BORAGINE.E. XXX. ECHIXOSPEEMUM. XXXI. ROCHELIA. XXXII. OMPHALODES. 



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M a rginale- fruited Echinospermurn. Fl. April, Aug. Clt. 

 1822. PI. i to 1 foot. 



22 E. DirFu'si'M (Lehm. pug. 2. p. 33.) stem and leaves 

 hairy ; radical leaves petiolate, oblong-lanceolate : upper cauline 

 ones ovate, obtuse, sessile ; racemes erect, simple, bracteate ; 

 nuts covered with glochidate prickles all over. Q. H. Native 

 of the north-west coast of America. Myosotis diffusa, Dougl. 

 mss. Stem divided at top into racemtferous branches. Leaves 

 somewhat 3-nerved. Pedicels subsecund, drooping in the fructi- 

 ferous state. Calycine segments oblong-linear, blunt. Corollas 

 large, white: 



Diffuse Echinospermum. PI. 1 foot. 



23 E. CYNOGLOSSOI'DES (Lehm. asper. p. 131.) stems erect, 

 suflruticose ; leaves lanceolate, obtuse, hispid ; nuts furnished 

 with a single row of long, glochidate prickles along the margins, 

 which are combined to the middle. Tj . G. Native of the 

 Cape of Good Hope. Myosotis cynoglossoides, Lam. ill. no. 

 1778. p. 39fi. Pers. ench. 1. p. 157. Cynogl. echinatum, 

 Thunb. in Schrad. new. journ. bot. 1806. p. 48. prod. 1. p. 

 31. Pers. ench. 1. p. 60. Willd. spec. 1. p. 763. Rochelia 

 cynoglossoides, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 111. Stems nu- 

 merous, branched from the base, clothed with adpressed hairs. 

 Racemes erect, secund. Calyx hispid ; with lanceolate-acute 

 segments, which spread in the manner of a star in the fruit-bear- 

 ing state. Corol'ablue? 



Cynoglosfum-like Echinospermum. Shrub 1 to 2 feet. 



24 E. VAHLIA'NA (Lehm. asper. p. 132.) stem suffruticose, 

 dichotomously branched at top ; leaves linear, densely pilose, 

 greyish ; nuts muricately spinose. Ij . G. Native about Alex- 

 andria. Myosotis spinocarpus, Vahl, symb. 2. p. 32. Willd. 

 spec. 1. p. 750. Lehm. in act. nat. scrut. hal. 3. 2. p. 24. t. 1. 

 f. 1. Anchusa spinocarpus, Forsk. descr. p. 41. Del. egypt. 

 p. 42. t. 17. f. 3. Plant greyish. Leaves bluntish. Pedun- 

 cles axillary, solitary, in the branches. Leaves 2 under each 

 calyx. Keel of nuts toothed. 



J'ahTs Echinospermum. Shrub foot. 



Cult. Most of the species of this genus have rather a weed- 

 like appearance ; and therefore they are only to be found in 

 botanical gardens. They are of the most easy culture ; only 

 requiring the treatment given to other common hardy annuals 

 and perennials. The two last species, being natives of Africa, 

 should be kept in pots, and placed among other greenhouse 

 plants. They are all increased by seed. 



XXXI. ROCHE'LIA (named after Anthony Rochel, director 

 of the botanic garden at Pest, in Hungary, who has written on 

 the plants of the Carpathian mountains.) Rchb. cornm. in icon, 

 pi. rar. 2. p. 13. t. 123. f. 236. 237. Ledeb. fl. alt. 1. p. 172. 

 fl. ross. alt. ill. t. 244. but not of Roem. et Schultes. 



Lis. SYST. Pentdndria, Monogynia. Calyx 5-parted. Co- 

 rolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobed ; throat furnished with arched 

 scales. Nuts 2, oblique, atlnate to the indurated style, or cen- 

 tral column, combined, 1-celled, 1 -seeded. Hispid plants, with 

 narrow leaves, and terminal racemes of flowers. 



1 R. LEIOCA'RPA (Ledeb. 1. c.) plant hispid from spreading pili ; 

 cauline leaves oblong-linear; nuts smooth, glabrous. O- H. 

 Native of the Soongarian steppe, in sterile places at the river 

 Kurtschum. Herb green. Stem simple, divided into 2 or 3 

 racemes at top, or branched from the base to the apex ; the 

 branches very straight, and adpressed to the stem. 



Smooth-fruited Rochelia. PI. -| foot. 



2 R. STELLULA'TA (Led. fl. atl. 1. p. 172.) plant hoary, and 

 hispid from erectish strigae ; cauline leaves oblong-linear, some- 

 what spatulate ; nuts strigose. H. Native of Siberia. 



Starry Rocbelia. PI. | foot. 



Cult. For culture and propagation, see Echinospermum above. 



