150 c. BORAGINEJ;. (C. B. Clarke.) [Heliotropium. 



h. H. europgeum, Aitchison Cat. Punjab. 94 ; Smth. FL Austral, iv. 394 ; 

 ?Linn. ; DC. I.e. 534. 



PUNJAB and SCINDE ; in the plains, frequent. KASHMIR ; Srinuggur, alt. 5,200 ft. 

 DISTRIB. W. and Central Asia. Australia. 



Stems woody; branches from the base, 6-12 in., softly closely hairy. Leaves 

 -l in., obtuse ; nerves not prominent on the upper surface ; petiole -1 in. Spikes 

 2 in. Sepals ~ in., ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Corolla-tube in., narrow, cylindric, 

 hairy without ; segments small, round, crenulate. Stigma microscopically scabrous. 

 Nutlets ~ in. Differs from H. europium, Linn., in the more softly hairy leaves and 

 spikes ; as to the minute differences in the stigma (shown by Gussonc I. c-.) they do 

 not apply satisfactorily to the Indian and Australian materials. 



VAR. lasiocarpum ; nuts hispid-silky sparingly rugose. H. lasiocarpum, Fisch $ 

 Mey. Ind. Sent. iv. 38 ; Bungfi in Bull. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1869, 292; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, iv. 131. N.W. India ; ex Boiss. I.e., but all the Indian examples seen 

 suit H. Eichwaldi so far as the two differ. 



6. XI. calcareum, Stocks in Hook. Keiv Journ. iv. 174 ; leaves obovate 

 lower long-petioled softly closely hairy, spikes elongate ebracteate, flowers 

 1-ranked, calyx persistent 'after the setulose nutlets have fallen. Bunge in Bull. 

 Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1869, 303 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 128. H. cinerascens, 

 Aitchison Cat. Punjab. 94, not of Steud. 



SCINDE; Stocks. DISTRIB. Beloochistan. 



Stem and leaves nearly as of H. Eichwaldi, but indumentum more ash-coloured. 

 Spikes often 6 in. Sepals ~ in., lanceolate, hairy. Corolla-tube ^ in., cylindric, 

 hairy without ; lobes small, round, crenate. Stigma conic elongate, minutely bifid at 

 the apex. Nutlets ~ in. 



7. H. ovalifolium, Forsk. Fl. jEg.-Arab. 38 ; leaves elliptic or obovate 

 softly closelv hairy lower long-petioled, spikes elongate persistently bracteate. 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 103; Wall. Cat. 2089. H. coromandelianum, Retz. Obs. ii. 

 9; DC. Prodr. ix. 541; Watt. Cat. 7016; Wight Ic. t. 1388; Dalz. $ Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 171. H. tomentosum and polystachyum, Pair. Diet. SuppL iii. 23 ; 

 DC. I c. 549. H. gracile, Br. Prodr. 493. H. obovatum, Don Prodr. 101 ; 

 DC. 1. c. 548. H. Kunzei, Lehm. ; DC. I.e. 541 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 130. 

 H. Syenites, Spreng. Syst. i. 539. H. Brocchianum, Vis. PI. ^Eg.-Nub. 8, t. 2, 

 fig. 1. H. niloticum,^. DC. Prodr. ix. 541. 



BENGAL, DECCAN PENINSULA and SCINDE ; frequent. DISTRIB. Tropical Africa and 

 Australia. 



Stems woody ; branches 1 ft., ascending, softly hairy. Leaves f by ^ in., or in the 

 western examples hardly half so large, obtuse with or without a mucro ; nerves not 

 prominent. Spikes 1-4 in., dense; bracts yg- in., ovate, acute. Sepals ~ in., 

 elliptic, acute. Corolla-tube -^ in., cylindric ; lobes minute, ovate, patent, subacute. 

 Stigma minutely hairy. Nutlets in , densely setulose. 



** Leaves lanceolate, bristly, margins crisped-crenulate j flowers sessile, 

 ebracteate. 



8. H. undulatum, Vahl Symb. i. 13 ; leaves obscurely petioled, spikes 

 rigid branches short, nutlets small hispid. Wall. Cat. 916; DC. Prodr. ix. 536 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 147. H. persicum, Lamk. Diet. iii. 94; Burnt. Fl. Ind. 

 41, t. 19; DC. I.e. 537; Boiss. Fl Orient, iv. 147. H. crispum, Desf. Fl. 

 Atlant. i. 151, t. 41. H. eriocarpum, Delile ; Lehm. Asperifol. 55 (Jide Boiss.}. 

 H. ramosissimum, Sieb. ; DC. I.e. 536. H. affghanum, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 

 143. Lithospermum hispidum, Forsk. Fl. /Eg. -Arab. 38. 



PUNJAB, SCINDE, and UPPER GANGETIC PLAIN, alt. 0-1000 ft., frequent. DISTRIB. 

 "W. Asia and N. Africa. 



Suberect, 6-24 in., branched, harsh, scabrous. Leaves -! in , often rugose. 



