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BOTANY 



.standing in the throat of the corolla. 

 Ovary always bilocular but divided by 

 false septa into four one-seeded nutlets. 

 The style springs from the midst of the 

 four-lobed ovary. Ovules pendulous. 

 Fruit, a schizocarp, separating into four 

 portions (Figs. 731, 732). 



GENERA. Symphytum (Comfrey), 

 Borcujo (Borage), Anchusa (Alkanet), 

 Echium (Bugloss), Myosotis (Forget-me- 

 not), are among the commonest and most 

 conspicuous herbaceous plants of our flora ; 

 all have entire, alternate leaves, covered 

 with harsh hairs and relatively large 

 Mowers ofa lighter or darker blue, grouped 

 in complicated inflorescences. InPulmon- 

 aria officinalis, which flowers in spring, 

 the colour of the corolla changes from red 

 to a bluish violet. Cerinthe is completely 

 glabrous, and has a waxy covering to the 

 epidermis. Heliotropium, a favourite 

 ornamental plant, has an undivided 

 ovary. 



Family 5. Verbenaceae. Shrubs or 

 trees, rarely herbs, with zygomorphic 

 flowers. K f, C (5), A 4, G (2). Distin- 



Flo. 785. Lanupfula vern (A nut. 

 OFFICIAL. 



Fl<;. 734. '.'"/"/''-' <-hi-iJi-ii'-ii. O, HUN-IT; li, 

 tin- same with calx x remove,) ; <. cnri.lla cut 

 (P[M-H. slmwini: stamens ami style; d, calyx 

 ami -\nai-i-i-iuii: r. fruit. fflciM.. (a, 6, 

 init. sixc : i; <>. < x 2.) 



