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NEMOPHILA phacelioides. 



Phacelialike Nemophila. 



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iVaf. ord. BoRAOiNEJE. Jussiat geti.\^. Div. II. FnuJtns uni aui 

 bi-capsularis. 



Hydrophylleje. Dtrftncte a Boraginkm o«liiitt <)i«(ia 

 congtituunt genera capsutaria Hydrophyluim, Fhaceua e(3ujCiA, 6b 



albumen copiosum cartilagineum et foKa opporita ml alti MaUt. Brown 

 prod. 402. ^ ri- 1- 



NEMOPHILA. Gennen uuiloculare. placentis diiabus panetalibui 

 dispennis, ovulis distantibus. Capmia uniloculariB^ placentis carnoais, axi 

 longitadiDali dorsali a£Bxis, cictenun soluds supOTfibiei VMitrali seminiferis. 

 Proton t» Curt, maaaz. 2373. 



Nemophila phacelioides. Barton^, amer. 61. CurtU*$ magaz. 2^3. 



Biennis: caule mcculento, procutabente, ramoso. Fol. altema, pinnaH- 

 fida; lobi obtttsi, »caMusculi citiis ntmu/u; inferiores dutantet, intBgwt- 

 iitir lobutati. Pedunc. so/i/om, tere!tes,vntfiori, folio loi^icrea, (Bartonio 

 axiilares) Nobis opjjtwi/t/o/tt. Cai. per$isten», inferior, ^0-pmtiias; teg- 

 mejttis ovatis, acutis, dtiatit, altemu vtajoriiiM ereeti*, cateri» refiexii* 

 Cor. campanulata; limbo b-jidoi huuniis c^^yMt ^utrainatit. Stam. coriiUi 



Shrimiim breviora: fil. niufa, coroUtB t^ulo brevi vuerta; anth. iMUtte. 

 r&CT. scrobiculi 10 purpwnucenteg, margine piAeteaUe*, m tmbi eSramae- 

 pientet. Stig. 2rfidum. Caps. «ittioc«/aru; recepL <iiM comoaa fpttisi i 

 medio in longum, tolutis lateribus, i^fftxa: sem. duo » riupUKuio shtffuh. 

 (Ex angl. vers.) 



Hydrophyllece differ from Boraginece by a copious Car- 

 tilaginous albumen, as well as by an opposite or else deeply 

 lobed foliage : distinctions announcing a further genercd 

 diversity of habit between the members of the two orders, 

 very properly separated by Mr. Brown in his Prodrranus. 



Nemophila owes the name and origin, as a distinct 

 genus, to Dr. Barton ; its accurate definition of the limits 

 to Mr. Brown. 



The essential properties of a well-defined genus seem 

 to us to be, that they should express the peculiar characters 

 of a convenient number of naturally (evidently) allied 

 species, and the art of instituting the same to consist in 

 the sagacious selection of such insulated species as will 



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