XXXII. OMPHALO V DES (from o/^oAoc, omphalos, the 

 navel ; and coe, eidot, like ; nuts or fruit resembling the 

 navel ; hence some species have been called Venus's Navel- 

 wort.) Tourn. inst. t. 58. Moench. meth. p. 420. Lehm. 

 asper. p. 180. Cynoglossum species, Lin. gen. no. 181, and 

 Schreb. no. 243. Juss. gen. p. 131. ed. Usteri, p. 147. Gaertn. 

 fruct. 1. no. 426. t. 67. f. 4. C. Picotia species, Rcem. et 

 Schultes, syst. 4. p. 84 85. 



LIN. STST. Pentandria, Monogy'nta. Calyx 5-cleft. Co- 

 rolla rotate ; throat closed by short vaulted processes ; limb 5- 

 parted, obtuse. Nuts 4, 1-celled, depressed, cup-shaped, with 

 an inflexed membrane along the margin, fixed to the central 

 column, not perforated at the base. 



1. Perennial plants, nlth usually rhizomatouj roots, broad green 

 leaves, and terminal racemes of blue or white farters. 



1 O. NI'TIDA (Lehm. in new schrift. gesell. berol. 8. p. 97. 

 asper. p. 181.) leaves oblong-lanceolate, nerved, glabrous above, 

 and shining, downv beneath : lower ones on long petioles : supe- 

 rior ones sessile. 3. H. Native of Portugal, in humid places, 

 under the shade of trees. HofFm. et Link, fl. port. 1. p. 104. 

 t. 25. Cynoglossum nitidum, Willd. enum. 1. p. 181. Sims, 

 bot. mag. t. 2529. Cynoglossum Lusitanicum, Lam. diet. 2. p. 

 239. Brot. fl. lus. 1. p. 296. Cynoglossum lanceolatum of 

 various Herbaria. Picotia nitida, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. 

 p. 84. Omphalodes Lusitanica, Cynoglossi folio, Tourn. inst. 

 p. 140. Rhizoma creeping under ground. Stems numerous 

 from the same root, smoothish, branched. Racemes bractless, 

 long. Pedicels and calyxes beset with adpressed hairs. Caly- 

 cine segments ovate, acute. Corolla blue ; tube white ; throat 

 yellow ; scales in the throat floccose, of an obscure violet- 

 colour. Membrane of nuts toothed. 



Shining Venus Navel- wort. Fl. April, June. Clt. 1812. 

 PI. 2 to 4 feet. 



2 O. CORXIFOLIA (Lehm. in new. schrift, gesell. berol. 8. 

 p. 97. t. 5. asper. 182.) radical leaves on long petioles, 

 ovate-cordate, acuminated, nerved : canline ones nearly ses- 

 sile : lower ones lanceolate: upper ones ovate ; racemes solitary, 

 many-flowered. II. H. Native of Cappadocia. Cynoglossum 

 Cappadocicum, Willd. spec. 1. p. 767. Pers. ench. 1. p. 161. 

 Cynoglossum omphalodes, /3, Lam. diet. 2. p. 239. Picotia cor- 

 nifolia, Roem. et Schultes, syst. 4. p. 85. Omphalodes Orien- 

 talis cornifolio, Tourn. cor. p. 7. Rhizoma creeping under 

 ground. Stems filiform, a span high, hairy. Leaves nearly gla- 

 brous. Flowers distant. Calyx pilose at the base ; with ovate, 

 acuminated segments. 



Dogmood-Uated Venus Navelwort. PI. \ foot. 



3 O. VE'RNA (Mosnch. meth. p. 420.) radical leaves ovate- 

 cordate : cauline ones ovate-lanceolate, petiolate, nearly gla- 

 brous ; racemes conjugate, few-flowered. If. . H. Native of 

 Piedmont, Carniola, Transylvania, and Caucasus, in mountain 

 woods. Lehm. new. schrift, gesell. berol. 8. p. 98. asper. 

 p. 183. O. repens, Schrank, in denks. acad. wiss. munch. 

 1811, 1812. p. 221. Cynoglossum omphalodes, Lin. spec. ed. 

 2d. vol. 1. p. 193. Pall. fl. ross. p. 96. Lois. fl. gall. 1. p. 

 107. Willd. spec. 1. p. 766. Jaume St. Hil. pi. fr. 2. t. 116. 

 Curt. bot. mag. 7. Scop. fl. earn. 1. no. 190. t. 3. Mill. fig. 



2. t. 190. f. 2. Sturm, fl. germ. fasc. 21. icone. Mor. hist. 



3. sect. 11. t. 26. f. 2. Lob. icon. p. 577. f. 1. Bull. herb. 

 t. 309. Knor. del. 2. t. e. 7. Rhizoma creeping under ground. 

 Stems many : floriferous ones erect, glabrous, simple, emitting 



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