BORAG1NE.E. XXX. ECHINOSPERMUM. 



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Virginian Echinospermum. Fl. June, July. Clt. 1699. 

 PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



3 E. JAVA'NICCM (Lehm. asper. p. 118. Blum, bijdr. p. 846.) 

 leaves lanceolate, strigose above, hairy beneath ; racemes erect, 

 loose, bifid, bractless; nuts depressed, densely clothed with 

 scattered, somewhat imbricate, glochidate prickles. 7/ . H. 

 Native of Java, on mounts Cede and Salak, in dry, exposed 

 places. Myosotis Javanica, Swartz in litt. Lehm. in act. soc. 

 schrift. hall. 3. p. 20. Rochelia Javanica, Roam, et Schultes, 

 syst. 4. p. 108. Cynoglossum Javanicum, Thunb. in litt. Stem 

 erect, downy. Racemes bifid. Corolla blue ; tube a little 

 longer than the calyx, hispid, with ovate obtuse segments. 

 This species differs from E. Virginicum, to which it is very 

 nearly allied, in the floriferous branches being erect, not divari- 

 cate, in the leaves being elliptic-lanceolate, short-acuminated, 

 strigose above, and hairy beneath, not villous ; and in the 

 racemes being longer and bractless. 



Java Echinospermum. PL 1 foot. 



4 E. BORBONICUM (Lehm. asper. p. 119.) suffruticose ; leaves 

 lanceolate-linear, very long, nearly naked ; racemes erect, bract- 

 less ; nuts beset with densely scattered, very short, glochidate 

 prickles, fj . S. Native of the island of Bourbon. Myosotis 

 Borbonica, Lehm. in act. soc. scrift. hall. 3. p. 25. t. 2. 

 Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. Myosotis Borboniae, Lam. ill. 1. p. 396. 

 no. 1777. diet. 4. p. 401. Rochelia Borbonica, Roem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 4. p. 108. Stem scabrous, branched at top. 

 Leaves scabrous above from white dots, and almost glabrous 

 beneath. Flowers in 2 rows. Calyx obovate ; with oblong lan- 

 ceolate, bluntish segments. Corolla as in Myosotis palustris. 



Bourbon Echinospermum. Shrub 1 to 1^- foot. 



5 E. DEFLE'XUM (Lehm. asper. p. 120 ) leaves oblong-lance- 

 olate, bluntish, hairy ; racemes erectly spreading, bracteolate at 

 the base ; nuts having a simple series of prickles along the 

 margins, which are connate at the base, and glochidate at the 

 apex. $ . H. Native of Lapland, Norway, Hungary, Siberia, 

 and Styria, at the bottom of the Alps, in stony shady places. 

 Myosotis deflexa, Wahl. fl. carp. p. 47. fl. lapp. p. 55. act. 

 sto'ckh. 1810. p. 113. t. 4. Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 174. Oed. 

 fl. dan. t. 1568. Rochelia deflexa, Roam, et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 109. Root fusiform, fibry. Stem hispid, branched at top. 

 Calyx hairy, with oblong, obtuse segments, which are elongated, 

 divaricate, and reflexed in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla size 

 and colour of E. Idppula. There are varieties of this, with 

 blue or white, smaller or larger corollas. 



Deflexed-ca]y\ed Echinospermum. Fl. May, June. Clt. 

 1820. PI. i tol foot. 



2. Fruit erect. Racemes leafy. 



6 E. LA'PPDLA (Lehm. asper. p. 121.) stem branched at top ; 

 leaves lanceolate, beset with incumbent strigae, ciliated ; calyx 

 at length spreading, exceeding the pedicels ; corolla small, 

 exceeding the calyx, with an erectly spreading limb ; nuts fur- 

 nished with a double row of glochidate prickles along the mar- 

 gins, having the disk and sides tubercled. O- H. Native of 

 Europe, Asia, and North America, among rubbish, stones, 

 and on walls ; and of China, on mountains. Myosotis Lappula, 

 Lin. spec. ed. 2d. vol. 1. p. 189. fl. suec. ed. 2d. no. 158. All. 

 ped. 1. p. 191. Smith, prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 112. Bess. fl. 

 gall. 1. p. 145. Pursh. fl. 1. p. 134. Baumg. fl. trans. 1. p. 

 118. Oed. fl. dan. t. 692. Wahl. fl. lapp. p. 56. Bieb. fl. 

 taur. 1. p. 120. Lam. ill. 91. Lappula Myosotis, Moench. 

 meth. p. 417. Cynoglossum Lappula, Scop. fl. earn. ed. 2d. 

 vol. 1. p. 25. Rochelia Lappula, Rcem. et Schultes, syst. 

