178 c. BORAGINE^. (C. B. Clarke.) [Onosma. 



connivent, included or half-exserted. Ovary deeply 4-lobed ; style filiform, 

 stigma capitate or obscurely 2-lobed. Nutlets 4, ovoid, acute, erect or somewhat 

 incurved, smooth or tuberculate ; scar basal, large, flat. Species 70, of the 

 Mediterranean region and Central Asia. 



SECT. 1. Euonosma. Calyx lobes in fruit much longer than the tube.. 

 Corolla tubular or somewhat widened upwards. Filaments not dilated at the 

 base. 



1. O. echioides, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. x. 61 ; patently hispid, leaves 

 oblong, racemes elongate often forked, calyx-lobes ^ in. narrowly oblong, 

 corolla f in. cvlindric slightly dilated upwards yellow, nutlets shining smooth. 

 Lanik. III. t/93; Sibth. Fl. Grac. t. 172; Jacq. Fl. Austr. t. 295 ; Boiss. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 181. 0. hispida, Watt. Cat. 938; DC. Prodr. x. 66. 0. arenarium, 

 WaUst. $ Kit. PI. Hun;/, iii.'t. 279. 0. Gmelini, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. 184, and 

 Ic. FL Ross. iii. t. 280. 



KASHMIR, alt. 5-9000 ft., frequent, Thomson, &c. KTJMAON; Eoyle. DISTRIB, 

 From Siberia and Cabul to France. 



Biennial ; stems 8-20 in. Cauline leaves 2^ by in. Racemes in fruit 1-6 in. ^ 

 bracts ^-1 in., leaflike ; pedicels 0- in. Calyx-lobes in fruit attaining sometimes 1 

 in. Corolla |- in. diam. at top, glabrous without. Filaments linear, anthers included 

 or shortly exserted. Style overtopping the anthers. Nuts f- in. long, stony, white, 

 often speckled. 



2. O. Hookeri, Clarke-, hirsute, leaves oblong, racemes subcapitate, 

 calyx-lobes ^ in. linear silky, corolla f in. cylindric dilated upwards, nutlets 

 muricated on the sides. Onosma, sp. n. 2, Herb. Ind. Or. H. f. Sf T. 



ALPINE SIKKIM, alt. 12-14,000 ft. ; Kongra Lama and Tungu, J. D. H. 



RootstocJc perennial ; stems 3-7 in. Radical leaves 3 by ^ in. ; cauline 1-2 by J- 

 in., somewhat distant. Flowers in a single terminal villous head. Calyx-lobes in 

 fruit f in., very silky. Corolla silky without, apparently purple ; upper half 1 in. 

 diam., nearly twice as wide as the lower. Stamens and style nearly as of 0. echioides. 

 Nutlets scarcely in., ovoid, suddenly narrowed, somewhat incurved, shining, and 

 nearly smooth on the back. Affords the best Lepcha red dye. 



3. O. Thomson!, Clarke; hirsute, leaves linear white woolly beneath, 

 racemes small divided calyx-lobes 3- in. linear, corolla 3--^ in. cylindric slightly 

 dilated upwards, nutlets shining glabrous. Onosina sp. n. 3, Herb. Ind. Oi\ 

 H.f. $ T. 



KASHMIR, alt. 6000 ft. ; Banahal, Thomson. 



Perennial; stems 1-2 ft., patently hairy. Cauline leaves 1^ by - in., hispid 

 above with tubercular-based hairs. Racemes 1-3 in., capitate or in fruit lax; bracts 

 -^ in., linear ; pedicels 0-^ in. Calyx-lobes scarcely enlarged in fruit. Corolla mi- 

 nutely hairy, mouth |- wide. Anthers more than half their length exsert ; style over- 

 topping the stamens. Nutlets in., ovoid, very acute, somewhat incurved, sides 

 obscurely angular. 



4. O. bracteatum, Wall, in Roxb. Fl. Ind. ed. Carey $ Wall. ii. 13 ; 

 and Cat. 936; hirsute, leaves lanceolate upper ovate-lanceolate silky white 

 beneath, racemes capitate, calyx-lobes in fruit 1 in. linear silky, corolla-tube % 

 in. slightly dilated upwards, nutlets ovoid rough. DC. Prodr. x. 66. 0. 

 macrocephala, Don Prodr. 99. 



WESTERN HIMALAYA; Kashmir, Eoyle. Kumaon, alt. 11,500 ft.; Pindari, 

 Strachey $ Winterbottom. 



Stems 15 in., erect, stout, patently hispid. Radical leaves 6 by 1 in., petioled ; 

 cauline 2 by f in., acuminate, upper surface hispid with tubercular-based hairs. 

 Flowers in dense silky heads 2-3 in. diam. Corolla % in. diam. at the mouth, hairy 



