44"2 BORAGINACKJS. 



ORDER CXCVI BORAGINACE/E, Lindl. Nat. Syst. p. 272. 



THE BORAGE TRIBE. 



Herbaceous plants, seldomer shrubs or trees, by Lindl. including his 

 Ehretiacese, referred to 49 genera. Of these Spreng. syst. enumerates 

 about 120 for S. America, Mexico and the W. Indies; 114 for Europe; 

 for N. Africa 35 ; for Dahuria, Iberia, Tauria and the Caucasus 26 ; for the 

 Levant 24 ; for New Holland and the South Sea Islands 24 ; for Siberia 

 22 ; for N. America 20 ; for the Canaries and Madeira 14 ; for the Masca- 

 renhas Islands 5 ; for Persia 5 ; for Arabia 2 ; for Guinea 1 ; for China 1 , 

 and for Japan 1. In S. Africa have been discovered 60 species, {Harvey,) 

 and in the E. Indies, according to Spreng. syst.. Wall. Cat., Royl. ill. and 

 B. Reg. 99 ; viz. 1 of Coldenia; 2 of Tiaridium ; 14 of Heliotropium ; 4 of 

 Lithospermum ; 5 of Echinospermum ; 1 of Messerschmidia ; 1 of Echium ; 

 7 of Onosma ; 1 of Anchusa; 15 of Myosotis ; 17 of Cynoglossum ; 5 of 

 Trichodesma ; 7 oi Tournefortia, and 19 of Ehretia. The principal sta- 

 tions of these are Cashmere, the Himalayas, Kunawur, the Khassya 

 Mountains, both Peninsulas of India and Bengal. A few are from Ceylon, 

 Java and the Philippines. 



" Soft, mucilaginous, emollient properties are the usual characteris- 

 tics of this order. Some are also said to contain nitre, a proof of which 

 is shewn by their frequent decrepitation when thrown on the fire." 

 {Lindl.) 



A. Borages, Benth. 

 {In Royle's ill. p. 305.) 

 BoRAGo, Tournef. (G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 309.) 



\. officinalis, L. {G. Don. I. c. ; — E. B. \,t. 36.) Common Borage, cf' 

 Said to be a native of the Levant, but now naturalized in most parts 

 of Europe, growing on dung-hills and heaps of rubbish. Fl. largish, 

 pale-blue, or purple, C. S. 

 Ckrinthe, Tournef. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 320.) 



1. major, L. {G. Don. I. c. ;—B. M. 10, t. 333.--C. glabra. Mill. Jig. t. 

 91. — C. glauca. Munch.) S. Europe. N. Africa. Fl. middle-sized, 

 yellow-orange at bottom, deep-purple and pale-yellow at top, Feb. and 

 March. 

 Lituospermum, Tournef. {G. Dons Mill. diet. 4, p. 321.) 



1. arvense, L. {G. Don. o. c. p. 323 ;— J?. B. 2, t. 123.) © Europe. Asia. 

 Africa. N. America. Fl. small, white, Feb. and March; fr. H. S. 



2. tenuijlorum, L. {G. Don. o. c. p. 324 ; — Jacq. icon. rar. 2, t. 313 ; — 

 Sibth. and Sm. fl grac. t. 159. — ^Buglossoides rumosissima, Moneh.) 

 © Egypt. Island of Cyprus. Fl. smallish, whitish, March ; fr. H. S. 



EcHiuM, Pliny. Tournef. {G. Don's Mill. diet. 4, p. 327.) 



J. vulgare, L. {G. Don. o. c. p. 332 -.—E. B. 3, t. 181 ^—Hoxb. H. B. 

 p. 13.) cf- Euro[)e. N. America. Fl. largi.sh, pale blue, C. S. 



