Bchinospermwn.] c. boeaginej;. (0. B. Clarke.) 163 



ecMnophora. Pallas Voy. (erf. Qcmthiei-), v. 496, t. 16, fig. 2. Eochelia echino- 

 phora, Roein. et. Sch. Syst. iv. 110, 782, Heterocaryum minimum, A. DC. 

 Prodi: X. 144. 



Kashmcb ; temperate region Thomson. Punjab ; Peshawur, Vioary. — Disteib. 

 Cabul, Belooehistan to the Ural Mts. and Altai. 



A coarser plant -with larger flowers and fruits than the other Indian Eehiuo- 

 spermwms. Stem 6-12 in., erect, rigid. Leaves 1^ by j in,, numerous, sometimes 

 somewhat obovate, lower spathulate petioled. Bacemes in fruit 3-i in. ; pedicels ^ 

 in., distant, rigid, suberect, often thickened ; bracts i-| in,, leaflike, often continued 

 to the top of the raceme. Calyx-lobes J-J in. Oorolla^tube ^ in., lobes not much over 

 topping the calyx. Nutlets i-j in. ; margins thickened, with a single row of strong 

 gloehidia ; backs depressed, smooth or scarcely granular ; nutlets inseparably confluent, 

 not rarely 1 or 2 abortive, — Boissier (Fl. Orient, iv. 248) doubts ■wh.ethev Heterocaryum 

 pachypodum, rigidum, and Szovitmianum (A. DC. Frodr. x, 145), are other than forms 

 of tms species, 



2. E. barbatum, Lehm. Asperifol. 128 ; patently hispid, leaves oblong, 

 calyx-lobes oblong, nutlets separable tubercular-scabrous on all sides with 2 

 rows of short stout gloehidia round the margin. DC. Prodr. x. 137 ; Boies. Fl. 

 Orient, iv. 250. Myosotis barbata, Pieb. Cent. PI. Par. t. 36. Roohelia 

 barbata, Poem. Sr Sch. Syst. iv. 110, 782. 



SuBALPiNB Western Himalaya, alt. 7-12,000 ft,; from Gurwhal to Baltisthan, 

 frequent ; Thomson, &c. — Disteib. from Belooehistan and Cabul to the Ural and 

 Altai, 



Erect, 6-18 in. Leaves ^2 in., narrowed at the base, lower petioled. Bacemes in 

 fruit 2-12 in. ; pedicels ^-^ in,, erect ; bracts J in,, usually in the upper part of the 

 spike. Calyx-lobes ^ in. Nutlets -^-^ in., forming a compact pyramid, but separable. 



3. E. Redoxirskil, Lehm. Asperifol. 127 ; patently hispid, leaves oblong, 

 flowers subsessile, calyx-lobes oblong-linear, nutlets separable scabrous on all 

 sides with one row of strong gloehidia round the margin. DC. Prodr. x. 137. 

 E, intermedium, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. 199, and le. Fl. Poss. ii. t. 180. Rochelia 

 BedowsHi, Poem. Sr Seh. Syst. iv. 782. 



"Western Tibet, alt. 9-10,000 ft. ; Leh, Thomson.— Di&tms. Central Asia to the 

 Ural and Altai. 



Generally resembling E. barbatum. Pedicels rarely exceeding ^ in, ; bracts ^ in,, 

 oblong, often continued (smaller) to the summit of the spike. Calyx-lobes rather 

 longer than of E. barbatum, in fruit ^-J in, in Thomson's example. Nutlets nearly as 

 in E. barbatvm but the gloehidia in one row and much longer. — Perhaps E. patulum, 

 Lehm. {DC. Prodr. 137 ; Boiss Fl. Orient, iv. 250) is not specifically distinct. 



4. E. semig'labrum, Ledeb. Fl. Alt. i. 204, and le. Fl. Ross. i. t. 28 ; 

 patently hispid, leaves oblong, flowers subsessile, calyx-lobes linear-oblong, 

 nutlets tubercular-scabrous on all sides with one row of gloehidia round the 

 margin as long as the nutlet is broad. DC. Prodr. x. 138 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient. 

 iv. 251. 



Westeen Tibet and Baltisthan, alt. 8-10,000 ft. ; ThomsMi, &c. — Disteib. 

 Cabul ; Turkestan to the Altai. 



Hardly distinguishable from E. EedowsJcii, but by the longer gloehidia of the nuts 

 which often exceed ^ in. Spikes denser, more divided, often somewhat closely 

 panicled. 



15, ERXTRZCKXVnX, Schroder. 



Annual or perennial herbs, strigose or silky-villous. Leaves alternate, 

 narrow. Racemes simple or branched. Floiocrs small, blue, rarely white. 

 Sepal) 5, not or slightly enlarged in fruit. Corolla-tube short, throat with 5 



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