Anchitsa.] lxxxix. boragine^e (baker and wright). 55 



included; filaments very short; anthers small, oblong, obtuse. Lobes of 

 the ovary 4, attached to the narrow gynobase ; style filiform ; stigma 

 entire or 2-lobed ; ovules erect, inserted at the inner angle. Nuts 4, 

 oblong, erect. Seeds straight ; cotyledons flat, ovate. — Annual or 

 perennial herbs, often very hispid. Leaves alternate. Racemes scorpioid., 

 often long and leafy. Flowers blue or white, rarely yellow. 

 Species about 30; also in North and South Africa, Europe and Asia. 



Perennial ; stem slightly hispid . . ] . A. qffinis. 



Annual ; stem very hispid . . . . . 2. A. Milleri. 



1. A. affinis, R. Br. in Salt, Abyss. App. 63. Perennial. Stems, 

 erect, 1-2 ft. long, but little hispid. Leaves with many short bristles 

 from white tubercles ; upper sessile, ovate or ovate-lanceolate ; lower 

 narrower, obtuse, narrowed into a short petiole. Spikes short, dense, 

 panicled. Calyx very hispid, at first 2 lin., finally 3 lin. long ; tube as 

 long as the ovate segments. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; limb 

 blue, 3 lin. in diam. Nuts ovoid, reticulated, included in the calyx- 

 tube.— DC. Prodr. x. 44 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 87 ; Engl. 

 Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 354. 



Wile Land. Eritrea, at 7000-7500 ft. : near Saganeiti, Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 

 784! 816! Asmara, Schweinfurth Sf Riva, 2091! Abyssinia: near Gennia, 

 Schimper, 381 ! Shoho, Petit ! and without precise locality, Ploioden ! 



2. A. Milleri, Willd. Enum. Hort. Berol. i. 179. Annual. Stems 

 hispid, much branched, very bristly. Leaves with many bristles and 

 white tubercles ; upper leaves sessile, oblong-lanceolate ; lower narrow, 

 obtuse, narrowed into a petiole. Flowers pedicellate, forming lax leafy 

 racemes. Calyx very bristly, cleft nearly to the base, finally 3 lin. long ; 

 lobes lanceolate. Corolla-tube as long as the calyx ; limb blue, finally 

 2 lin. in diam. Nuts i-| as long as the calyx, oblong, glabrous, 

 areolate. — DC. Prodr. x. 49 ; A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 88; Schweinf. 

 Beitr. Fl. Aethiop. 114; Engl. Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 354. A. 

 ryssosperma, Steud. ex A. Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss, ii. 88. 



Nile land, Abyssinia : Chelicut, Petit. Mount Sholoda, Schimper, 1142 ; 

 near Bahar Amba, Schimper, 56 ; between Mount Buahit and Mount Dedjen, 

 Schimper, 740. 



Also in North Africa and Western Asia. 



A. MagdalancB, Schweinf. ex Engler, Hochgebirgsfl. Trop. Afr. 354, gathered by 

 Steudner at Magdala, is known to us by name only. 



11. ARNEBIA, Forsk. ; Benth. et Hook. f. Gen. PL ii. 862. 



Calyx deeply 5-lobed, slightly accrescent ; lobes narrow. Corolla- 

 tube cylindrical, straight, without scales at the throat ; lobes 5, patent, 

 orbicular. Stamens inserted about the middle of the corolla-tube ; 

 filaments very short ; anthers oblong, obtuse. Ovary with 4 distinct 

 lobes inserted on the narrow gynobase; style filiform, bifid; stigmas 

 terminal, capitate; ovules erect. Nuts 4, erect, ovoid, rugose ; coty- 

 ledons thick. — Annual or perennial hispid herbs. Stemdeaves alternate. 



