. IV. SOLESAXTHUS. V. RIXUERA. VI. TRICHODESMA. 



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t. 92. f. 2. Lehm. asp. p. 1 66. Cynogl. lineare, Ruiz, et Pav. 

 fl. per. 2. p. 6. Pers. ench. 1. p. 160. Stems filiform, subtri- 

 chotomously branched, pilose and hoary as the rest of the plant. 

 Pedicels short, erect when bearing the flower, but reflexed while 

 bearing the fruit. Calycine segments lanceolate, one longer than 

 the rest. Corollas small, white. Nuts 4, depressed, 2 of them 

 smaller, and probably abortive. 



Lateral- faltered Mattia. PI. | to 1 foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Borago, p. 309. 

 Plants of the most easy culture. 



Pedicels and calyxes hoary, 

 late, reflexed when in fruit. 



Four-pointed fruited Rindera. 

 PI. 1 foot. 



Cuit. See Borago, p. 309. for culture and propagation, 

 plant of easy culture, but of no beauty. 



Calycine segments linear-lanceo- 

 Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. 



5 2. Throat of corolla naked. 



IV. SOLENANTHUS (from <rwXij.-, a tube; and 

 anthos, a flower ; in reference to the corolla being tubular.) 

 Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 193. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 26. 



LIN. SYST. Penldndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 tubular, 5-toothed, furnished with 5 arched processes in the 

 throat. Stamens exserted. Stigma simple. Nuts 4, depressed, 

 echinated, adnate to the central column, towards the apex, inside. 

 A robust, erect plant, clothed with soft hairs. Radical leaves 

 petiolate, upper cauline ones sessile. Racemes solitary, or twin, 

 many flowered, bractless, at first revolute, at last erect, the 

 whole forming a terminal naked panicle. Corollas purple or blue. 



1 S. CIRCINA'TUS (Led. 1. c. p. 194) 11. H. Native of 

 Altaia, in the eastern regions of the river Irtysch, also in mea- 

 dows about mounts Arkaul and Dolenkara. Root thick, per- 

 pendicular, furnished with fibres. Stem erect, villous, thickness 

 of a small finger. Radical leaves having the petioles 4-5 inches 

 long, semi-cylindrical, channelled above, striately furrowed be- 

 neath, with membranous edges beset with adpressed, deflexed, 

 white hairs ; the leaves oblong, sub-cordate at the base, unequal, 

 acute or obtuse, entire, beset with adpressed hairs. Scales in the 

 throat of the corolla oblong, obtuse, erect, with villous edges. 



Ctrcinate-racemed Solenanthus. Fl. April, May. PI. 1| 

 to i. feet. 



Cull. For culture and propagation see Borago, p. 309. 



V. RINDE'RA (named by Pallas after Dr. Rinder, formerly 

 Dean of Medicine in Moscow.) Pall. itin. 1. append, p. 486. 

 t. F. f. 1-2. Lam. ill. t. 92. f. 3. Cynoglossum species, Pall. 



Lis. STST. Pent&ndrta, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 with the tube a little longer than the calyx, a deeply 5-cleft limb, 

 a naked throat, and lanceolate-acute, erect segments. Anthers 

 nearly sessile, in the recesses between the segments of the 

 corolla, inclosed, erect, linear, dehiscing at the sides, and sub- 

 bifid at the base. Style setaceous ; stigma glandular, hardly 

 conspicuous, simple. Nuts 4, glabrous, ovate, compressed, 

 clypeate, each surrounded by a broad membrane, (one of which, 

 from its small size, is abortive,) fixed to the central column at the 

 base. A glabrous plant, with a branched root, ovate-lanceolate 

 leaves, and terminal racemosely corymbose reddish flowers. 



This genus differs from Mdltia in the throat of the corolla 

 being naked, that is, without vaulted processes. 



1. R. TETRA'SPIS (Pall. 1. c. Led. fl. alt. 1. p. 193.) leaves 

 oblong, or oblong-lanceolate, smoothish ; flowers racemosely 

 corymbose ; corollas twice as long as the calyx, with linear 

 segments ; stamens shorter than the segments of the corolla. 

 Zl. H. Native of Siberia. R. laevigata, Roam, et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 83. Cynoglossum laevigatum, Lin. syst. p. 157. 

 s'uppl. 131. Willd. spec. 1. p. 763. Lam. ill. "t. 92. f. 3. 

 Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 324. t. 67. f. 4. Cynogl. Rindera, Pall. fl. 

 ross. 2. p. 96. t. 88. Fa'ck, itin. 2. t/2. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 

 11. t. 30. f. 11. Stems simple. Leaves glaucous, green, soft, 

 glabrous, dotted from minute glands, which are only seen 

 through a lens. 



