1128 EHRETIACEAE 
11. ECHIUM [Tourn.] L. Biennial or perennial herbs. Corolla funnel- 
form, markedly irregular, the throat unappen aged. Free portion of the fila- 
ments elongate.—About 30 species, natives 
of the Old World 
1. E. vulgare L. Plants nd a ace a i 
t tu ee whi ch E 
somewhat plaited; lobes ovate or triangular- 
vate, eiliolate: filaments and style exserted, pis Pad about 3 mm. long, 
wrinkled.— — (VIPER'S-BUGLOSS. LUE-DEVIL. BLUEWEED.)—Old fields and road- 
sides, often in calcareous soil, various provinces, Ga. to Nebr., Ont., and N. B. 
Nat. of Eu.—Sum 
Famity 8. EHRETIACEAEH — EHRETIA FAMILY 
Shrubs, trees, or sometimes herbs. Leaves vr. alternate: blades 
mostly entire. Flowers perfect, cymose. Calyx of 5 (4-6), partly united 
sepals. Corolla of 5 (4-6), partially united o Androecium of 5 
(4-8), stamens, the filaments more or less adnate to the pla Dd 
united by pairs. Fruit drupaceous or of 4 nutlets.—About 20 genera ne 
350 species, in warm or tropical regions. 
Styles, and stigmas, 4, unequally united by pairs: drupe with a 4-celled stone: coty- 
Jedons plaited or corrug s e 
Corolla long-funnelform ; limb deeply lobed: calyx-tube cylindric. 1. SEBESTEN. 
Co Le oe funnelform ; LIU slightly lobed: calyx-tube cam- 
2. VARRONIA. 
Styles, and anes: 2: drupe with 2 or 4 stones: cotyledons flat. 3. BOURRERIA. 
1. Adans. Shrubs or trees. Flowers in open clusters. 
Sepals usually united to above the middle. mE bright-colored, shallowly 
Fruits included, adnate to the accrescent 
ealyx.—About 12 species, of tropical and 
subtropical America. 
1. - Sebestena (L.) Britton. Shrub or small 
tree, the twigs strigose: leaf-blades ovate or 
elliptic- -ovate, 8-12 cm. long, undulate or re- 
pand: calyx 14-19 mm. long; tube cylin- 
T 
E.)—Ham and 
glade Keys, Fla. pu "Florida Keys.— —(W.I 
