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simple : nuts 4-1, closed at the base, adnate to a central quad- 

 rangular column : seed obovoid, hanging from a very short funi- 

 culus, exalbuminous. — Herba, sometimes snfi&utescent at the base, 

 erect, branched : leaves alternate or opposite, sessile, entire : pe- 

 dicels lateral, hispid, arranged in racemes. 



(1) T. Indicum. (R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. prod. 496. — Dec. prod. X. p. 172. 



Syn. Borago Indica, Linn. 



Engrav. Pluk. Aim. t. 76. f. 3. 



Spec. Char. Diffuse or efect, stem shortly villous : leaves 

 usually opposite, narrow-lanceolate, half-stem-clasping, sessile: pe- 

 dicels opposite-flowered or lateral 1-flowered : calyx villous, acutely 

 auricled at the base, lobes increased by a subulate point : limb of 

 the corolla spreading, reflexed : flowers pale blue. 



Peninsula. 



(2) T. AMPLEXICAHLE. (Roth. ) 



Ident. Roth. Nov. Sp. p. 104. — Dec. prod. X. p. 172. 



Spec Char. Erect, hispid with scattered hairs: lower leaves 

 opposite, sessile, linear-oblong, upper ones alternate, cordate, stem- 

 clasping, broadly ovate, acuminate: pedicels lateral and opposite 

 the leaves, 1-flowered: calycine Jobes shortly and obtusely auricu- 

 late : limb of the corolla with scattered hairs inside, lobes rounded, 

 mucronulate : flowers pale blue. 



Bombay. 



(3) T. Zeylanicum, {R. Br.) 



Ident. R. Br. prod. p. 496. — Dec. prod. X. p. 172. 



Syn. Borago Zeylanioa, Linn. — Leiocarya Klotschyana, Hochst, 



Engrav. Jacq. Ic. rar. II. t. 314. — Burm. flor. Ind. t. 14. f. 2> 



Spec. Ghar. Stem erect, sparingly covered with bristles : leaves 

 opposite, subsessile, oblong-lanceolate, attenuated at the base, 

 bristly: pedicels hispid, lateral, long,^ 1-flowered, disposed in a ra- 

 ceme : calycine lobes ovate-lanceolate, villous : flowers pale blue. 



Deccan. Bengal. Western Coast. Flowering in the cold 

 season. 



(4) T. spiNHLOsuM. {yoight.) 



Ident. Voight. Hort. Oalc. p. 444. 



Syn. Borago spinulosa, Roxb. fl. Ind. I. p. 459. — Dec. prod, 

 X. p. 35. 



Spec. Char. Diffuse, dichotomous, armed with depressed bris- 

 tles : leaves alternate, sessile, oblong, scabrous : pedicels 1-flower- 

 ed, leaf-opposed. 



Bengal, flowering in the cold season. 



