Lyeopsis.] c. BOEAGiNEiE. (0. B. Clarke.) 169^ 



the middle, somewhat longer than the calyx ; lobes 5, imbricate in bud, obtuse,, 

 spreading. Stamens 5, included ; anthers ovate, obtuse. Ovary 4-lobed ; style 

 filiform, stigma capitate. Nutlets 4, OToid, suberect, reticulate-rugose ; scar on 

 the inner face, near the middle, oblong, longitudinal, elevated, margined ; carpo- 

 phore conical. — Species 3-4, of the Mediterranean region. 



Xi. arvensis, Linn. ; DC. Prodr. x. 64 ; erect, bristly, leaves oblong 

 acute upper amplexicaul lower petioled, corolla-lohes subequal. Lamk. 111. t, 

 92 ; Engl. Bot. t. 938. Anchusa arvensis, Bieh. Fl. Taur.-Cauc. i. 123 ; Bekhb. 

 Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 1310, fig. 1 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 160. 



KASHiim and Wbstebn TrBET, alt. 3-8000 ft. ; from near Peshawur to Skardo, 

 Eo^le, -Thomson, &c.— Disteib. Europe, W. & N. Asia. 



Stem 1-2 ft. Leaves 2 by ^ in. Sacemes in fruit 3-6 in. ; pedicels | in. ; bracts- 

 i in., lanceolate, or lower leaffike. Sepals in flower J in., hispid, oblong-linear, in 

 fruit J in. Corolla-tuhe J- in., narrowly cylindrio ; lobes J in., blue, or in the Indian 

 plant usually white. Stamens attached near the base of the corolla-tube. Nutlets 

 \-^ in., 12 not papillose-scabrid between the wrinkles. 



23. ITONNEA, Momch. 



Annual or perennial herbs, hispid or villous, usually diffuse. Leaves alter- 

 nate. Cymes dense, in fruit elongate, bracteate. Calyx 6-fld, shortly or half- 

 way down ; in fruit much enlarged, tube enclosing the nutlets. Corolla-tuhe 

 straight, about as long as the calyx, throat naked or hairy (not with scales), 

 small scales sometimes present lower down ; lobes 6, imbricate in bud, obtuse,, 

 spreading. StameTis 6, included or scarcely exsert; anthers oblong, obtuse. 

 Ovary deeply 4-lobed; style filiform, stigma shortly or obscurely 2-lobed. 

 Nutlets 4, ovoid, reticulate-rugose, on a depressed-conic receptacle ; scar large, 

 basal, oblique, concave, with a central appendage and very hard margin. — 

 Species 20 ; in Europe, N. Africa, W. and Central Asia. 



Vt. pulla, Lamk. et DC. Fl. Fr. iii. 626, in note; erect, hairy, leaves 

 oblong acute upper subamplexicaul lower petioled, calyx-lobes acuminate, corolla 

 blackish-purple, stamens mcluded. DC. Prodr. x. 32 ; Jteiohb. Ic. Fl. Germ. t. 

 1302, fig. 2 ; Boiss. Fl. Orient, iv. 166. N. taurica, Ledeb. Fl. Boss. iii. 112. 

 N. Edgeworthu, A. DC. Prodr. x. 30. Lyoopsis pulla, lAnn. ; Jaxq^. Fl. 

 Austr. ii. t. 188 ; Gaertn. Fruct. i. 327, t. 67. Anchusa puUa, Bieh. Fl. Taur.- 

 Cauc. i. 125 Boraginearum sp., Edgw. in Hook. Journ. Bot. ii. 284. 



Punjab Plain, Thomson, Edgeworth, &c. — Disteib. Central and E. Europe, W, 

 Asia. 



Much branched, 12-18 in., hispid and villous. Leaves 2 by ^ in. Sacemes 2-5 

 in., dense ; pedicels ^J in. ; bracts 1 in., leaflike. Cak/a; J in. ; in ftuit i in., the 

 campanulate base f in. diam. ; subglobose. Corolla-tuhe J in., narrow ; lobes ^ in., 

 half-spreading. Nutlets J in., obliquely curved inwards, slightly wrinkled, puberulous. 



24. niERTEirSXA, Both. 

 t 



Perennial herbs, strigose or softly hairy. Leaves alternate. Bacerries ter- 

 minal, scorpioid, usually simple, dense or lax ; bracts 0. Flowers blue or 

 purplish, pediceiled. Sepals narrow, somewhat enlarged in fruit. Corolla- 

 tube as long as, or much longer than, the calyx ; throat with or without scales ; 

 lobes 5, imbricate in bud, short, obtuse, spreading or suberect. Stamens 5, in- 

 cluded or scarcely exserted, filaments short linear ; anthers oblong, obtuse. 

 Ovary-lobes 4; style filiform, often very long, stigma small. Nutlets 4, erect. 



