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BORAGINE^E. X. ONOSMA. 



ovate, stony, fixed to the bottom of the calyx, imperforated at 

 the base. Small, suffruticose, scabrous, canescent plants, with 

 crowded, lanceolate, or linear leaves ; and terminal racemes of 

 large, yellow, secund, usually drooping flowers. 



* Hairs or bristles stellate, rising from tubercles. 



1 O. FRUTICOSUM (Labill. pi. syr. dec. 3. p. 10. t. 6.) stem 

 shrubby, much branched, hoary ; leaves obovate-oblong, hispid 

 from bristles ; flowers generally solitary, terminal, nutant. fj . 

 F. Native of Persia, in the province of Djilan; and of the 

 Island of Cyprus, on Mount Santa Cruz. Smith, fl. graec. t. 

 174. Lehm. in nov. act. hafn. 1808. t. 1. asper. p. 361. Co- 

 rolla twice as long as the calyx, tubular, sulphur-coloured, an 

 inch long ; teeth short, acute, reflexed. Calycine segments his- 

 pid, linear-lanceolate. Style purple. Genitals exserted. 



Shrubby Onosma. Shrub 1 to 1-j- foot. 



2 O. ANGUSTIFOLIUM (Lehm. asper. p. 361.) strigose; stems 

 simple ; leaves linear, canescent : lower ones sheathing : upper 

 ones dilated at the base ; flowers nutant. y. . F. Native of 

 Apulia, among rocks. O. cinereum, Sieb. fl. exsic. Sabb. 

 hort. rom. 2. t. 32. Column, ecphr. t. 183. f. 2. Stems soli- 

 tary or numerous. Leaves bluntish. Racemes solitary or twin, 

 terminal. Flowers nearly sessile, propped by lanceolate, acumi- 

 nated bracteas, which are subcordate at the base. Calyx pilose, 

 silky, canescent ; with linear, ciliated segments. Corolla yellow, 

 ventricose above ; teeth short, reflexed. 



Narrow-leaved Onosma. PI. 5 to 1^ foot. 



3 O. ERE'CTUM (Smith, prod. fl. grsec. 1. p. 121. fl. graec. t. 

 173.) tubercularly hispid or strigose ; stems simple, tufted ; leaves 

 linear, a little broader at top; flowers erect. If. H. Native 

 of Candia, on the higher mountains. Lehm. asper. p. 364. 

 Symphytum Creticum, echii folio angustiore longissimis villis 

 horrido, flore croceo, Tourn. cor. p. 6. Root fusiform, blackish 

 brown. One of the hairs in each tuft is larger than the rest. 

 Racemes terminal, conjugate, spike-formed. Flowers nearly 

 sessile, propped by linear bracteas, which are as long as the 

 calyxes. Corollas yellow, ventricose, twice or thrice as long as 

 the calyxes ; teeth obtuse, short, reflexed. Nuts glabrous. 



Erect-fiowered Onosma. PI. \ foot. 



4 O. STELHJLA v TUM(Bieb. fl. 



cauc. ]. p. 132.) tubercularly FIG. 34. 



hispid or strigose ; stems aggre- 

 gate ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse : 

 lower ones narrowed at the 

 base : superior ones dilated at 

 the base ; flowers drooping. 

 y.. H. Lehm. asper. p. 364. 

 Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 180. 

 Stems solitary or many, from 

 the same root. Racemes ter- 

 minal, conjugate. Flowers pe- 

 dicellate, propped by ovate- 

 lanceolate bracteas. Calycine 

 segments lanceolate-linear. Co- 

 rolla citron-coloured, ventricose 

 above ; teeth bluntish, reflexed. 

 Stigma capitate, emarginate. 

 Nuts glabrous. 



Var. a, slellulatum (Waldst. et Kit. pi. hung. 2. p. 189. t. 

 173.) leaves broader, flat; the hairs less crowded than in /3. 

 Bieb. 1. c. If., H. Native of Croatia, in the fissures of cal- 

 careous rocks ; and of Caucasus, in subalpine, grassy, dry 

 places (fig. 34.) 



