BORAGINE^:. XXII. ECHIOCHILON. XXIII. NOKEA. 



torated at the base, fixed to the bottom of the calyx. A shrubby 

 plant, with hairy branches, evergreen, subulate, hispid leaves, 

 and axillary, sessile, solitary, small blue flowers. This genus 

 appears to be the connecting link between Boraginece and 

 Labiates. 



1. E. FRUTICOSUM (Desf. 1. c. Delile, fl. aegypt. 238. Viv. 

 p. 9.) J? . F. Native of the kingdom of Tunis, near Kerwan : 

 and on the shores of the Great Syrtus. Stems and leaves tuber- 

 cular, rather strigose. Branches clothed with white pili. Lower 

 leaves reflexed : upper ones adpressed to the stem. Corolla 

 hairy outside ; lobes rounded. Anthers versatile. Style slen- 

 der ; stigma 2-lobed. 



Shrubby Echiochilon. Shrub 1 foot. 



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



XXIII. NO'NEA (named by Mcench, after J. P. None, a 

 German botanist.) Mcench. nieth. 420. Med. phil. bot. 1. 

 p. 81. D. C. syn. fl. fr. no. 2718, &c. Oscampia, Mcench. 

 meth. p. 420. Lycopsis, Lehm. asper. 252. Echioldes, Dill. 

 Lycopsis species of Lin. and other authors. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogyniu. Calyx 5-cleft, droop- 

 ing, inflated and campanulate in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped, with a pervious bearded throat, and a straight 

 tube. Stamens inclosed. Stigma simple. Nuts 4, 1 -celled, 

 turbinate, concave, and perforated at the base, fixed to the bot- 

 tom of the calyx. Hispid, annual plants; with terminal, leafy 

 racemes of flowers. Habit of species of Lycopsis. Radical leaves 

 petiolate : cauline ones sessile. 



1 N. PICTA ; hispid ; stems procumbent, much branched ; 

 leaves linear-lanceolate, undulated, obsoletely toothed : floral 

 ones broadest at the base ; limb of corolla equal, shorter than 

 the tube. 0. H. Native of Siberia, in sandy deserts at the 

 Volga, Terek, and Kuma ; in vineyards about Astrachan ; and 

 in Eastern Iberia ; as well as in the Soongarian desert. An- 

 chusa picta, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 127. Trev. in schrift. gesell. 

 nat. freund. berol. 1817. p. 147. Lehm. asper. 255. Ledeb. fl. 

 alt. 1. p. 185. Root simple. Floral leaves much longer than 

 the flowers. Calycine segments unequal, subulate. Corolla 

 having the tube a little longer than the calyx, pale at bottom, 

 with a pilose throat, and a blue limb, painted with deeper veins. 



Painted-flowered Nonea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1800. PI. 

 procumbent. 



2 N. CA'SPICA ; hispid ; stem erect, almost simple ; leaves 

 lanceolate, or narrow-oblong, attenuated at both ends, entire ; 

 limb of corolla equal, shorter than the tube. 0. H. Native in 

 sandy places towards the Caspian Sea ; and in the Soongarian 

 desert. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. J85. Onosma Caspica, Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 775. exclusive of the synon. of Pall. Lycopsis Cas- 

 pica, Lehm. asper. p. 256. Root fusiform, violaceous. Pedi- 

 cels shorter than the floral leaves. Calycine segments hairy, 

 lanceolate-linear, long-acuminated. Corolla one-half longer 

 than the calyx, purple ; tube slender, dilated at top, equal in 

 length to the limb. 



Caspian Nonea. PI. ^ to f foot. 



3 N. CILIA'TA (Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 71.) hispid; 

 stem simple, erect ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, denticu- 

 lated : floral ones acuminated ; limb of corolla unequal, nearly 

 the length of the tube. . H. Native of the Levant. Ly- 

 copsis ciliata, Willd. spec. 1. p. 780. Lehm. asper. p. 257. 

 Root quite simple. Racemes twin, terminal. Floral leaves 



1 longer than the calyx. Calycine segments narrow- lanceolate, 

 acuminated. Corolla large, yellow ; tube cylindrical, a little 

 longer than the calyx. Leaves beset with long white pili, espe- 

 cially on the margins and midrib. 



Ciliated-leaved. Nonea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1804. PI. 

 to f foot. 



