176 C. BORAGINE-E. (C. B. Clarke.) [Amelia. 



scar basal, large, triangular, flat, shortly produced up the inner face. Species 

 12 ; in N. Africa, W. and Central Asia. 



1. A. hispidissima, DC. Prodr. x. 94 ; very hispid, leaves lanceolate, 

 sepals | in., corolla-tube ^ in., nutlets aVl 1 ^ m - ovoid-conic sharply tuberculate 

 on all sides. Wight Ic. t. 1393 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 213 ; Clarke in Journ. 

 Linn. Soc. xviii. 524. Dioclea hispidissima, Spreng. Syst. i. 556. Lithospermum 

 hispidissimum, Lehm. Ic. t. 39. L. vestitum, Wall. Cat. 941 ; Benth. in Royle 

 III. 305. Echiochilon hispidissimum, Tausch. in Flora, 1829, 643. Strobila 

 hispidissima, G. Don Gen. Syst. iv. 327. 



WESTERN INDIA, alt. 500-3000 ft. ; from the Upper Grangetic plain and Kajpootana 

 -westwards, frequent. DISTRIB. W. Asia to Egypt and Nubia. 



Annual and (at least) biennial, diffuse, 3-15 in.; hairs white, harsh, spreading 

 from tubercular bases. Leaves 2 by | in. Spikes 2-4 in., one-sided; bracts - in., 

 linear. Corolla yellow, mouth ^ in. diam. Dimorphic ; the plants with stamens sub- 

 exsert about as numerous as those with anthers below the corolla-throat. 



2. A. Griffith!!, Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 213 ; patently hispid, leaves lan- 

 ceolate, sepals ^- in., corolla-tube f-1 in., nutlets^ in. ovoid suddenly narrowed 

 upwards obtusely tuberculate on all sides. Bot. May. t. 5266. A. echioides, 

 Hook. Bot. Mag. t. 4409, not of I. c. Arnebia sp. n. 5, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. 

 $T. 



PUNJAB ; Peshawur, Vicary. SCINDE ; Col. Thompson. DISTRIB. Beloochistan, 

 Cabul. 



Annual, diifuse, 3-6 in. ; hairs white, spreading, from tubercular bases, less harsh 

 than in A. hispidissima. Leaves 2 by ^ in. Spikes 1-3 in., one-sided. Corolla 

 yellow, lobes on expansion with 5 dark brown spots at the sinus, which disappear as 

 the day advances, mouth ^-| in. diam. Nuts much larger than those of A. hi spiel i*- 

 .sima, more triangular in horizontal section. Dimorphic. 



3. A. Thomson!, Clarke ; shaggy hispid, leaves narrowly oblong, sepals 

 in., corolla-tube ^ in., nutlets ^ in. ovoid-conic without tubercles. Arnebia sp. 

 n. 6, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. $ T. 



WESTERN TIBET ; Piti Valley, Thomson ; Leh, Lance. 



Biennial or perennial, diffuse, 3-10 in.; hairs white, long, dense, softer and more 

 numerous than in A. hispidissima. Leaves 1^ by ^^ in. Spikes 1-2 in., dense ; 

 bracts oblong, obtuse, overtopping the sepals. Corolla nearly as of A. hispidissima. 

 Nutlets gradually narrowed upwards, trigonous in horizontal section. Stems and spikes 

 much more villous than those of A. hispidissima, and the nutlets larger, smooth. 

 Dimorphic. 



4. A. tibetana, Kurz in Journ. As. Soc. 1874, pt. ii. 189; hispid, leaves 

 narrowly oblong, sepals 3^ in., corolla-tube 3 | in., nutlets ~ in. ovoid-conic 

 scabrous. Arnebia sp. n. 7, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. $ T. 



NORTH KASHMIR and WESTERN TIBET, alt. 7-] 2,000 ft., frequent ; Thomson, 

 Jaeschkc, Aitchison, &c. DISTRIB. Kashgar, Yarkand. 



Rootstock perennial, staining red. Closely resembling A. Thomsoni : but more 

 hispid, less villous ; the spikes often elongate, the sepals somewhat widened in fruit, 

 the nutlets minutely tuberculate. Dimorphic. 



31. BXACROTOnXXA, DC. 



Erect, hispid, perennial herbs. Leaves alternate, oblong or linear. Spikes 

 dense, or in fruit elongate. Sepals 5, linear, long, more or less accrescent in 

 fruit. Corolla (in the Indian species) ; tube narrow, long ; throat naked ; lobes 

 5, imbricate in bud, round, spreading. Stamens 5 ; anthers oblong 1 , obtuse, in 



