Echinospermum. BORRAGiNEiE. 249 



SeCT. II. Sr.LEROCARYUM. 



4. E. spinocarpos (Forsk. Descr. 41 sub Anchmd) totum setia 

 basi tuberculatis adpressis rarius subpalulis cauesceiis rarius vjrescens 

 puniilum ad vei pauio supra collum divaricatim et dichotome ramo- 

 sissimum tandem difTusum, racemis crassiusculis demum induratis 

 laxis flexuosis,foliislineari-spathulatis, pedicellis fructiteris incrassatia 

 brevissimis erectis, bracteis linearibus fructu longioribus, corolhe 

 minutae albidfe vel cserulescentis limbo calycem vix exbedeuti, ralyce 

 fructifero valde accreto laciniis linearibus crassis fructum pyramida- 

 tum longe stylosum superantibus erecto-patulis, nuculis erectis trian- 

 gularibus carinatis aculei'* conicis crassis versus basin nuculfp elon- 

 gaiis muricalis et scrobiculatis ©. Myosotis spinocarpos Vahl Symb. 

 11, p. 32. — Echinospermvm Vahlianum Lehm. Asp. N° 103. 



Hab. in desertis et incultii^, Cappadocia in planitie Karahissar (Bal !), »^gyp- 

 tus inter Kahiram et Suez (Boiss!), ad Alexandriam (Forsk., Samar!), deserta 

 Sinaica (Schimp. 1781 Boiss!), Gebel Abiad in deserto ad Palmyram (Bli), 

 Iberia Caucasica et ditio Talysch (Hohl, G A. Mey!), Turcomania ad Caspium 

 (C.A.M!), Persia media Orientalis (Bge!), Affghania (Griff!), Beluttchia 

 (Stocks !), Arabice Kleiterai. 



Sect. III. Lappula. 



• Nuculse 2-3-serialiter glochidiatse. 



5. E. Lappula (L. Sp. 189 sub Myosotide) pilis basi tuberculatis 

 adpressis hirsntum, caule virgato rigido elato paniculalo, ramis iu 

 racemos demum elongatos unilaterales abeuntibus. foliis lanceolatis 

 caulinis strictis, bracteis inferioribus calyce longioribus. pedicellis 

 fructiferis erectis calyce brevioribus, calycis fructiferi laciniis patulis 

 lineari-oblongis, corollse cferuleae tubo calyce subbreviore, limbotuho 

 breviore, nuculis facie tuberculatis margine 2-3-serialim .gl('Chidia- 

 tis vel ®. Ech. Lappnla Lehm. Asp. N" 94. — Ic. Rchb. tab. 1-28. 

 — Cynoglossum Lappula Scop. — Myosotis squarrosa Retz. — Echiu. 

 squarrosum Rchb. Pl. exc — E. Ispahamcum Boiss. Diagn. Ser. I, 

 11, p. 128. 



Hab. in siccis, ad vias, Peloponnesus (Bory!). Bithynia (Pestal). Anatoha 

 bor. (Wied!). Armenia Turcica (Huet!\ Pontus Lazicus (Bal!), Tauria Stevl), 

 Caucasus et Transcaucasia (Ledeb., Hohen), Persia borealis (Buhsel). austra- 

 lis ad Ispahan (Auch. 5018!). 



Ar. Geogr. Europa omnis a Scandinavia ad Rossiam mediam et ab HispaniA 

 et Italiil mediis ad Dalmatiam et regionem Danubialem, Sibiria omnis, Africa 

 borealis.. 



6 E. heteracanthum (Ledeb. Suppl. Sem. Dorpat 1823) pilis 

 basi tuberculatis patulis et adpressis obsitum, caule elato virgato 



