BORAGINE.E. XVIII. MOLTKIA. XIX. CRAXIOSPERMUM. XX. STROBILA. XXI. ECHIVM. 



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LTV. STST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla cylindrical, somewhat funnel-shaped ; with a naked throat. 

 Stamens exserted ; anthers oblong, incumbent. Nuts 4, 1-celled, 

 large, difforrned, imperforated at the base, fixed to the bottom 

 of the calyx. Strigose, canescent, herbaceous plants, with lateral 

 and terminal secund bracteate spikes of flowers ; terminal spikes 

 conjugate, lateral, solitary. 



1 M. PCNCTA'TA (Lehtn. 1. c. p. 5. asper. 339.) leaves obovate- 

 lanceolate, obtuse, clothed with strigose pili ; corolla a little 

 longer than the calyx ; nuts beset with adpressed dots. It . H. 

 Native of Galatia. Stems simple, many from the same root. 

 The whole plant canescent from strigose pili. Spikes 3-4 inches 

 long. Bracteas lanceolate. Calyx strigose, with linear seg- 

 ments. 



Do/W-seeded Moltkia. PI. | to 1 foot. 



2 M. CCERC'LEA (Lehm. 1. c. p. 6. asper. p. 340.) leaves ob- 

 long-lanceolate, acute, rather silky ; corolla much longer than 

 the calyx ; nuts wrinkled. If. . H. Native of Armenia. 

 Onosma coerulea, Willd. spec. 1. p. 775. Pers. ench. 1. p. 162. 

 Syrnphytum orientale angustifblium flore coeruleo, Tourn. cor. 

 p. 7. Plant canescent, and rather silky from incumbent pili. 

 Stem shrubby at the base, ascending. Leaves an inch long. 

 Spikes 4-6 inches long ; bracteas lanceolate. Corollas bluish- 

 purple. Calyx pilose, with linear-lanceolate segments. 



Z?/ue-flowered Mokkia. PI. J to 1 foot. 

 Cult. For culture and propagation see Onosma, p. 317. Ele- 

 gant plants, well worth the gardener's care. 



XIX. CRANIOSPE'RMUM (from Koaw, kranion, the 

 cranium : and im-copa, sperma, a seed ; in reference to the form 

 of the nuts). Lehm. asper. p. 336. 



LIK. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynta. Calyx oblong, 5-parted. 

 Corolla cylindrical with a 5-toothed mouth, and a naked throat. 

 Stamens much longer than the corolla ; anthers oblong. Nuts 4, 

 1-celled, hemispherical, concave at the base, fixed to the bottom 

 of the calyx. Plant densely villous, or strigose. Roots fusiform. 

 Stems many from the same root, simple, erect, rather tufted. 

 Radical leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, petiolate as well as the 

 lower cauline ones : the upper cauline ones sessile and acutish, 

 all canescent while young. Flowers on short pedicels, disposed 

 in short, terminal, sub-capitate, leafy racemes. Calyx villously 

 hispid, nutant in the fructiferous state. Corolla glabrous, rose- 

 coloured. 



1 C. SUBVILLOSUM (Lehm. 1. c. p. 337.) If. H. Native of 

 Siberia, in gravelly places, by Lake Baikal. 



Subtillous Craniospermum. PI. 1 to 1^ foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Onosma, p. 317. 



XX. STRO'BILA (from orpo/3t\oc, strobiles, a top; in refer- 

 ence to the form of the fruit.) Dioclea, Spreng, syst. 1. p. 502- 

 556, but not of D. C. Anchusa species, Sieber. 



Lis. STST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, villous, with a slender tube and spreading 

 limb. Stamens equal in length to the limb. Style bifid ; stigmas 

 2, capitate. Fruit pyramidal, perforated at the base. Plant 

 much branched, strigose, very hispid. Leaves lanceolate. Spikes 

 leafy. Corolla cream-coloured, thrice as long as the calyx. 



1 D. HISPIDISSIMA (Spreng, syst. 1. p. 55C.) y.. ? H. ' Native 

 of Egypt, near Abugyr. Anchusa asperrima, Delile, fl. aegypt. 

 vol. 2. Anchusa liispidissima, Sieb. 



Very hispid Stribila. PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



Cult. See Anchusa, p. 343, for culture and propagation. 



