POPULAR FLORA. 



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i. Narrotv'-lkaved S. Jlinutely lionry or downy, slender, !<* or 2° liigli; leaves Inncc-oblonj^ or 

 linear, entire; raceme short, as in the foregoing. K. and S. S. iiiie(jri Julia. 



* *- * Flowers single, in the axils of the leaves. 



5. DwAKi' S. 3Iinutely downy, 3' to G'high; leaves round-ovato or the upper lance-ovate, entire, 



2' long. Dry or sandy banks of rivers, (Sec. S. parvula. 



6. Slendku S. Slender, 1° or 2° high; leaves lance-ovate, serrate, with a roundish or slightly heart- 



shaped base, sessile; flowers s' long. Wet woods. S. (jaltricuUUa. 



64. BOBHAGE FAMILY. Order BORRAGINACEiE. 



Herbs with alternate entire leaves, not aromatie, commonly rough : the flowers regular, 

 with a 5-leaved calyx, 5-Iobed corolla, 5 stamens on the tube, one style, and a 4-Iobed 



ovary, making 4 akenes. 

 Flowers generally in one- 

 sided raceme-like clusters, 

 coiled up at the tip, and 

 unfolding as the blossoms 

 expand. Inno:^-cnt mucila- 

 ginous and slightly bitter 

 plants, the roots of some 

 species yielding a red dye. 



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^•55. Ernnch orFor?»>tmc-not, in f'ower. 



416. Tlie cjioll.i Kud open, wall ilie 

 etameiis. mauiiliel 



447. Tilt: pisiil with its 4-lobe(l ovary ; 

 calyx, &c. cui "dw.iv. 



44^. 'J" wo of llie ripe akenes in (lis 

 cnlyx ; the nvo sepils in\v,i,ils llie eya 

 anl two ol llie iikeiifs iftiiovi'd. 



449. Akene cut th:Mujrli li^njjihwise, 

 m.iq;-nifiei| ; ihewlmle kernel eiiibiyu. 



4.50. Klowcii ol' Coinl':ey. 



451. Corolla i:nl.\rz't'l, hiiil npen, shnw- 

 lag the sli^rp scales inside, uiid the stamens. 



* Ovary 4-parted, making 4 akenes around the base of the style. 



Akenes or lobes erect, fixed by the lower end, separate from the style, not prickly. 



Corolla somewhat irregular (the lobes rather unequal), funnel-shaped (blue or purple). 



Its throat naked and open : stamens protruding, rather unequal, {L'duum) ^'Il'^;u^s-BuGt,oss. 

 Its throat closed by 5 blunt scales; tube curved: stamens included, {Lycopsis) Bugloss. 



Corolla, &c. perfectly regular. 



Its throat closed by 5 converging scales, one before each lobe. 



Corolla wheel-shaped; its lobes acute. Plant rough-bristly, {Borrago) *Borrage. 



Corolla tubular and somewhat funnel-shaped, 5-toothed, {Symphytum) Comfkey. 



Its throat open, naked or with 5 small projections. Akenes mostly stony. 



Lobes of the tubular corolla acute and erect, ( Onosmbdium) False-Guomwell. 



Lobes of the trumpet-shaped corolla spreading, rounded, short. Akenes 



fleshy. Plant very smooth, {Martciisia) Luxe wort. 



