BORAGINE^E. XXXIII. CYNOOLOSSUM. 



above, tomentose or downy beneath ; racemes erect, loose, 

 panicled : lower ones bracteate : upper ones bractless. $ . ? 

 H. Native near Schemanaika and Schulba, in sandy places. 

 Stems simple, glabrous. Racemes constituting a terminal, py- 

 ramidal panicle, a foot or a foot and a half long. Calyx and pe- 

 dicels grey from silky hairs. Calycine segments obtuse. Co- 

 rolla salver-shaped, twice as long as the calyx, yellowish green. 

 Carpels ovate, densely beset with glochidate prickles. 

 Green-flowered Hound's-tongue. PI. 4 to 6 feet. 



35 C. CALYCINUM (Meyer, verz. pilau/, p. 100.) annual, 

 glaucous ; stems branched, assurgent ; leaves sessile, thick, ob- 

 long, bluntish, entire ; racemes bracteate ; corollas small ; calyx 

 in the fructiferous state large, with ovate, connivent lobes ; car- 

 pels oblong, convex, scabrous ; style marcescent. Q. H. Native 

 of Caucasus, near the Caravansarai Koete-Koili, in the desert 

 between Baku and Sallian. Corollas blue. 



Zarge-calyxed Hound's-tongue. PI. assurgent. 



36 C. DIVARICA'TUM (Steph. in litt. ex Lehm. asper. p. 161.) 

 stem erect, branched ; branches divaricate ; lower leaves oval, 

 petiolate : superior ones sessile, lanceolate, attenuated at both 

 ends, nearly glabrous above, and downy beneath ; racemes brac- 

 teate. Tf.. H. Native of Siberia. Root perpendicular. Steins 

 beset with incumbent hairs. Pedicels and calyxes hairy, cine- 

 reous. Leaves pale green. Calycine segments ovate, bluntish, 

 a little shorter than the corolla, which is small. Carpels ovate, 

 densely covered with glochidate prickles. 



Divaricate Hound's-tongue. PI. 1J to 2 feet. 



37 C. LATIFOLIUM (R. Br. prod. p. 496.) stem prickly ; 

 floral leaves ovate, on short petioles, acuminated, scabrous ; pe- 

 duncles extra-axillary. $ . ? H. Native of New Holland. 



Broad-leaved Hound's-tongue. PI. 



38 C. ROYLEI (Wall. cat. no. 917.) rough from strigae ; radi- 

 cal leaves wanting in the specimens examined : cauline ones cor- 

 date, petiolate, acuminated, nerved, and canescent from down ; 

 racemes short, canescent, bracteate. $ . H. Native on Choor 

 Mount. 



Royle's Hound's-tongue. PI. 



39 C. LA'XUM ; stem erect, branched at top; leaves ovate, 

 acuminated, 7-nerved, all petiolate, and beset with short strigae, 

 as well as the upper part of the stem and branches ; racemes 

 terminating the stem and branches, twin, loose, few-flowered, 

 with a solitary flower in the fork ; corolla rotate ; carpels com- 

 pressed, beset with glochidate prickles outside. $ . H. Na- 

 tive of Emodus and Gosainsthan, in Nipaul. Rindera glochidata, 

 Wall. cat. no. 926. Picotia glochidata, Wall. mss. Perhaps a 

 species of Mdltia, or Omphalodes. Corolla blue. Leaves dis- 

 tant. Racemes bracteate at the base. 



Loose Hound's-tongue. PI. 3 to 5 feet. 



. 2. Stamens exserted. Perhaps a distinct genus. 



40 C. LONGIFLORUM (Lehm. asper. p. 162.) stem erect; 

 leaves lanceolate, acute, strigosely muricated, scabrous ; ra- 

 cemes bracteate, few-flowered ; pedicels in the axils of the 

 bracteas ; tube of corolla twice as long as the calyx ; and the 

 segments of the limb linear ; stamens equal in length to the co- 

 rolla. $ . ? H. Native of Syria, about Aleppo. Lycopsis 

 Dioscoridis nondum cognita, Rauwolf, trav. syr. 1. ch. 9. p. 

 120.1.22.? Stem glabrous. Pedicels nutant. Calycine seg- 

 ments lanceolate, having the margins and keel tubercularly cili- 

 ated. Corolla glabrous. Anthers beyond the throat of the 

 corolla. Carpels ovate, beset with glochidate prickles. 



Long-flowered Hound's-tongue. PI. 2 feet? 