VI. TRICHODE'SMA (from $ P 4 *(*\o<:, thrix irichos, a 

 hair ; and cta/ioc, desmot, a bond ; anthers bound by hairs to 

 each other.) R. Br. prod. p. 496. Lehm. asper. 192. Bo- 

 rago species, Lin. Juss. Lam. &c. Boraginoides, Moench. 

 meth. p. 515. Pollichia, Medicus, phil. hot. 1. p. 32. Cyno- 

 glossoides Isnard. hist.de 1'acad. par. 1718. p. 257. f. 10, 11. 



LIK. STST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Corolla subrotate, with 

 a naked throat ; limb 5-parted, having the segments subulate at 

 the apex. Anthers exserted, furnished with 2 rows of hairs on 

 the back, by which they adhere to each other ; awns subulate, 

 twisted. Nuts 4, 1 -seeded, half immersed in the pits of a 

 4-winged central column, closed at the base. Erect, hispid, 

 annual plants, with terminal racemose or solitary pedicellate 

 axillary flowers. 



1 T. I'NDICCM (R. Br. prod. 496. Lehm. asp. p. 193.) 

 leaves narrow-lanceolate, bluntish, half stem-clasping ; pedicels 

 axillary ; calycine segments auricled at the base. Q. H. Na- 

 tive of the East Indies. Borago I'ndica, Lin. spec. ed. 2d. p. 

 197. Willd. spec. 1. p. 776. Borraginoides sagittate, Moench. 

 menth. p. 516. Pollichia I'ndica, Med. 1. c. 1718. p. 257. 

 Isnard. 1. c. t. 10. ed. germ. t. 9. Pluk. aim. t. 76. f. 3. Stem 

 hairy, gibbous at the parts where the branches rise. Leaves 

 scabrous above, and softish beneath. Pedicels drooping. Calyx 

 hairy. Corollas pale blue or white ; with ovate, cordate-acumi- 

 nated segments, which are twisted at top ; throat green, marked 

 by 5 rusty spots. 



/wdiaii'Trichodesma. Fl. June, Oct. Clt. 1759. PI. 1 foot. 



2 T. ZEYLA'NICDM (R. Br. 1. c. Lehm. asper. p. 194.) 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, on short petioles, attenuated at the 

 base; pedicels axillary ; calyxes not auricled. O- H. Native 

 of the East Indies, and the shores of New Holland, within the 

 tropic. Borago Zeylanica, Lin. mant. p. 202. Willd. spec. 1. 

 p. 777. Jacq. coll. 3. p. 169. icon. rar. 2. t. 314. Burm. ind. 

 p. 41. t. 14. f. 2. Pluck, mant. 13. t. 335. f. 4. Stem pur- 

 plish, canescent, scabrous at bottom, and hispid at top. Leaves 

 scabrous above, from numerous, callous, white dots ; soft be- 

 neath, without dots, scabrous on the nerves and veins. Pedicels 

 pilose, hoarj', longer than the leaves. Calyx hoary, pilose. 

 Limb of corolla white, with a blue star. 



Ceylon Trichodesma. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1799. Shrub 

 1| foot. 



3 T. AFRICA'NUM (R. Br. 1. c. Lehm. asper. p. 195.) leaves 

 ovate-oblong, acute, petiolate, hispid from bristles : flowers race- 

 mose ; calyxes not auricled. Q. H. Native of the Cape of 

 Good Hope. Borago Africana, Lin. spec. ed. 2. p. 197. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 777. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 181. Murr. fl. soett. 

 p. 142. Burm. prod. fl. cap. p. 4. Borago verrucosa, Forsk. 

 fl. asgypt. p. 41. Borraginoides aculeata, Moench. meth. p. 

 516. Pollichia Africana, Med. bot. beob. 1783. p. 248. 

 Isnard. hist, de 1'acad. par. 1718. p. 257. t. 11. Sabb. hort. 2. 

 t. 22. Stem trichotomously branched, strigose. Flowers droop- 

 ing, disposed in axillary and terminal, pedunculate racemes. 

 Calycine segments lanceolate. Corolla fine blue, with a yellow 

 throat ; segments ovate, acuminated, spirally twisted at top. 

 Nuts scabrous. 



African Trichodesma. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1759. PI. 1 ft. 



4 T. LiTHOSPERMoiDBS (Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 69.) 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate, nearly sessile, attenuated at the base, 

 with subrevolute edges ; flowers axillary, pedicellate ; calyxes 



