338 



BORAGINE^E. XXIII. NONEA. XXIV. LOBOSTEMON. XXV. LYCOPSIS. 



rollas being larger, and the limb subcarnpanulate, striped with 

 blue, dusky-white, and violet ; in the nuts being larger and 

 veiny, not smooth. 



Party -coloured- flowered Nonea. Fl. June, Aug. Clt. 1820. 

 PI. prostrate. 



18 N. PHANERANTHE'RA (Viv. fl. libyc. p. 9. t. 1. f. 3.) radi- 

 cal leaves elliptic : cauline and floral ones half stem-clasping ; 

 spikes erectish, secund ; stamens exserted, alternating with the 

 segments of the corolla. O- H. Native of Cyrenaica. M61- 

 kia Cyrenaica, Spreng. syst. 1. p. 548. Stem erect, hispid, sim- 

 ple, but sometimes branched at the base. Leaves hispid ; cau- 

 line ones linear-elliptic ; floral ones ovate-acuminated. Flowers 

 disposed in a secund, racemose spike, which is hardly recurved. 

 Calyx cleft beyond the middle ; segments linear, acuminated, 

 connivent, but reflexed in the fructiferous state. Corolla gla- 

 brous, hardly longer than the calyx ; throat naked. Nuts con- 

 vex on the back, reticulately veined, beaked at the apex, and 

 tubercled at the sides. Filaments inserted a little below the 

 segments of the corolla. 



Appearing-anlhered Nonea. PI. \ foot? 



19 N. SCHULTE V SII; plant very hispid; leaves and bracteas 

 very long, lanceolate; stem erect; calyx at length inflated. Q. 

 H. Native of Teneriffe. Lycopsis calycina, Rcem. et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 74. Root purple, a span long. Stems many, branch- 

 ed from the base. Leaves thin. Bristles or strigee on the leaves 

 white, on the calyxes and bracteas yellowish. Bracteas twice as 

 long as the flowers, or more. Calycine segments linear-subu- 

 late, unequal. Corolla twice as long as the calyx, fucescent in the 

 dried state. 



Schulles's Nonea. PI. J to 1 foot. 



20 N. CONFERTIFLORA ; branches decumbent, diffuse, very 

 rough ; leaves long-lanceolate, quite entire, strigose ; spikes im- 

 bricate, bracteate ; corolla longer than the calyx. O- 1 H. 

 Native of Palestine. Lycopsis confertiflora, Clark, ex Spreng. 

 syst. 1. p. 556. 



Crowded-flonered Nonea. PI. decumbent. 



f Species hardly known. 



21 N. A'LBA (D. C. fl. gall. 6. p. 420.) O. H. Native in 

 corn-fields near Avignon. Corollas white. 



JFAi/e-flowered Nonea. PI. 



22 N. CAPE'HSIS ; leaves lanceolate, strict, dotted ; pedun- 

 cles recurved ; flowers terminal, spicate, secund. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Lycopsis Capensis, Burm. prod. fl. cap. 

 p. 4. 



Cape Nonea. PI. ? 



What are Echioides rubra, Desf. fl. all., and Echioides grandi- 

 flbra, Desf. tabl. d 1'ecole, bot. 1815 ? 



Cult. For culture and propagation see Anchusa, p. 343. 



XXIV. LOBOSTE'MON (from Xo/Joc, lobos, a lobe, and orr,- 

 fjnov, stemon, a stamen ; in allusion to the processes of the throat 

 bearing the stamens on their back). Lelim. sem. hort. hamb. 

 1827. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Corolla 

 funnel-shaped ; throat furnished with erect processes, which bear 

 the stamens on their back. Nuts 4, 1 -celled, turbinate, fixed to 

 the bottom of the calyx, imperforated at the base. A small 

 shrub, with the habit of E^chium sphcerocephalum. 



1 L. ECHIOIDES (Lehm. 1. c. t. 5. f. 1.) stem terete, glabrous ; 

 branches hairy ; leaves scattered, sessile, elliptic-lanceolate, ob- 

 tuse, glabrous above, but strigose beneath ; spikes 2-3 together. 



terminal bracteate ; bracteas length of calyx. fy . G. Native 

 of the Cape of Good Hope, at Brede river. Corolla blue. 



Bugloss-like Lobostemon. Shrub. 



Cult. For culture and propagation see the shrubby species of 

 E-cUum, p. 335. 



