U-2 JOURNAL, BOMBAY NATURAL HIST. SOCIETY, Vol. XXII. 



Herbs, erect, with Alternate Exstipulate Simple Leaves. 



Leap Margins Entire. 



Petals United. 



Myosotis caespitosa, 



Forget-me-not. 



BORAGINAC'E^. 



F. B. L iv. 173. 

 Himalaya, 9-13,000 ft. 

 Kashmir. 



Myosotis syivatica, 



Wood forget-me-not. 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 173. 

 Himalaya, 7-12,000 ft. 

 Simla, Fagu (Oollett). 

 Kashmir. 

 Myosotis arvensis, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 173. 

 Kashmir Valley. 

 Myosotis striata, 



BOBAGINACE^. 



F. B. 1. iv. 174. 

 Kashmir, 5-6,000 ft. 



(Falconer). 

 Pangi (Dr. Watt). _ 

 Baluchistan (Boissier). 

 Lithospermum arvense, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. L iv. 174. 



Kashmir. 



N. W. F. Province. 



Peshawaur. 



Baluchistan (Lace) . 



Lithospermum tenui- 

 florum, 



BORAGINACE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 176. 

 Kashmir, 5-7,000 ft. 

 Rawalpindi (Aitchison) 

 Baluchistan (Lace). 

 Lithospermum officinale 



BORAGINAGE^. 



F. B. I. iv. 175. 

 Kashmir, 5-8,000 ft. 



small to medium size, hairy, or nearly smooth 

 hairs pressed against stem ; leaves 1^ by ^ in. 

 oblong, lowest with blade prolonged into the stalk 

 flowers I in. diam., bright blue with a yellow centre 

 on stalks longer than the calyces in racemes 2-8 

 in., flowers all on one side, calyx lobes triangular- 

 lanceolate as long as the tube, hairy, corolla-tube 

 short, mouth closed with scales, lobes 5, blunt, 

 spreading, stamens 5, enclosed in the corolla tube, 

 style shorter than the calyx-lobes, nutlets 4, 

 ovoid-oblong, smooth. 



small to medium size, hairy, hairs spreading ; 

 leaves l^- by \ in., oblong but narrower, lowest 

 broader, and stalked, racemes often divided, 

 corolla \ in. diam., lobe flat, calyx smaller, teeth 

 lanceolate longer than the tube, hairs erect and 

 spreading; for other characters see the last species. 



very like the last species, but corolla smaller 

 \-\ in. diam., lobes concave, calyx teeth curving 

 over nutlets. 



very like the last species, but smaller, leaves nar- 

 rowed at both ends, lower nearly sessile, flowers 

 often crowded on racemes which hook like spikes. 



medium size, annual, bristly ; leaves lanceolate, 

 stem-leaves 1 by J in., lower stalked oblong-ovate 

 with a broad tip ; flowers \ in. long, white rarely 

 blue, on stalks j^^ in. in racemes 4-10 in., bracts 

 leaflike smaller upwards, calyx-lobes 5, linear, 

 corolla hairy upwards, tube not longer than the 

 calyx, lobes 5, blunt, spreading, stamens 5. 

 enclosed in the corolla-tube, stigma usually 2-fid ; 

 nutlets 4, ^ in., stony, rough, narrowed upwards. 



very like the last species, but smaller, lower 

 eaves scarcely stalked ; flowers usually blue, 

 nutlets more pointed. 



medium size to large, perennial, roughly hairy; 

 leaves 2 by ^ in., oblong-lanceolate, roughly hairy, 

 nerves somewhat prominent ; flowers \ in., white 

 turning yellowish on stalks f in. in racemes 1-4 in., 

 bracts leaflike, smaller upwards, nutlets shining 

 white, smooth ; otherwise like the last species. 



