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BORAGINE2E. X. ONOSMA. 



16 O. SYRIACUM (Labill. pi. rar. syr. dec. 3. p. 8. t. 5. /3. f. 

 5.) pilose; leaves ovate-lanceolate, denticulated, pilose, or stri- 

 gose ; racemes many-flowered ; corollas cylindrical, 5-toothed : 

 teeth reflexed ; anthers exserted. I/ . H. Native of Syria, 

 near Tripoli. Lehm. asper. p. 375. Leaves sessile, glandu- 

 larly denticulated, ciliated. Flowers longer than the pedicels. 

 Calycine segments linear, acute. Corolla blue, 5-cleft ; seg- 

 ments acute. Nuts small, muricated, ex Labill. 



Var. ft : leaves narrow-lanceolate. 

 Syrian Onosma. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



17 O. ORIENTA'LE (Lin. spec. 196.) leaves lanceolate: supe- 

 rior ones ovate, hispid from pili or strigae ; racemes few-flow- 

 ered ; corolla cylindrical, drooping, 5-toothed : teeth erect ; 

 anthers inclosed. %. H. Native of the Levant. Lehm. asper. 

 p. 376. nov. act. soc. reg. hafn. 1. c. t. 2. Willd. spec. 1. p. 

 773. O. frutescens, Lam. ill. no. 1837. Cerinthe orientalis, 

 Lin. amcen. 4. p. 267. no. 16. Symphytum orientale quartum, 

 echii folio minore, flore nunc albo, nunc flavescente, Tourn. cor. 

 p. 6. Stems many, rising from a short, woody stipe. Lower 

 leaves sessile : upper ones half stem-clasping. Racemes termi- 

 nal, twin, 2-3-flowered. Flowers on short pedicels, propped 

 by lanceolate bracteas. Calyx hispid ; segments lanceolate, 

 acute, spreading. Corolla yellow, twice as long as the calyx ; 

 teeth lanceolate, acute, spreading. Style purplish ; stigma sub- 

 capitate. 



Eastern Onosma. Fl. May, June. Clt. 1752. PI. j foot. 



18 O. SIMPLICI'SSIMUM (Lin. spec. 196. mant. 333.) stems 

 much branched at the base ; sterile branches prostrate : flori- 

 ferous ones erect ; leaves linear, acutish, strigose, silky, and 

 canescent beneath ; corolla clavate or ventricose: teeth reflexed. 

 If.. H. Native of Siberia, Iberia, and the plains of the river 

 Don. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 133. fl. casp. append, p. 137. 

 Lehm. asper. 377. Curt. bot. mag. 2248. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 

 183. Pall. ind. fl. taur. in nov. act. petrop. 1792. p. 306. O. 

 Sibiricum, Lam. ill. no. 1836. O. simplex, Gaertn. fruct. 1. p. 

 325. Branches simple. Leaves crowded, sessile, half stem- 

 clasping. Racemes twin, terminal. Flowers on short pedicels, 

 propped each by an erect, cordate bractea. Corolla ventricose, 

 inflated above, pale yellow, contracted at the mouth. Stamens 

 inclosed. Stigma capitate, somewhat 2-lobed. 



Very simple -stemmed Onosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1768. 

 PI. | to 1 foot. 



19 O. GMEUNI (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 184. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 

 280.) tubercularly hispid or strigose ; hairs or strigae spread- 

 ing ; stems simple, ascending ; cauline leaves spatulate-lanceo- 

 late, rounded at apex : floral ones, or bracteas, ovate-lanceolate, 

 acute ; corolla twice as long as the calyx ; anthers exserted. 

 1J. . H. Native of Siberia, frequent among rocks between Buta- 

 kowa and Tscheremschamka ; and from Buchtarminsk, even to 

 the lake called Noor Saisan. Gmel. sib. 4. p. 76. no. 18. t. 40. 

 Stems many, from the same root. Racemes terminal, twin, 

 rarely 3. Calycine segments linear-lanceolate, acute, very his- 

 pid. Corolla pale sulphur-coloured, a little contracted at top ; 

 teeth ovate, acute, reflexed. Nuts wrinkled. 



Gmelin's Onosma. PI. \ to \\ foot. 



20 O. POLYPHY'LLUM (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 182. fl. ross. alt. 

 ill. t. 24. Spreng. syst. 1. p. 550.) silky ; hairs prostrate or 

 adpressed ; stems tufted ; floriferous branches simple, erect ; 

 leaves crowded, oblong-linear, nerveless, with revolute mar- 

 gins ; flowers drooping ; corolla clavate, with a 5-toothed mouth. 

 If-. H. Native of the South of Tauria, among calcareous rocks. 

