162 C. BOEAGiNia!. (C. B. Clarke.) {Faracaryumv 



petiole ; cauline leaves 3 by Ij in., cuneate or rhomboid at the base. Spikes dense- 

 or las. Gafyx and corolla nearly as of P. glocMdiatmn. Nutlets much smaller,, 

 margin sll0^^e^, white, membranous, less reflexed, more shortly glochidiate. 



Sect. 2. Small hispid plants, with several stems. Leaves and. Jloiaers smsXi. — 

 (This section only differs rrom Omphcdodes in the more erect nutlets, not saccate- 

 at the base.) 



7. P. himalayense, Clarke; leaves oblong, flowers subsessile, nutlets 

 ^^ in. diam., margin subpatent glochidiate. Mattia himalayensis, Klotssch in 

 Reis. Pi: Waldem. Bot. 94, t. 64. — Omphalodes sp. n. 4, Herh. Ind. Or. H. f^ 

 Si' T. 



Alpine Westeen Himalata ; Nubra, Thomson. 



Stems decumbent then ascending, 6-14 in., patently hispid. Radical leaves IJ by 

 ^ in., narrowed at both ends, hispid on both surfaces, petiole 1 in. ; cauline similar,, 

 smaller, subsessile. Spikes in fruit 3-8 in. ; pedicels hardly any, distant. Calyx- 

 lobes hardly ^ in., oblong ; in fruit sometimes J in. Corolla scarcely J in. diam., blue, 

 tube short. Fruit pyramidal ; margin of nutlets membranous, disc muricate, subglo- 

 chidiate ; style hardly ^ in. 



8. P. tibeticum, Clarhe ; leaves oblong, flowers subsessile or lower 

 pediceUed, nutlets l-i in. diam., margin patent subentire. — Omphalodes sp. n. 6^- 

 Herh. Ind. Or. H.f. 8f T. 



Western Tibet ; Ladakh, alt. 9000 ft., Thomson. 



Much resembling P. hiTnalayense. Stems more diffuse. Flowers very small,, 

 mostly subsessile ; lower pedicels in fruit occasionally \ in. Fruit pyramidal ; margin 

 of nutlets membranous, disc minutely glochidiate, style less than ^ in. 



9. P. microcarpum, Boiss. Biagn. 2. iii. 139, and Fl. Orient, iv. 265 -, 

 leaves oblong, flowers pedicelled, nuts jY~iVi°-)™^^S™™fl8^6d entire. — Ompha- 

 lodes sp. 11. 7, Herb. Ind. Or. H.f. ^ T. 



SuBALPiNE Westeen Himalaya, alt. 8000 ft. ; Kashmir and Pangee, Thomson. — 

 DiSTEiB. Cabul. 



Diffuse, hairy. Racemes in fruit 3-8 in. ; pedicels ^-J in. Calyx and corolla^- 

 rather larger than of the two preceding species. Fruit pyramidal, somewhat depressed ^ 

 margin of nutlets membranous, as though inflated ; disc minutely glochidiate. 



14. ECHXirOSFERniTTia, Swarh. 



Annual or perennial, hispid herbs. Leaves alternate, oblong, lanceolate or 

 naiTOwly obovate. Flowers very small, sessile or pedicelled ; racemes bracteate, 

 or ebracteate above. Sepals 5. CoroUa-tube short, mouth closed by 5 scales ; 

 lobes 5, imbricate in the bud, obtuse, spreading. Stamens 5, included. Anthei-»- 

 ovate, obtuse. Ovanj 4-lobed ; style between the lobes, short, stigma small 

 capitate. Nutlets 4, erect, forming a pyramid, confluent or separable, attached' 

 above their base ; scar produced to their apex ; bases not produced ; margins' 

 with 1 or 2 rows of strong glochidia ; carpophore as long as the nutlets. — 

 Species 20, in the north temperate regions of the old World and in N. America ; 

 a few in S. Africa and Australia. 



The character in Gen. PI. (ii. 835) assigned of " apices of the nuts erect, free 

 round the style, more or less prominent," applies only to the glochidiate species of" 

 Eritrickium placed by Bentliam in EcMmspermum, but here enumerated under- 

 Eritrichiiim. 



1. E. minimum, Lehm. Asperifol. 126; patently hispid, leaves linear- 

 oblong, calyx-lobes linear, nutlets elongate-pyramidal confluent. Myosotis- 



