ONO 
Leaves lyrate, toothed; their terminal lobe haftate.—Ga- 
thered by the celebrated Mutis in New Granada. Whether 
this plant be caulefcenf or not is uncertain, but the fpecimen 
defcribed feems to be the top of a woolly branch, crowned 
with feveral eaves and a branched fower- valk alk. e leaves 
are a {pan long, acute, fharply toothed ; their terminal lebe 
half their whole length. Their upper fide is naked and pe- 
~~ culiarly fmooth; the under denfely woolly and fnow-white. 
Flower-fialk longer than the rig clothed above with awl- 
fhaped fcales, refembling thofe hs e calyx. Flowers 
lags Te an After, ear two inches wide 
when anded. ‘Their eae ren are ace for 
a capillary pia ee - an upper or inner lip. 
. O. m Willd. tra€tylis mexicana ; 
Sm. Plant. Te. t. 66.)— Leaves lanceo- 
y the fame 
tute of the {pira 
Doubting the propriety of eftablifhing this genus, we 
have abftained from giving its full natural character. See 
IS. 
ONOSMA, the name of a plant fag aig el ane 
rides and Gal pie as it feems, from a fwee 
fmell, or favour. Linnzus has arbitrarily eagles it t0 ie 
prefent genus iy Gen. 76. Schreb. 102. - a Sp 
l. v art. Mill Did. v. 3. Ait. . Kew. 
. 295. Juff. 130. Lamar 
Tlluftr. ¢ 93. Gaertn. t. eo —Clafs and order, Pentandria 
Monogynia. Nat. Ord. ole, Linn. Borraginee, Jufl. 
Ge 4 Cal. La + facia in five tec. erect, 
permanent fegment nts. Cor. of one ‘petal, bell-fhaped ; tube 
very fhort ; limb tubular and {welling, rather thicker than 
the tube ; its border generally five-cleft ; throat naked, per- 
vious. Stam. amie five, awl-fhaped, very hort ; an- 
thers arrow-fhaped, ereét, the length of the corolla. Pift. 
Germen fuperior, pune 3 ftyle thread-fhaped, the length 
of the corolla; ftigma obtufe. Peric. none, except the 
unchanged calyx. Seeds four, ovate. 
. Ch. Corolla ‘bali thape d, with a pervious throat. 
Seeds four. Style the length of the corolla. 
1. O. fimpliciffima. Siberian ee Onofmg. Linn. Sp. 
Pl, 196. Gmel. Sibir. v. 76, t. 40.—Leaves much 
crowded, linear-lanceolate, hairy. Fruit erect.—Native of 
It flowers 
rom April to June. 
Pallas ie 
s of Bot. v.2. 411. Sim 
Q— tingle rifing from a f er 
Z . Leaves ine cele with white haire on both 
des. Fruit ere F 
nnial. Stem 
. VES (olay; alternate e, fringe 
Flowers in pan handfome —_ al, drooping 
glufters, of a rich yellow, or golden colou 
ONO 
3. oe orientalis. Oriental Onofma. Linn. Sp. Pl. 196. 
Willd. n. 2. Sark nthe orientalis; Amoen. Acad. v. 
267. Corolla cylindrical, acute. i linear, hairy. 
Man Ligeia —— tive = the Levant. It flowers in 
Jun tems xO ifpid. dace ag ioe 
feflle, entire: Bifpid with ae or eee hairs. _ Flower. 
on ftalks, yellow, in a terminal double clutter. 
echioides. He) nofma. Linn, 6 
Jacq. 3 295.—Corolla cylindrical, obtufe. 
ee lanceolate, hi foi. Fruit .— Native the 
fouth of Europe, flowering from ont to Jun oot 
ot and te 
Fl in 
clufters at the ends a ei branches, la ea the flowers 
of a ef ase ole herb is very hairy. 
nnzus mention a aime y (8) es es — and 
quotes it as figured in Column. "Be hr. mith 
however aly he plant of Colina asa a dihing fpecies. 
e his ad on the Continent, e 
a O. tindoria De eep-coloure 4 Oiofns Annals of Bot. 
410. “(Cerinthe echioides; Scop. Carn. ed. 2. n. 197.)— 
he upper part. Leaves lanceolate. linear, 
fides. 
Fruit ere&. 
fimple habit. 
colour. Leaves fomewhat aarowee than in the laft. Flowers 
{maller, pale, of a lemon-colour when old. 
6. vk ricea. Silky-leaved Onofma. Willd. n. 4. Ait. 
Hort. Ke 2. v. 1. 296.—-Leaves ftalked, oblong-lan- 
ceolate, pia with filky hairs. Piece of _ evant. 
Stem quite fimple, a fpan high, white 
oblong, acute, attenuated at the bafe and ipthickly clothed 
on both fides with hairs. Corolla dilated at the upper part. 
- O. cerulea. Willd. n M. ge 
ative of Arm Stem ugh, 
ari down. ere. ftalked : hole of the fte 
ciliated at the margin. oe cylindrical, blue, dilated 
above 
Willde now argc that this is nearly allied to Anchufa 
lanata, but that its leaves are not fo woolly, nor is it fur- 
nifhed with a n 
8. O. tenu ae Sle nder Onofma. Willd. n.6. (Sym- 
phytum wiped echii folio, flore albo. pauline ‘Tourn. 
or. 6.) s feffile, linear, obtu ufe, hairy. Corolla 
ve 0 n 
in ie {mallnefs oF | a leaves, which are aera obtufe, hifpid, 
and fcarcely the third of an inch in a 
g. O. cafpica. oer Onofma. Will (O. orien- 
ane 5 bev It. —Stem branched. " divaricated. 
oblon ngo-lanceoate, hifpid. Flower-ftalks axiilary, 
when bearag the eflexed. Corolla obtufe.—Found 
a fandy foil o ae borders of the Cafpian fea. Willde- 
w fays this is perfeétly diftin& from orientalis, in ag a 
hear, - 2 fe flem, its cp ie scalpel and {maller. 
. O. antha. Small-fi d On = ar he ae 
(O. Sicatios: Pallas. It. .n. t. L.)—St 
branched, divaricated. toe ftalked, ebicae: white with 
hairs beneath. Clufters naked. Native of fandy sera in 
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