I leliotropium.] 
LXXXIV. BORAGLNE.E. 
1045 
The species is common in tropical and northern Africa and East India. 
Var. oblongifoliiim, DC. Erect sleoder and not much branched, the leaves narrower and less 
obtuse. — H. g racile, It. Br. Prod. 493. — Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. lirown : Keppel 
Bay, Thozet. 
0. H. strigosum (strigose), Willd DC. Prod. ix. 546 ; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iv. 397. An erect or diffuse much-branched annual, more or less hoary or 
sprinkled with appressed rigid hairs. Leaves linear, obtuse or scarcely acute, 
with revolute margins, under lin. long. Flowers small, distant, forming slender 
interrupted scarcely scorpioid spikes, interspersed with small bracts, at least in 
the lower part. Calyx-segments about 1 line long, strigose-hispid, rather obtuse, 
the outer ones broader than the inner. Corolla-tube not exceeding the calyx, 
slightly swollen round the anthers, the throat bearded inside ; lobes rather 
shorter than the tube. Anthers acuminate, cohering by the tips of the points. 
Style short, the stigmatic cone broad, about as long ar the style. Nuts nearly 
globular, shortly pubescent. 
Hab.: Bowen River, Bowman , and several other inland localities 
The species is widely spread over the warmer regions of northern Africa and western Asia. 
7. H. prostratum (prostrate), 11. Itr. Prod. 494 ; Bentli. FI. Austr. 
iv. 397. Stems prostrate, 1 to 2ft. long in the specimens seen, strigose as 
well as the foliage with short hairs. Leaves distant, linear-lanceolate or 
lanceolate, acute, contracted at the base but scarcely petiolate, flat or the margins 
scarcely recurved, Jin. to lin. long. Flowers distant, in a long interrupted 
terminal spike, the bracts oblong, leafy, but scarcely exceeding the calyx. Calyx- 
segments lanceolate, obtuse, strigose, 1J line long. Corolla-tube as long as the 
calyx, ventricose at or above the middle, bearded in the throat; limb longer than 
the tube, broadly plicate, shortly lobed. Anthers acuminate and cohering at the 
tips. Stigmatic cone about half as long as the filiform style. — DC. Prod. ix. 54K. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 
H. H. bracteatum (bracteate), It. Br. Prod. 493; Benth. FI. Austr. iv. 397. 
A hispid annual, either erect and branching or with several stems ascending 
from the base, under 1ft. high. Leaves more or less petiolate, lanceolate, rather 
acute, narrowed at the base, flat or the margins slightly recurved, from under 
J to about fin. long. Spikes terminal, leafy, 1 -sided but scarcely scorpioid, the 
leafy bracts more or less petiolate or very much contracted at the base, as long 
as or longer than the calyx. Calyx-segments lanceolate, about 1J line long. 
Corolla-tube rather shorter than the calyx ; ventricose at or below the middle, 
the throat bearded inside, the lobes shorter than the tube. Anthers acuminate, 
cohering at the tips. Stigmatic cone slender, but shorter than the filiform 
style. Nuts minutely pubescent, the segments of the fruiting calyx usually 
elongated and spreading. — DC. Prod. ix. 547 ; IT. foliatum, R. Br. Prod. 493 ; 
DC. Prod. ix. 548. 
Hab.: Islands of the Gulf of Carpentaria, R. Brown. 
The specimens of H. foliatum seem to me to represent a rather luxurious form of It. 
bracteatam, with larger, more distinctly petiolate bracts. — Benth. 
Var. leptostachyum. Diffuse and much branched, 1ft. long or more. Leaves shortly petiolate, 
acute. Style rather shorter. — Cape York, Dceinel. 
9. H. pauciflorum (flowers few), It. Br. Prod. 493; Benth. FI. Austr. 
iv. 398. An erect, much-branched, very hispid, leafy annual, under Gin. high. 
Leaves very shortly peciolate, linear-lanceolate, with revolute margins, under Jin. 
long. Flowers shortly pedicellate, rather distant, with leafy bracts between 
them longer than the calyx, forming single terminal leafy spikes or racemes 
scarcely scorpioid. Calyx-segments about 1J line long, lanceolate, hispid, the 
outer ones rather larger than the inner. Corolla-tube shorter than the calyx, 
bearded inside at the throat, the lobes about as long as the tube. Anthers 
