Plants of th' Punjab, 



301 



Herbs, Erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves, 



LsAff Margiks Enxirb. 



Paracaryum 

 heliocarpum, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I.iv. 161. 



Himalaya, 

 7-9,000 ft. 

 Kashmir, Lahul, 

 Spiti (Thomson). 



Petals united. 



medium size, biennial or perennial, softly hairy ; 

 leaves radical long-stalked, 6 by 1 in., lanceolate, pro- 

 longed down the stalk, stem-leaves 2| by | in., oblong or 

 lanceolate, softly hairy on both surfaces ; flowers ^^ in., 

 blue,in long loose bractless racemes, 4-10 in., calyx lobes 5, 

 I in., narrowly oblong, silky, little enlarged in fruit, corolla 

 tube closed by scales |-|- in., lobes 5, ^ in., almost erect, 

 blunt, stamens 5, under the mouth scales, style | in. in 

 fruit ; nutlets 4, |-^ in., forming a pyramid with stiff per- 

 sistent style, bristly, strongly margined. 



Paracaryum 

 glochidiatum, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F.B. I.iv. 161. 



Himalaya, 

 9-12,000 ft. 

 Matiana Hill. 

 Hattu (Collett). 

 Kashmir. 



like the last species, but radical leaves ovate, heart- 

 shaped, not prolonged down the stalk, stem-leaves ovate 

 or orbicular, only hairy on the nerves beneath, corolla 

 tube much shorter, style only | in., nutlets forming a 

 larger pyramid, hooked bristles much longer, linear. 



Paracaryum 

 microcarpum, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 162. 

 Himalaya, 

 8,000 ft. 

 Pangi. 

 Kashmir, 



like the last species, but much smaller, spreading, 

 flowers much smaller, leaves oblong, much smaller, nutlets 

 very small, forming a pyramid, with only minute hooked 

 bristles on the disc, not on the margins of the nutlets. 



Echinospermum 

 minimum, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F.B. I.iv. 162. 

 N.-W. F. Province. 

 Peshawar. 

 (Vicary). 

 Kashmir Valley. 



small, stiff, bristly ; leaves 1^ by | in., linear-oblong, 

 lower leaves with the blade prolonged into the stalk ; 

 flowers ^ in., blue, on stalks ^ in., in racemes 2-3 in. with 

 bracts ^-f in., leaflike, often reaching to the end of the 

 racemes, calyx lobes 5, i-| in., hnear, corolla tube short, 

 mouth closed by 5 scales, lobes 5, blunt, spreading, a little 

 longer than the calyx lobes, stamens 5 within the corolla 

 tube ; nutlets 4, erect, A-| in., forming a pyramid, margin 

 thickened with one row of hooked bristles ; nutlets firmly 

 united. 