41 C. STAMINEUM (Desf. am. mus. 10. p. 431. t. 36. journ. 

 bot. par. 1. p. 358.) stem erect, simple; cauline leaves lanceo- 

 late, obtuse, sessile, silky above, and finely tomentose beneath ; 



flowers minute, disposed in short, bractless racemes, the whole 

 forming a terminal panicle ; stamens twice as long as the co- 

 rolla. $ . ? H. Native of Syria and Cappadocia. Cynoglos- 

 sum Orientale vulgari simile, flore minimo longis staminibus 

 donate, Tourn. cor. p. 7. Stem tomentose. Calyx tomentose, 

 with linear-lanceolate segments. Corolla salver-shaped, rose- 

 coloured, length of calyx ; limb length of tube, with bluntish 

 segments. Stamens inserted in the throat of the corolla, rather 

 unequal. Anthers incumbent. Carpels ovate, prickly on the 

 outer side. Habit of a species of E^chium. 



Long-stamened Hound's-tongue. PI. 2 to 3 feet. 



42 C. APENNI'NUM (Lin. spec. p. 193.) stem erect, leafy; 

 cauline leaves linear-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, sessile, 

 acute, very long, rather villous ; racemes bractless, compact be- 

 fore expansion ; stamens a little longer than the corolla. $. H. 

 Native of the South of Europe ; as of Italy, in subalpine 

 places. Lehm. asper. p. 164. Lapeyr. abr. p. 87. Smith, 

 prod. fl. graec. 1. p. 118. Willd. spec. 1. p. 762. Gaertn. 

 fruct. 1. p. 324. t. 67. f. 4. Sabb. hort. rom. 2. t. 36. Willd. 

 enum. 1. p. 181. D. C. fl. fr. syn. no. 2740. Column, ecphr. 

 1. p. 168. t. 170. Stem simple, villous. Racemes forming 

 large, dense, ovate, leafy, terminal panicles. Pedicels and 

 calyxes hoary and villous. Calycine segments lanceolate-acute. 

 Corolla length of calyx, at first red, afterwards violaceous, with 

 short segments. Anthers incumbent. Nuts not seen. 



Apennine Hound's-tongue. Fl. April, July. Clt. 1731. 

 PI. 1 to 3 feet. 



43 C. MOLLI'SSIMUM (Lehm. asper. p. 165.) stem erect; 

 leaves oblong, on long petioles, almost glabrous above, and 

 downy beneath ; flowers in short, compact, bractless racemes, 

 the whole forming a terminal panicle ; stamens twice as long as 

 the corolla. $ . H. Native of Persia, in the province of Dji- 

 lan. Root perpendicular. Stem hoary, pilosely tomentose. 

 Pedicels and calyxes canescent from villi. Calycine segments 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla a little longer than the calyx, veined. 

 Stamens fleshy, alternating with the bearded processes of the 

 throat. Habit of C. Apennlnum. 



Very soft Hound's-tongue. PI. 1| foot. 



j" Species hardly known. 



44 C. BORBONICUM (Bory. St. Vine. trav. p. 383.) leaves 

 lanceolate, acute, pilose ; branches forked ; seeds rough. Na- 

 tive of the Island of Bourbon. 



Var. a. ; leaves broader, oblong. Bory. 1. c. 

 Var, ft ; leaves narrower, linear. Bory. 1. c. 

 Bourbon Hound's-tongue. PI. ? 



45 C. LIME'NSE (Wilid. spec. 1. p. 762. Lehm. asper. p. 

 177.) leaves oblong, acuminated, sessile, glabrous. $ . ? G. 

 Native of Peru, in the valley called Ylo, near Lima. Poir. 

 suppl. 2. p. 432. Cynogl. foliis nervosis acutissimis, Feuille, 

 per. 1. p. 71. t. 49. Plant pale green. Racemes terminal, 

 simple. Calyx glabrous, with ovate, acute segments. Corolla 

 having the margin white, and the centre blue. Carpels tuber- 

 cled. 



Lima Hound's-tongue. PI. 1 to 1| foot. 



46 C. VALENTI V NUM (Lag. gen. et spec. nov. p. 10. no. 133.) 

 leaves narrow-linear, hairy : cauline ones sessile ; calycine seg- 

 ments ovate ; spikes or racemes bractless. $ . ? H. Native of 

 Spain, in Valentia, Cavanilles. Plant herbaceous, with the habit 

 of Anchusa angustifdlia. 



Valentia Hound's-tongue. PI. 



47 C. LUSITA'NICUM (Lin. spec. 193. exclusive of the syno- 

 nymes.) leaves linear-lanceolate, scabrous. According to HofF- 

 mansegg and Link, the plant named C. Lusitdnicum, by Linnaeus, 