 4. p. 109. Hall. hist. helv. no. 589. Column, ecphr. p. 

 179. icon. Clus. hist. 2. p. 163. f. 1. Root fusiform. Stems 



scabrous from pili, branched at top. Calycine segments linear- 

 lanceolate, spreading in the fruit-bearing state. Corolla with a 

 very short tube ; limb exceeding the calyx, blue. There is 

 also a white flowering variety. 



Var. ft. squarrosum (Lehm. asper. 1. p. 122.) angles of nuts 

 beset with hooked prickles ; leaves lanceolate, pilose, callous at 

 apex. Q. H. Myosotis squarrosa, Retz. obs. 2. p. 9. no. 10. 

 Willd. spec. 1. p. 749, exclusive of the syn. of Pall. Pers. ench. 

 1. p. 157. 



Burdock Echinospermum. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 1656. PI. 

 1 to li foot. ^*- 



7 E. HETERACA'NTHUM (Ledeb. suppl. ind. hort. dorp. 1823. 

 p. 3. fl. alt. 1. p. 198.) stem erect, branched above; leaves 

 strigose ; corolla hardly exceeding the calyx ; calyxes at length, 

 spreading, exceeding the pedicels ; nuts furnished with 2 rows 

 of glochidate prickles along the margins : those in the inner row 

 connate at the base, having the disk tubercled, and the sides 

 tubercled and prickly. Q. H. Native near Astrachan. 



Various-spined Echinospermum. PI. 1 foot. 



8 E. INTERMEDIUM (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 199. fl. ross. alt. ill. 

 t. 1 80.) stem branched above ; leaves strigose ; corolla length 

 of calyx ; flowers pedicellate ; pedicels a little longer than the 

 calyx in the fruit-bearing state ; nuts furnished with a single 

 row of horizontal, approximate, glochidate prickles along the 

 margins, having the disk granulated, and the sides wrinkled. 

 Q. H. Native of Altaia, in sandy places at the river Katunga. 

 Habit^exactly of E. Lappula. Stem hispid. Leaves oblong- 

 linear. Racemes solitary or twin. Bracteas ciliated. Corollas 

 blue. ( 



Intermediate Echinospermum. PI. 1 to 1-J- foot. 



9 E. PA'TULUM (Lehm. asper. p. 124.) branches divaricate, 

 spreading ; leaves oblong-lanceolate, beset with spreading stri- 

 gae ; corolla length of calyx, at length spreading ; flowers ses- 

 sile ; nuts furnished with a single row of distant, elongated, 

 glochidate prickles along the margins, having the sides and disk 

 beset with acute prickles. O- H. Native of Caucasus, at the 

 rivers Kuma and Terek ; also on the lower Volga, about 

 Sarepta, and about the town of Astrachan, &c. Myosotis 

 squarrosa, Bieb. cauc. 1. p. 120, exclusive of the synonymes of 

 Retzius, Horn. hort. hafn. 1. p. 174. Willd. enum. 1. p. 176. 

 Rochelia squarrosa, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 124. M. 

 Lappula, var. Pall. itin. 3. p. 718. no 71, in a note. Root 

 simple, perpendicular. Stem beset with rigid spreading hairs. 

 Calyx pilose ; segments linear, erectly spreading inflorescence, 

 but in the fruit- bearing state they are divaricate and elongated. 

 Corolla small, blue, a little longer than the calyx, like those of 

 Myosotis arvensis. 



Spreading-branched Echinospermum. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 

 1802. PI. i to li foot. 



10 E. STRICTCM (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 200. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 27.) 

 branches erect ; leaves lanceolate, beset with spreading strigae ; 

 tube of corolla length of calyx ; flowers pedicellate ; pedicels 

 when bearing the fruit length of calyx ; nuts furnished with a 

 single row of erect, approximate, glochidate prickles along the 

 margins, keeled and beset with obtuse tubercles on the disk, and 

 wrinkled on the sides. 0. H. Native of Altaia, in sandy 

 places at the river Irtysch, between the river Kurtschum and 

 Lake Noor-Saisan. Stems many from the same root. Limb 



v *^.corolla pale blue. Bracteas much smaller than in E. patulum. 

 Strict Echinospermum. PI. 1 foot. 



A E. TE'NUE (Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 201. fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 182.) 

 stem branched above, hispid from strigae, as well as the leaves ; 

 leaves oblong-linear, obtuse ; corolla exceeding the calyx a 

 little ; calyxes when bearing the fruit divaricate, twice as long as 

 the pedicels ; nuts furnished with a single row of short, distant, 

 glochidate prickles along the margins, having the disk a little 