 Leaves erect, 2-3 inches long, linear, or lanceolate-linear, acute, 

 attenuated towards the base, silky on both surfaces : lower ones 

 crowded : superior ones more remote, broadest at the base. 

 Racemes terminal, conjugate, many-flowered. Flowers pedicel- 



late, bracteate. Calyx about the length of the bracteas, with 

 linear segments. Corolla sulphur-coloured ; teeth ovate, acutish, 

 reflexed. Tips of anthers exserted. Stigma 2-lobed. Nuts 

 ovate, beaked, glabrous, shining. 



Many-leaved Onosma. PI. | to 1 foot. 



21 0. TRINE'RVIUM (Lehm. asper. 378.) stem quite simple, 

 leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, very long, acute, 3-nerved, his- 

 pid above, and clothed with incumbent hairs beneath. I/. S. 

 Native of tropical America. Stem hispid from pili, divided into 

 racemes at top. Leaves sessile. Racemes terminal, bracteate ; 

 bracteas linear-lanceolate, longer than the calyxes. Calycine 

 segments linear-lanceolate. Corolla pilose outside, pale yellow, 

 with a 5-toothed mouth. Anthers pilose, inclosed. Style 

 purplish ; stigma capitate. Nuts ovate, obtuse, glabrous, 

 shining. 



T/tree-nervcd-lenved Onosma. Clt. 1 824. PL 1 foot. 



22 O. SERICEUM (Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 133.) stems branched ; 

 leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate, acute, canescent, clothed with 

 silky hairs : hairs prostrate or adpressed ; corollas twice as long 

 as the calyx. 11 . H. Native of Iberia, on rocky mountains in 

 the vicinity of Tiflis. Willd. spec. 1. p. 774. Lehm. asper. p. 

 379. Stem woody at the base, clothed with white down. Leaves 

 silky : radical and lower cauline ones petiolate : superior ones 

 sessile, spatulately-lanceolate. Racemes terminal, and from the 

 axils of the superior leaves, clothed with silky villi, bracteate. 

 Flowers pedicellate. Calycine segments lanceolate, acute, of 

 which 2 are often combined, almost to the apex. Corolla twice 

 as long as the calyx, wide at top, villous outside ; teeth reflex- 

 ed. Anthers inclosed, connected at the base. Style purplish ; 

 stigma subcapitate. Nuts not seen. 



Silky Onosma. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1752. PI. to 1 

 foot. 



23 O. TRICEROSPE'RMUM (Lag. nov. gen. et spec. p. 10.) stri- 

 gose ; flowers drooping, longer than the calyx ; nuts 3-horned. 

 3. H. Native of Spain, very common about Madrid, Pedro, 

 Munnoz, Tobosa, Albacele, and elsewhere; in New Castile ; 

 also in Murcio, by way sides, and in waste places, where it is 

 called Ojo de Lobo. This species differs from all others in the 

 3-horned nuts. 



Three-horned-frulted Onosma. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1824. 

 PI. I foot. 



21 O. MACROCE'PHALA (D. Don, prod. fl. nep. p. 99.) very 

 hispid from strigae ; leaves lanceolate, acute, soft beneath, 3- 

 nerved : stem ascending, simple ; racemes aggregate, terminal ; 

 calycine segments linear-plumose, longer than the corolla; geni- 

 tals inclosed. y. . F. Native of Sirinagur, where it is called 

 Lalgiri by the natives. O. bracteatum, Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 13. 

 Leaves soft and silky beneath, but hispid above. Racemes 

 short, glomerate. Bracteas ovate, cuspidate, equal in length to 

 the calyxes. Corolla tubular, yellow, silky outside. 



Large-headed Onosma. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



25 O. EMODI (Wall. fl. ind. 2. p. 11.) procumbent, strigose; 

 bristles or strigae spreading ; leaves lanceolate, triple-nerved, 

 less hairy beneath ; racemes terminal, solitary ; bracteas linear, 

 not half so long as the flowers ; calyx 5-cornered, with ovate 

 segments ; corolla ventricose, 5-keeled, contracted towards the 

 mouth ; anthers longer than the filaments, inclosed ; style ex- 

 serted : stigma annular. I/ . F. Native of Nipaul, in Gosaings- 

 than, where it is called by the natives Maharanga. Root 

 branched, covered with deep purple bark. Stem slender, divided 

 into simple branches at top. Leaves sessile, varying in size, 

 mostly lanceolate, 3-5 inches long. Racemes 2 inches long. 

 Corolla pale bluish, the base inverted over the ovarium ; seg- 

 ments ovate, acute. Filaments inserted in as many villous pro- 

 tuberances. Nuts dotted and tubercled, keeled on the inner 