4 N. OBTUSIFOLIA ; hispid from pili ; stems ascending, sim- 

 ple ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, obtuse, nearly entire : floral ones 

 lanceolate, acute ; limb of corolla unequal, one -half shorter than 

 the tube. . H. Native of Chio. Lycopsis obtusifolia, 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 780. Pulmonaria Chia echii folio verrucoso, 

 calyce vesicario, flore cceruleo, Tourn. cor. p. 6. Root fibrous. 

 Stems many from the same root. Radical leaves rosulate, 

 roundish-obtuse : cauline leaves half stem-clasping. Calycine 

 segments ovate, acute. Corolla blue, one-third longer than the 

 calyx. 



Var. ft. Pulmonaria Lesbia, echii folio verrucoso, calyce 

 vesicario, flore cceruleo, Tourn. cor. p. 6. . H. Native of 

 Lesbo. This is larger ; the leaves more hispid, and obsoletely 

 and remotely toothed, but otherwise very like var. a. 



Obtuse-leaved Nonea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1818. PI. | to 

 | foot. 



5 N. SIBTHORPIA'NA ; hispid from pili ; stems procumbent, 

 almost simple ; radical leaves oblong-elliptic: cauline ones lan- 

 ceolate, obtuse, quite entire : floral ones acute, ovate-lanceolate 

 at the base ; limb of corolla equal, flat, one-half shorter than the 

 tube. l/.H. Native of Candia, on the Spaciotic mountains. 

 Anchusa ventricosa, Smith, prod. fl. grsec. 1. p. 117. fl. graec. 

 t. 169. Viv. fl. libyc. p. 10. t. 4. f. 1. Root fusiform, fibrous. 

 Stems simple or bifid at top : lateral ones prostrate : middle 

 ones ascending. Leaves sessile. Flowers sessile, in the axils 

 of the floral leaves. Calycine segments short, unequal, acute. 

 Corolla white, ex Smith, violaceous or blue, ex Viv., small, 

 having the tube a little longer than the calyx, and the throat 

 bearded ; processes in the throat ciliately fringed. Style ex- 

 ceeding the corolla. This and N. alpestris are probably species 

 of Anchusa, from the throat of the corolla being furnished with 

 fringed processes. 



Sibthorp's Nonea. PI. procumbent. 



6 N. ALPE'STRIS ; hispid; stems ascending, simple; leaves 

 oblong-lanceolate, bluntish, erosely toothed ; limb of corolla 

 equal, length of tube ; calyx 5-toothed ; teeth bluntish, ex Stev. 

 acute, ex Lehm. !.? H. Native of Eastern Caucasus, on 

 alp Schahdagh, at the fountains of the river Jucharibasch. An-- 

 chusa alpestris, Stev. in Lin. trans. 11. p. 409. t. 32. Lycopsis 

 alpestris, Lehm. asper. p. 260. Root branched, blackish. Ra- 

 cemes terminal, conjugate, revolute at top. Bracteas lanceolate, 

 acuminated. Corollas size of those of Anchusa lutea, twice as 

 large as the calyx ; tube cream-coloured ; limb yellow, with a 

 fulvous base ; throat closed by 5 very short bearded scales. 

 Calyx with 5 bluish lines. 



Alp Nonea. PI. 1 foot. 



7 N. ROSEA (Link, enum. 1. p. 167.) hispid; stems procum- 

 bent, simple ; leaves oblong, bluntish, obsoletely toothed, 

 clammy ; limb of corolla equal, length of tube. . H. 

 Native of Siberia, at the river Terek, in gardens and vine- 

 yards. Anchusa rosea, Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 225. cent. pi. 

 ross. t. 43. Lehm. asper. p. 261. Root fusiform, simple. 

 The whole plant is hispid and clammy. Floral leaves cordate- 

 oblong, obliquely acuminated, much longer than the flowers. 

 Racemes usually solitary. Calycine segments lanceolate-subu- 

 late, conniving in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla having the 

 tube a little curved, a little longer than the calyx ; limb fine 

 purple, marked with 10 yellow lines towards the throat, dis- 

 posed by pairs ; throat bearded with long hairs. Anthers 

 bluish. 



y?oe-coloured-flowered Nonea. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1823. 

 PL procumbent. 



8 N. DECU'MBENS (Mcench, meth. p. 422.) hispid ; stems 