Var. ft, Tauricum (Pall. ind. taur. in nov. act. petrop. 1792. 

 p. 306. Bieb. fl. casp. p. 138. no. 11.) leaves narrower, with 

 1 



revolute edges, canescent from hairs. 1; . H. Native of Tauria, 

 among calcareous rocks ; Island of Candia and the Pelopon- 

 nesus. Willd. nov. act. cur. berol. 2. p. 122. Sims, bot. 

 mag. 889. O. montanum, Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 121. 

 O. cinereum, Schrebcr, in nov. act. nat. cur. 3. p. 474. O. ori- 

 entalis, Habl. taur. p. 116. Symphytum orientale oleae folio 

 cinereo, Tourn. cor. p. 7. Column, ecphr. 1. p. 182. t. 183. 



0. echioides, var. a, Lin. spec. 196. O. echioides, var. y, 

 Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 131. 



Starry-haired Onosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. a. 1819. /}. 

 1801. PI. i foot. 



5 O. GIGANTE'UM (Lam. ill. no. 1840. Pers. ench. 1. p. 

 162.) tubercularly hispid or strigose; stem branched at top; 

 leaves oblong-lanceolate : floral ones subcordate ; calyxes 

 clothed with white hairs ; flowers drooping, y.. F. Native of 

 the Levant. Lehm. asper. p. 365. O. echioides, Pall. itin. 2. 

 p. 463 ?. O. echioides, ft, altissima, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 130. fl. 

 casp. p. 135. Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 57. Stem erect, 

 tetragonal. Lower leaves a foot long, attenuated at the base. 

 Racemes terminal, solitary, or conjugate. Flowers distant, pe- 

 dicellate. Calycine segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla pale 

 yellow. Stamens inclosed. Style purple. Stigma somewhat 

 2-lobed. Nuts glabrous. 



Giant Onosma. Fl. March, June. Clt. ? PI. 3 to 4 feet. 



6 O. RIGIDUM (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 180. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 238.) tubercularly-hispid, or strigose; stem much branched at 

 the base ; leaves lanceolate, acute ; flowers erect. ]/ . F. Na- 

 tive of the south of Tauria, in dry, stony places, between Jur- 

 suph and Nikita. Root woody, brown. Stems many from the 

 same root, tufted, prostrate at the base. One of the hairs in 

 each fascicle is much longer and stiffer than the rest. Racemes 

 terminal, solitary, or twin. Flowers pedicellate, propped by 

 linear-lanceolate bracteas, which are as long as the calyxes. 

 Calycine segments linear-lanceolate, acute. Corolla pale yellow, 

 swollen towards the top ; teeth short, bluntish, reflexed. Sta- 

 mens a little exserted. Stigma 2-lobed. Nuts glabrous. Nearly 

 allied to O. giganteum ; but differs in the smaller stature, in the 

 want of subcordate leaves, and in the flowers being erect. 



/figirf-haired Onosma. Fl. Aug. PI. 5 to 1 foot. 



* * Hairs or bristles solitary, not stellate, as in the preceding 



division. 



7 O. ECHIOIDES (Lin. spec. 196.) tubercularly hispid or stri- 

 gose ; hairs or strigae erect ; stem much branched ; leaves 

 spatulate-lanceolate : floral ones, or bracteas, ovate-cordate ; 

 nuts glabrous, shining. I/ . H. Native of the south of 

 Europe and Iberia, in gravelly, arid, stony places. All. pedem. 



1. p. 51. Vill. dauph. 2. p. 

 453. Gsertn. fruct. 1. p. 326. 

 t. 67. Desf. fl. atl. 1. p. 161. 

 Sibth. et Smith, fl. graec. t. 172. 

 Jacq. austr. 3. t. 295. Bieb. fl. 

 cauc. 1. p. 131. Sut. fl. helv. 

 1. p. 107. Laper. abr. p. 89. 

 D. C. syn. fl. fr. no. 2721. 

 Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 127. O. 

 echioides, ft, Lin. spec. 197. 

 Cerinthe echioides, Scop. fl. 

 earn. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 129. 

 Lin. spec. ed. 1. vol. 1. p. 137. 

 Hort. cliff, p. 48. no. 1. 

 Plenck, icon. t. 81. Gmel. sib. 

 4. p. 76. no. 18. t. 40. Sabb. 

 hort. rom. 2. t. 32. Mor. hist. 

 3. sect. 1 1. t. 27. f. 1 . Anchusa 

 lutea, Dalech. hist. 1102. Sym- 



FIG. 35. 



