160 c. BORAGiNEJE. (C. B. Clarke.) {^Seliotropium. 



h, H. europseiim, Aitchison Cat. Punjab, 94 ; Senth, Fl. Austral, iv. 394 ; 

 ?Linn. ; DC. I. c. 534. 



Poif JAB and SciNDE ; in the plains, frequent. Kashmtb ; Srinuggur, alt. S,200 ft. 

 — ^DisTKiB. W. and Central Asia. Australia. 



Stems woody; branches from the base, 6-12 in., softly closely hairy. Leaves 

 \—i.^ in., obtuse ; nerves not prominent on the upper surface ; petiole J-1 in. Spikes 

 2 in. Sepals i in., ovate-lanceolate, hairy. Corolla^tnbe ^ in., narrow, cylindrie, 

 hairy without ; segments small, round, crenulate. Stigma microscopically scabrous. 

 Nutlets Ys i"- — Differs from H. ewopaum, Linn., in the more softly hairy leaves and 

 spikes ; as to the minute differences in the stigma (shown by Gussotie I. c.) they do 

 not apply satisfactorily to the Indian and Australian materials, 



Vae. lasiocarpum ; nuts hispid-silky sparingly rugose. H. lasiocarpum, Fisch ^ 

 Mey. Ind. Sem. iv. 38 ; Bungn in Bnll. Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1869, 292 ; Boiss. 

 Fl. Orient, iv. 131. — N.W. India; ex Boiss. I.e., but all the Indian examples seen 

 suit H. Eichwaldi so far as the two differ. 



6. K. calcareum, Stocks in Hooh. Kew Joum. iv. 174 ; leaves obovate 

 lower long-petioled softly closely hairy, spikes elongate ebracteate, flowers 

 1-ranked, calyx persistent after the setulose nutlets have fallen. Bunge in Bull. 

 Soc. Imp. Nat. Mosc. 1869, 303 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 128. H. cinerascens, 

 Aitchison Cat. Punjab. 94, not of Steud. 



Scinde; Stocks. — Disteib. Beloochistan. 



Stem and leaves nearly as of H. Eichwaldi, but indumentum more ash-coloured. 

 Spikes often 6 in. Sepals ^ in., lanceolate, hairy. Corolla-ttibe ^ in., cylindrie, 

 hairy without ; lobes small, round, crenate. Stigma conic elongate, minutely bifid at 

 the apex. Nutlets ^ in. 



7. K. ovalifollum, Forsk. Fl. jEg.-Arab. 38 ; leaves elliptic or obovate 

 softly closely hairy lower long-petioled, spikes elongate persistently bracteate. 

 Roth Nov. Sp. 103; Wall. Cat. 2089. H. coromandelianum, Bets. Obs. ii. 

 9; DC.Prodr.JK. 541; WaB. Cat. 7016; Wight Ic. t. 1388; Dah. Sf Gibs. 

 Bomb. Fl. 171. H. tomentosum and polystachyum, Pair. Diet. Suppl. iii. 23 ; 

 DC. I. c. 549. H. facile, Br. Prodr. 493. H. obovatum. Dm Prodr. 101 ; 

 DC. I. c. 548. H. Kunzei, Lehm. ; DC. I.e. 541 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 130. 

 H. Syenites, Spreng. Syst. i. 639. H. Broechianum, Vis. PI j£g.-Nub. 8, t. 2, 

 fig. 1. H. niloticum,Ji. DC. Prodr. ix. 641. 



Bengai, Deccan Peninstoa and Scinde ; frequent. — Disteib. Tropical Africa and 

 Australia. 



. Stems woody; branches 1 ft., ascending, softly hairy. Leaves | by ^ in., or in the 

 western examples hardly half so large, obtuse with or without a mucro ; nerves not 

 prominent. Spikes 1-4 in., dense; bracts i-^ in., ovate, acute. Sepals ^ in., 

 elliptic, acute. Corolla-tube ^^ in., cylindrie ; lobes minute, ovate, patent, subacute. 

 Stigma minutely hairy. Nutlets i in., densely setulose. 



** Leaves lanceolate, bristly, margins crisped-crenulate j flowers sessile, 

 ebracteate. 



8. K. undulatum, Vahl Symb. i. 13 ; leaves obscurely petioled, spikes 

 rigid branches short, nutlets small hispid. WaU. Cat. 916 ; DC. Prodr. ii. 536 ; 

 Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 147. H. persicum, Lamk. Diet. iii. 94 ; Burm. Fl. Ind. 

 41, t. 19 ; DC. I. c. 537 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 147. H. crispum, Desf. Fl. 

 Atlam. i. 151, t. 41. H. eriocarpum, Delile ; Lehm. Asperifol. 55 (fide Boiss.). 

 H. ramoeissimum, Sieb. ; DC. I. c. 536. H. affghanum, Boiss. Ft. Orient, iv. 

 143. Lithospermum hispidum, Forsk. Fl. ^g.-Ardb. 38. 



Punjab, SciNBE,_and Upkbe Gangetic Piain, alt. 0-1000 ft., frequent.— Disteib. 

 W. Asia and N. Africa. 



Suberect, 6-24 in., branched, harsh, scabrous. Leaves ^-\\ in., often rugose. 