XXV. LYCO'PSIS (from \VKOC, lycos, a wolf; and O^IQ, 

 opsis, the face ; some resemblance in flowers.) Lin. gen. no. 

 190. Schreb. gen. no. 250. Juss. gen. p. 131. ed. Usteri, p. 

 146. Schkuhr, handb. 1. t. 29. Lam. ill. t. 92. Anchusa 

 species of Lehm. and Bieb. Buglossum, Gsertn. fruct. 1. no. 

 414. t. 67. f. 2. Echioides, Dill. gen. 3. 



LIN. SYST. Pentandria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-cleft, erect, 

 not inflated. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed, erectly spread- 

 ing ; lobes entire ; tube incurved ; throat furnished with ovate, 

 prominent, connivent processes. Stigma emarginate. Nuts con- 

 cave at the base, 1 -celled, turbinate, fixed to the bottom of the 

 calyx. Rough, erect plants. This genus differs principally 

 from Anchusa in the curved tube of the corolla. 



1 L. ORIENTALS (Lin. spec. p. 199.) stem erect, dichoto- 

 mously branched ; leaves ovate, half stem-clasping, unequal at 

 the base, quite entire, hispid from strigse ; racemes very long, 

 leafy; tube of corolla unequal, incurved : the processes in the 

 throat pencilled. 0. H. Native of Caria. Smith, prod. fl. 

 grace. 1. p. 124. Anchusa ovata, Lehm. asper. p. 222. Buxb. 

 cent. 5. t. 30. Plant strigose. Stem bluntly angular. Pedi- 

 cels one half shorter than the bracteas. Calycine segments 

 linear-lanceolate, unequal, erect in the flowering state, but 

 spreading in the fruit-bearing state. Tube of corolla length of 

 calyx, white at bottom and violaceous at top ; limb sky-blue. 

 Nuts wrinkled, black. 



Eastern Wild Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1796. PI. 1 

 foot. 



2 L. VARIEGA'TA (Lin. spec. 198.) stems ascending, nearly 

 simple ; leaves ovate-oblong, half stem-clasping, hispid from 

 strigae, spiny, toothed ; racemes solitary, bracteate at bottom ; 

 tube of corolla unequal, incurved ; processes in the throat 

 downy. H. Native of Italy, and the adjacent islands; 

 Candia, and other islands of the Archipelago and of the Pelopon- 

 nesus. Allion, pedem. no. 168. Smith, fl. grsec. t. 178. L. 

 bullata, Cyrill. pi. rar. fasc. 1. p. 34. Anchusa perlata, Lam. 

 ill. no. 1820. Anchusa variegata, Lehm. asper. p. 223. Mor. 

 hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 26. f. 10. Stiss. bot. t. 57. Barrel, icon, 

 t. 403. Munt. oeff. pi. t. 309. Buglossoides, Riv. mon. p. 

 9. Anchusa Cretica, Mill. diet. no. 7. Plant very hispid from 

 strigae. Radical leaves obtuse, 3-4 inches long ; the upper cau- 

 line ones hardly an inch. Racemes short at first, capitate. Caly- 

 cine segments linear, unequal. Tube of corolla a little shorter 

 than the calyx ; limb blue, variegated with white lines ; processes 

 in the throat white. 



Variegated-fiov/ered Wild Bugloss. Fl. June, July. Clt. 

 1683. PI. ascending, 1 foot. 



3 L. ARVE'NSIS (Lin. spec. 199. fl. suec. no. 167.) stem erect, 

 branched ; leaves lanceolate, half stem-clasping, toothed, very 

 hispid from strigae ; racemes leafy ; tube of corolla incurved, 

 length of the calycine segments, which are unequal and lanceo- 

 late ; processes of the throat hairy. Q. H. Native throughout 

 Europe and North America, in corn-fields and waste grounds ; 

 plentiful in Britain. Curt. fl. lond. t. 336. Oed. fl. dan. t. 435. 

 Smith, engl. bot. t. 938. Anchusa arvensis, Hoffm. et Link, fl. 

 port. 1. p. 179. Bieb. fl. cauc. 1. p. 123. Lehm. asper. p. 225. 

 Blackw. t. 234. Mor. hist. 3. sect. 11. t. 26. f. 8. Echioides, 

 Riv. mon. t. 7. f. 2. Plant hispid from strigae. Leaves undu- 

 lated. Racemes short at first, but at length elongated. Corolla 



