Lycopsis.] c. BORAGINEJI. (C. B. Clarke.) 169 



the middle, somewhat longer than the calyx ; lobes 6, imbricate in bud, obtuse, 

 spreading. Stamens 5, included ; anthers ovate, obtuse. Ovary 4-lobed ; style 

 filiform, stigma capitate. Nutlets 4, ovoid, suberect, reticulate-rugose ; scar on 

 the inner face, near the middle, oblong, longitudinal, elevated, margined ; carpo- 

 phore conical. Species 3-4, of the Mediterranean region. 



Xi. arvensis, Linn.; DC. Prodr. x. 54; erect, bristly, leaves oblong 

 acute upper amplexicaul lower petioled, corolla-lobes subequal. Lamk. 111. t. 

 92; Engl. Sot. t. 938. Anchusa arvensis, Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Cauc. i. 123; Reichb. 

 Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1310, fig. 1 ; Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 160. 



KASHMIR and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 3-8000 ft. ; from near Peshawur to Skardo, 

 Eoyle, Thomson, &c. DISTRIB. Europe, W. & N. Asia. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 2 by ^ in. Racemes in fruit 3-6 in. ; pedicels | in. ; bracts 

 in., lanceolate, or lower leaflike. Sepals in flower in., hispid, oblong-linear, in 

 fruit \ in. Corolla-tube ^ in., narrowly cylindric ; lobes in., blue, or in the Indian 

 lant usually white. Stamens attached near the base of the corolla-tube. Nutlets 

 in., 12 not papillose-scabrid between the wrinkles. 



23. NONNEA, Moench. 



Annual or perennial herbs, hispid or villous, usually diffuse. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Cymes dense, in fruit elongate, bracteate. Calyx 5-fid, shortly or half- 

 way down ; in fruit much enlarged, tube enclosing the nutlets. Corolla-tube 

 straight, about as long as the calyx, throat naked or hairy (not with scales), 

 small scales sometimes present lower down ; lobes 6, imbricate in bud, obtuse, 

 spreading. Stamens 5, included or scarcely exsert; anthers oblong, obtuse. 

 Ovary deeply 4-lobed ; style filiform, stigma shortly or obscurely 2-lobed. 

 Nutlets 4, ovoid, reticulate-rugose, on a depressed-conic receptacle ; scar large, 

 basal, oblique, concave, with a central appendage and very hard margin. 

 Species 20 ; in Europe, N. Africa, W. and Central Asia. 



N. pull a. Lamk. et DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 626, in note ; erect, hairy, leaves 

 oblong acute upper subamplexicaul lower petioled, calyx-lobes acuminate, corolla 

 blackish-purple, stamens included. DC. Prodr. x. 32 ; Reichb. Ic. FL Germ. t. 

 1302, fig. 2 ; Boiss. FL Orient, iv. 166. N. taurica, Ledeb. FL Ross. iii. 112. 

 N. Edgeworthii, A. DC. Pi-odr. x. 30. Lycopsis pulla, Linn. ; Jacq. FL 

 Austr. ii. t. 188 ; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 327, t. 67. Anchusa pulla, Bieb. FL Taur.- 

 Cauc. i. 125. Boraginearum sp., Edgiv. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 284. 



PUNJAB PLAIN, Thomson, Edgeworth, &c. DISTRIB. Central and E. Europe, W. 

 Asia. 



Much branched, 12-18 in., hispid and villous. Leaves 2 by in. Racemes 2-5 

 in., dense ; pedicels -J in. ; bracts 1 in., leaflike. Calyx | in. ; in fruit in., the 

 campanulate base in. diam. ; subglobose. Corolla-tube \ in., narrow ; lobes in., 

 half-spreading. Nutlets in., obliquely curved inwards, slightly wrinkled, puberulous. 



24. 1VIERTENSIA, Roth, 



Perennial herbs, strigose or softly hairy. Leaves alternate. Racemes ter- 

 minal, scorpioid, usually simple, dense or lax; bracts 0. Floivers blue or 

 purplish, pedicelled. Sepals narrow, somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla- 

 tube as long as, or much longer than, the calyx ; throat with or without scales ; 

 lobes 5, imbricate in bud, short, obtuse, spreading or suberect. Stamens 5, in- 

 cluded or scarcely exserted, filaments short linear; anthers oblong, obtuse. 

 Ovary-lobes 4; style filiform, often very long, stigma small. Nutlets 4, erect. 



