III, p. 253) annua^ 

 tota setis rigidis basi tuberculalis adpressiuscuUs hispida aspera, 

 radice longa tenui subsimplici, foliis oblongis obtusis basi longe atte- 

 nuatis, caule brevissimo paulo supra collum sub cyma centrali bra- 

 chiatim ramoso ramis lateralibus decumbentibus elongatis subaphyllis 

 apice iterum subcymis terminalibus brachiatis, cyma centrali et ter- 

 minalibus sessilibus brevissime et pluries dichotorais cum flore in 

 dichotomia capituliformibus, foliis floralibus flores longe superantibus^ 

 pedicellis crassiusculis calyci eequilongis tandem recurvis, calyce 

 obconico-campanulato hirsutissimo semiquinquefido laciniis acutis, 

 corolla albida vel Ccerulea minima ealycem parum superante lobis 

 ovato-orbiculatis tubo aequilongis, nuculis maximis aborlu subsolita- 

 riis ovatis subcompressis facie interiori carinatis, areola concava cura 

 umbone 0. 



Hab. inter schisti iragmenta in ditionibus Tindal, Bogos, Daghestan Cau- 

 casi orientalis 40oO'-9000' (.Stev! C A.M! Rupr!). 



Rarius simplex pollicaris, sajpius ramose brachiata ramis lateralibus 3-4 

 poll. longis, folia majora pollicaria apice 3 lineas lata, nucul* l-V^ lin longae 

 lineam lata^, tlores minimi. Planta inter Myosotides inflorescenti& cymosa et 

 nuculis maximis anomala. An Eritrichii species? sed corollse aestivationeni 

 ut cl Alph. D.c. contortam quoque vidi et nuculai areola basilaris. 



ERITRICHIUM (Schrad. Biss. Asperif. 4820). 



Calyx quinquepartitus. CoroIIa hypocraterimorpha fauce fornicibus 

 obtusis S3eij« biserialibus su])erpositis clausa, limbi lobis aestivatione 

 quincuncialibus. Stamina inclusa filamentis brevibus. Antherae oblon- 

 gfe, medio dorso affixpe. Nucul?e triquetrse antice planse et margine 

 prominenti cinctae postice oblusiores et area minuta ad dorsi basia 

 receptaculo alfixfe. — Herbae facie Myosotidis. 



\. E. nanum (Vill. Delph. U, 459 sub Myosotide) dense cespi- 

 tosa pilis longis albis hirsuta. foliis minutis oblongo-linearibus. ramis 

 erectis minute foiiatis in racemos paucifloros fasciculiformes demum 

 subelongatos abeuntibus, caiycis hispido-setosi laciniis tubum coroilse 



