300 XCV. BORAOINEiE. 



Nuts 4, roundish, rough, hollo^Yecl out at base. — BC. Prod. x. 

 ;?. 40. 



S. fapillositm, Lelim., is a little-known underslirub, with angular stems, 

 emooth below, scnbrnus above. Leaves sessile, papillose-scabrid above. 

 Racemes spicate, secund, in a panicle ; corolla blue, small. — Only found by 

 Thunberg. 



9. ANCHUSA, Linn. 



Calyx 5-fid or 5-parted. Corolla-tube straight, terete ; 

 limb oblique or spreading, 5-parted, the throat closed with 5 

 obtuse, papillose or hispid scales, opposite the corolla-lobes. 

 Anthers included. Nuts 4, in the bottom of the calyx, hol- 

 lowed out at base, the hollow with a puckered margin, ridge- 

 warted, rough between the ridges. — DC. Prod. x. p. 41. 



Annual or perennial herbs, wath entire leaves. Spikes mostly bracteate, 

 in pairs ; corolla purple blue or white, rarely yellowish. — 2 or 3 South 

 African species. 



10. LITHOSPERMUM, Tourn. 



Calyx 5-parted ; lobes equal. Corolla funnel- or rarely 

 salver-shaped, pervious, the throat nude or rarely mth 5 

 swellings alternating with the stamens, hairy or smooth ; lobes 

 of limb rounded. Anthers oblong, nearly sessile, and mostly 

 included. Stigma capitate, sub-2-lobed. Nuts ovate, smooth 

 or wrinkled, truncate at base, imperforate. — DC. Prod. x. p. 

 73. 



Herbs or undershrubs, variable in aspect. Leaves entire, mostly simply 

 hairy. Flowers spiked or racemose, bracteate, often small, of sevex-al 

 colours. — 7 or 8 South African species, dispersed. 



11. MYOSOTIS, Linn. 



Calyx 5-parted, 5-fid or 5-toothed, Corolla salver- or 

 funnel-shaped, the tube straight, about' equalling the calyx, 

 the limb 5-fid, obtuse, flat or concave, the throat mostly fur- 

 nished with 5 short, obtuse scales ; corolla-lobes twisted to the 

 left. Stamens mostly included ; anthers oval-oblong, apicu- 

 late. Stigma obtuse, sub-2-lobed. Nuts 4, in the bottom of 

 the calyx, elliptical, com^pressed, very smooth, quite glabrous, 

 with a minute basal depression, imperforate. — DC. Prod. x. 

 p. 104. 



Villous herbs, widely dispersed in the eastern hemisphere, chiefly 

 northern. Radical leaves tapering into petioles, cauline sessile. Flowers 

 in scorpioid cymes, lengthening out in flowering. Corolla blue red or white, 

 very rarely yellow. — A large genus, of which there are 2 Cape species. 



12. ECHINOSPERMUM, Sw. 

 Calyx 5-parted. Corolla salver-shaped, the throat closed 



