BORAGINE.E. XXI. ECHIUM. 



3.33 



ci folio, flore maximo campanulato, Tour. itin. 2. p. 107. t. 



107. Trew. pi. rar. l.t. 1?. Root fusiform, fibrous. Stem 

 pilose. Leaves pale green ; radical and lower cauline ones a foot 

 and more long : the rest gradually shorter as they ascend. 

 Spikelets axillary and terminal, simple. Calyx hairy ; with lan- 

 ceolate, acute, segments. Corolla large, purplish blue, with a 

 rather curved tube, and obtuse limb. Style bifid at apex. 



Eastern Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1780. PI. 

 2 to 3 feet. 



57 E. GRANDIFLORCM (Desf. fl. all. 1. p. 166. t. 46.) stem 

 herbaceous, nearly simple, pilosely strigose ; leaves ovate-oblong, 

 clothed with downy tomentum : floral ones ovate-lanceolate ; 

 spikelets simple, erect ; corolla 4 times longer than the calyx ; 

 stamens inclosed. G- H. Native of Barbary and Cyrenaica. 

 Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 183. Lehm. asper. p. 456. E. roa- 

 cranthum. Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 20. Leaves bluntish : 

 lower ones drawn out into petioles : middle and upper ones 

 sessile, 2-3 inches long, becoming gradually shorter as they 

 ascend. Spikelets terminal, and from the axils of the superior 

 leaves. Bracteas clasping, hispid. Calyx pilose or hispid, with 

 linear-subulate segments. Corolla large, nearly an inch long, 

 violaceous, striated, pubescently pilose outside, particularly at 

 the striae. Style bifid at apex. 



Great-farre'red Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Aug. Clt. 1818. 

 PI. 1| foot. 



58 E. PLANTAGIXECM (Lin. mant. p. 202.) stem herbaceous, 

 erect, paniculately-branched ; radical leaves petiolate, ovate- 

 oblong, lined ; cauline leaves sessile, lanceolate, beset with long 

 incumbent hairs ; stamens hardly equal in length to the corolla, 

 which is irregular. G- H. Native of Greece, Portugal, South 

 of France, Italy, Montevideo, &c. All. ped. no. 138. Smith, 

 prod. fl. grsec. 1. p. 124. fl. graec. t. 179. Jacq. hort. vind. 

 1. t. 45. "D. C. syn. fl. fr. no. 271 1. .St. Hil. pi. usuell. bras. t. 

 25. Hoffm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 186. Poir. diet. 8. p. 671. 

 Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p 182. Lehm. asper. p. 457. E. planta- 

 ginoides, Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 19. Barrel, icon. 1026. 

 obs. 145. E. amplissimo folio Lusitanicum, Tourn. inst. p. 135. 

 E. orientale, folio oblongo molli et cinericio, Tourn. cor. p. (i. 

 Root fusiform, reddUh brown. Stems many from the same 

 root, soft to the touch at the base, but scabrous above. Radical 

 leaves obtuse, 2-3 inches loni, and 1 to lj broad: cauline ones 

 stem-clasping : uppermost ones acute. Flowers large, showy, 

 disposed in solitary, many-flowered, pedunculate spikelets. 

 Calyx hispid ; with linear lanceolate, nearly equal segments. 

 Corolla lar^e, purplish-violet, rarely white, red before expansion ; 

 limb sub-bilabiate, obtuse. Filaments glabrous. Stvle bifid at 

 apex. 



Planlain-Uke Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Oct. Clt. 1779. 

 PI. 1 to 2 feet. 



59 E. BENTHA'MII (Wall. cat. no. 931.) plant thickly clothed 

 with strigose pili ; radical leaves long, lanceolate, tapering at 

 both ends, acuminated, 5-nerved ; stems simple, naked from the 

 base to the spike of flowers : lower bracteas ovate-lanceolate, 

 acuminated, gradually diminishing in size to the top of the spike: 

 calycine segments very long, linear, very villous. I/ . H. Native 

 of the East Indies, at Buddrinath. Leaves 1 to 1-] foot long. 

 Spike solitary, a foot long. Corolla not seen. 



Bentham's Viper's Bugloss. PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



60 E. E'LEGAXS (Lehm. asper. p. 459.) stem herbaceous, erect, 

 branched at the base, pilosely hispid ; leaves linear-lanceolate, 

 hispid, somewhat repand ; stamens a little longer than the 

 corolla, which is irregular. $ . H. Native in the fields of 

 Naples. E. hispidum, Smith, fl. graec. 1. p. 125. fl. graec. t. 

 181. E. Sibthorpi, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 26. The 

 whole plant is canesccnt. Branches beset with red spots. Spike- 

 lets simple, alternate, many-flowered. Bracteas linear, ovate at 



the base. Calycine segments unequal, lanceolate, acute. Corolla 

 of a fine scarlet colour, pilose at bottom. Filaments glabrous. 