XXI. ECHIUM (e\u>v of Dioscorides. r% ulov of Nicander; 

 from tx'C, echis, a viper; being supposed to cure the bite of the 

 viper, or to have seeds resembling a viper's head ; the genus is, 



therefore, called Viper's Bugloss in English, and Vtperine in 

 French.) Pliny. Tourn. inst. t. 54. Lin. gen. no. 191. Schreb. 

 gen. 251. Juss. gen. p. 130. ed. Usteri. p. 145. Lam. ill. no. 

 255.1.94. Gaertn. fruct. 1. no. 419. t. 67. f. 7. Schkuhr, 

 handb. t. 32. 



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

 la funnel-shaped or campanulate ; throat wide, naked ; segments 

 of the limb unequal in many of the species. Stamens exserted. 

 Style bifid at top, hairy at the base. Nuts 4, 1-celled, turbinate, 

 gigartoid, scabrous, imperforated at the base, fixed to the bot- 

 tom of the calyx. Rough, shrubby, or herbaceous plants. 

 Leaves lanceolate, or oblong-lanceolate. Spikes of flowers 

 compound, unilateral, recurved at top, usually forming pyra- 

 midal panicles ; spikelets, bracteate. Corolla blue, violaceous, 

 or white. 



1 . Shrubs. Stamens in all exserted. Natives of the Canary 



Islands. 



1 E. ACULBA'TUM (D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 106. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 405.) stem branched, whitish ; leaves sessile, 

 linear, very narrow, silky, but the ribs and margins are spinulose; ' 

 panicles short, subglomerate ; spikelets simple. ^ . G. Native 

 of the Canary Islands. Poir. diet. 8. p. 664. Young branches 

 beset with prickles, which rise from tubercles. Leaves 2-3 inches 

 long and 2 lines broad, canescent. Calyx spinulose ; segments 

 linear, unequal. Corolla white ; limb rather unequal, obtuse. 



Prickly Viper's Bugloss. Fl. May, July. Clt. 1815. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



2 E. GIGANTE'UM (Lin. fil. suppl. 131.) stem branched, hoary 

 at top : leaves petiolate, lanceolate, attenuated at the base ; 

 clothed with silky pubescence : having the ribs and margins 

 hispidly scabrous ; panicles thyrsoid, strigose ; spikelets bifid, 

 fj . G. Native of Tenerifie, among rocks. Jacq. fil. eclog. p. 

 93. t. 63. Cav. pi. chid. Brouss. in ann. cienc. nat. 1801. no. 

 7. D. C. pi. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 106. Vent. malm. t. 71. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 782. Lehm. asper. p. 406. Leaves blunt- 

 ish, 3-5 inches long, and about J an inch broad, tapering at the 

 base into half stem-clasping petioles. Calycine segments linear, 

 lanceolate, mucronate, unequal. Corolla white, fading to pur- 

 plish ; segments obtuse, nearly equal. 



Giant Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Nov. Clt. 1779. Shrub 

 6 to 10 feet. 



3 E. MO'LLE (Poir. diet. 8. p. 668.) stem branched, white ; 

 leaves subpetiolate, narrow-lanceolate, clothed with silvery 

 pubescence ; panicles ovate ; spikelets pedunculate, simple. lr ( . 

 G. Native of the Canary Islands. Lag. gen. et spec. nov. 

 diagn. p. 10. D. C. cat. hort. monsp. 1813. p. 106. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 408. Leaves acute, 3-6 inches long, and 6-8 lines 

 broad, attenuated into somewhat clasping petioles at the base. 

 Calyx cinereous, from silky down and hairs ; segments nearly 

 equal, lanceolate. Corolla nearly regular, white ? ; segments 

 blunt. 



Soft Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. Shrub 

 4 to 6 feet. 



4 E. DEXSIFLORUM (D. C. cat. monsp. 1813. p. 108. icon, 

 hort. monsp. ined. t. 22. exclusive of the synonymes) stem 

 branched ; branches hoary ; leaves lanceolate, nerved, clothed 

 with silky hoary down ; panicles spike-formed, dense ; spikelets 

 sessile, simple. f; . G. Native of Tenerifle, or Madeira. 

 Lehm. asper. p. 408. E. strictum, Lam. ex Desf. tab], de 1'ecole 

 bot. 1815. Poir. suppl. 5. p. 486. Flowers from lilac to pale 

 blue, with white lines, approximating into a dense, cylindrical or 

 oblong-ovate panicle. 



Dense-fonered Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1820. 

 Shrub 2 to 4 feet. 



