Cor dia.] 



LXXXIX. BORAGINEiE (BAKER AND WRIGHT). 



Flowers arranged in all the African species in panicled cymes with 

 scorpioid branches. Corolla white or yellow, varying greatly in size. 



Species about 200, tropical or subtropical, concentrated in America. 

 C. Sebestena, Linn. (C. speciosa, Willd), with large bright red flowers, is planted 

 at Sierra Leone, Scott-Mliot, 5910 ! It is a native of the West Indies. 

 Corolla 9 I'm. or more in diam. 

 Calyx strongly sulcate. 



Corolla-lobes very short and broad. 

 Leaves rounded at the base. 



Hairs on lower surface of the leaves not matted 



Hairs on lower surface of the leaves densely 



matted . ..... 



Leaves acute at the base. 



Leaves drab pubescent beneath 

 Leaves reddish pilose beneath 

 Corolla-lobes much longer than broad. 



Filaments glabrous ; corolla-lobes obtuse . 

 Filaments hairy ; corolla-lobes mucronate. 



Leaves scabrid above ..... 



Leaves not scabrid above. 



Branchlets velvety pubescent 



Branchlets glabrous ..... 



Calyx slightly sulcate ...... 



Calyx not sulcate. 



Leaves glabrous ; calyx ampulliform in fruit 

 Leaves pubescent beneath ; calyx campanulate in 

 fruit .... ... 



Corolla less than 9 lin. in diam. 

 * Leaves alternate. 



f Panicles divaricately branched; branches stout, 

 pubescent. 

 Corolln-tube cylindrical. 



Corolla-lobes ovate-oblong, 4 lin. long . 

 Corolla-lobes oblong, 2 lin. long 

 Corolla- tube funnel-shaped. 



Leaves not scabrid above; calyx woolly pubes- 

 cent outside. 

 Inflorescence terminal. 



Leaves acuminate .... 



Leaves obtuse .... 



Inflorescence axillary 

 Leaves scabrid above ; calyx with straight 

 adpressed hairs outside. 

 Leaves orbicular • 



Leaves obovate .... 



Panicles lax, but not divaricately branched 

 branches slender, glabrous or nearly so. 

 Leaves obtuse. 



Corolla 4-lobed .... 



Corolla 5-lobed . 

 Leaves acuminate, oblong. 

 Style-arms very short 

 Style-arms long, linear 

 Leaves acuminate, ovate or elliptic 

 Leaves acuminate, ovate-lanceolate 



1. 



C. abyssinica. 



2. 



C. Holstii. 



1. 

 3. 



C. abyssinica, var. 

 C. harara. 



4. 



C. stenoloba. 



5. 



C. Dewevrei. 



6. 



7. 

 8. 



C. aurantiaca. 

 C. Dusenii. 

 C. Fischeri. 



9. 



C. subcordata . 



LO. 



C. chrysocarpa. 



11. 



12. 



C. Milleni. 

 C. longipes. 



13. C. platythyrsa. 



14. C. Irvingii. 



15. C. liebrechtsiana. 



16. 

 17. 



C. Jolinsoni. 

 C. Warneckei. 



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18. 

 19. 



20. 

 31. 

 22. 

 23. 



C. Goetzei. 

 C. Myxa. 



C. Heudelotii. 

 C. Zedambm. 

 C. senegalensis. 

 C. Mannii. 