 Style bifid at apex. 



'Elegant Viper's Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1824. PI. 

 1 to 2 feet. 



61 E. CRE'TICCM (Lin. spec. 200.) stem herbaceous, diffuse, 

 very hispid, branched at the base ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, his- 

 pid ; calyxes while bearing the fruit distant and widened ; stamens 

 inclosed. 0. H. Native of Candia, and throughout the 

 Grecian Islands, in the sand by the sea-side. Smith, prod. fl. 

 graec. 1. p. 126. fl.graec. 1. 183. Sims, bot. mag. 1934. Schultes 

 obs. p. 33. Nocca, in Usteri. ann. bot. 5. stuck, p. 14. Willd. 

 enum. 1. p. 187. Horn. hort. hafn. l.p. 183. Lehm. asper. p. 

 460. Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 95. E. rubrum Mcench. meth. p. 

 421. E. angustifolium, Mill. diet. no. 6. E. Creticum an- 

 gustii olium rubrum, Tourn. inst. p. 1 36. Root slender, brown. 

 Stems decumbent in the spontaneous plant, but erect when cul- 

 tivated. Leaves bluntish : radical ones petiolate : cauline ones 

 sessile : floral ones acute, stem-clasping at the base. Spikelets 

 simple, axillary, and terminal, many-flowered. Calyx hispid, 

 with unequal foliaceous segments. Corolla irregular, reddish- 

 violet, marked by 5 villous lines outside. Stvle bifid at apex. 



Cretan Viper's Bugloss. Fl. July, Sept. ' Clt. 1683. PI. f 

 to 1 i foot. 



62 E. FLORiBu'xDfM (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 4.) leaves nearly 

 sessile, linear-lanceolate, acute, a little ciliated, downy on both 

 surfaces : radical ones lanceolate, petiolate : racemes bifid, brac- 

 teolate ; nuts smoothish : prickles glochidate, disposed in a sim- 

 ple series along the margins. G- H. Native of the north-west 

 coast of America. Stem beset with adpressed hairs. Racemes 

 axillary, pedunculate, panicled at the top of the stem, many- 

 flowered. Pedicels pilose : floriferous ones length of calyx, 

 erect ; but twice that length, and refracted in the fruit-bearing 

 state. Calycine segments lanceolate, obtuse. Corolla blue, 

 size of that of Myosotis palustrit, with roundish segments. Nuts 

 ovate, acute. 



Bujidle-jUneered Bugloss. PI. 1 to 2 feet. , 



63 E. BOSARIE'SSE (Poir. diet. 8. p. 674.) stem herbaceous, 

 simple, pilose ; lower leaves linear, very narrow : superior ones 

 dilated at the base, hairy ; stamens hardly exceeding the corolla, 

 which is large, g ?. Ql. H. Native of Buenos Ayres. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 462. Stem somewhat fistular. Leaves stem-clasping, 

 1 to 2 inches long, obtuse : floral ones subsagittate. Spikes 

 terminal on long peduncles. Calyx very hispid, with lanceolate, 

 acuminated segments. Corolla bluish-violet, irregular. Style 

 glabrous ; stigma bifid. 



Buenos Ayrean Viper's Bugloss. PI. 1 foot ? 



64 E. ASGUSTIFOUCM (Lam. ill. p. 412. no. 1856.) stem 

 herbaceous, simple, erect, hispid ; leaves linear, very narrow, 

 attenuated at the base, hispid ; corolla twice as long as the 

 calyx; stamens exserted. G- H. Native of Spain. Pers. 

 ench. 1. p. 184. Lehm. asper. p. 462. Barrel, icon. 1011. 

 Bocc. mus. t. 78. f. 3. Hairs rising from white conical tuber- 

 cles. Leaves bluntish, 3-4 inches long, and about a line in 

 breadth : lower ones petiolate : upper ones sessile. Spikelets 

 solitary, pedunculate, terminal, and from the axils of the upper 

 leaves. Calycine segments subulate. Corolla funnel-shaped, 

 blue, beset with long, white, stiflF hairs above ; segments un- 

 equal. Style bifid at apex. 



Xarrott-leaced Viper's Bugloss. PI. 1 to 2 feet ? 



65 E. MERTE'SSU (Lehm. asper. p. 463.) stems woody at 

 the base, simple, erect, leafy ; leaves linear-lanceolate, hispid, 

 hoary ; corolla twice as long as the calyx ; stamens equal in 

 length to the corolla. 1J. . H. Native of Spain. Root fusi- 

 form, simple. Stems one or more from the same root, hispid, 

 hoary. Lower leaves 3-4 inches long, and 1-2 lines broad, 



