52 lxxxix. boragine^ (baker and wright). [Cynoglossum. 



Cymes racemose ; flowers stalked or nearly sessile; fruit pedicels recurved. 

 Corolla blue or whitish, often veined. 



Species about 60, widely spread in the tropical and temperate regions of both 

 hemispheres. 



Spines on the nutlets marginal and in a central row. 



Plants slender, weak 1. C. Hochstetteri. 



Plants rigid. 



Leaves less than 1 in. wide. 



Corolla 2 lin. long . . . . . 2. C. geometricum. 



Corolla 1 lin. long 3. C. Mannii. 



Leaves 2 in. or more wide . . . . . 4. C. lancifolium. 



Spines all over the nutlets. 



Fruit 5 lin. in diam. . . . . . . 5. C. amplifolium. 



Fruit less than 3 lin. in diam. 



Corolla blue; , pedicels 2-4 lin. long in fruit, 



recurved . . . . . . . 6. C caeruleum. 



Corolla white, sometimes flushed with blue; pedicels 



short in fruit . . . . . . 7. C. laneeolatum. 



1. C. Hochstetteri, Vatke ex Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 353. 

 Stems short, very slender, hispid : leaves oblong, membranous, sparsely 

 hispid ; upper sessile ; lower stem-leaves distinctly petioled. Racemes 

 lax, few-flowered, bracteate at the base ; lower flowering pedicels longer 

 than the calyx. Calyx very hairy, 1 lin. long; tube short; lobes 

 oblong, obtuse. Corolla-limb blue, 1 J lin. in diam. ; lobes oblong, obtuse, 

 ■f lin. long. Nutlets with a row of glochidiate spines with united bases 

 around the margin and a row of smaller ones up the centre of the back. 

 — Bchinospermum latifolium, Hochst. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 

 89 ; Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 114. 



Nile Land. Nubia : coast-land, 3000-4000 ft., Bent ! Abyssinia : near Mai 

 Mezanno, Schimper, 1447 ! and without precise locality, Scliimper, 578 ! 



2. C. geometricum, Baker & C. H. Wright. A much-branched 

 rigid herb. Stem erect, scabrid-pilose. Upper leaves sessile, lanceolate, 

 slightly narrowed at the base, 1^-3 in. long, 6-9 lin. wide, scabrid on 

 both surfaces, the hairs on the upper surface more or less bulbous-based, 

 those on the lower sometimes simple. Panicles terminal, few-branched ; 

 upper flowers ebracteate. Calyx 1 lin. long, adpressed-hairy outside ; 

 lobes ovate-oblong, 1 -nerved. Corolla-tube campanulate, 1 lin. long; 

 lobes orbicular, 1 lin. in diam. Anthers oval, | lin. long. Nutlets 2 

 lin. in diam., glochidiate spines marginal and in a central row. 



Nile land. Uganda : Ruwenzori, 7000 ft., Doggett ! British East Africa : 

 between Eldama Ravine and Mau Plateau, 7000-8000 ft., Whyte ! 



XHozamb. Dist. British Central Africa : Nyasaland ; Zomba, Purves, 1901 ! 

 Mount Cbiradzulu, Whyte I and without precise locality, Buchanan, 1145 ! 



3. C. Mannii, Baker d- C. H. Wright. An erect branched herb 

 4-6 ft. high. Stem terete, scabrid-pilose. Leaves oblong-lanceolate, 

 acuminate at both ends, 4 in. long, about 9 lin. wide, sessile, with fine 

 bulbous-based hairs on both surfaces. Panicles terminal, few-branched ; 



