BORAGINACGJG. 386 CTNOULOSSUM. 



ORDER XC V. BOR AG I NACE^. Tht Borage Tribe. 



Cal. — Sepals 5, regular, more or less united ai base, persistent. [estivation. 



Cor. — Petals 5, regular (very rarely irregular), united at base, hypogyuous, imbricate ia 

 Sta. — 5, inserted into the corolla and alternate with its lobes. 

 Ova. — Deeply 4-lobed, the style arising from the base oflhe lobes. 

 Fr. — Nuts or achenia 4, distinct, 1-seeded. Seeds without albumen. 

 Embryo with a superior radicle. Cotyledons plano-convex. 



Herbs or sometimes shrubby plants, with round stems and alternate, rough leaves. 

 Stipules 0. Flowers of the cyanic series, rarely yellow, us dally in one-sided racemes 

 which are at first revolute, evolving as the corollas expand. The species are very abun- 

 dant ill the south of Europe and the middle of Asia, but become rare as we approach ihe 

 arctic circle. All our native species are herbaceous. 



Properties. Mucilaginous and emollient plants, never poisonous. 



Conspectus of the genera. 



g ( imperforate. Symphitum. 12 



"T ( Acli. glabrous. | perf'ate at base. Anc/iusa. 10 



% ( tube straight. | Ach. cloth'd with hook'd bristles Cyjwglossum. 2 



•^ ("orifice closed, ( lube incurved. Plant very hirsute-bristly. . Lycopsis. 9 



1 Flowers small. Lithnspemmm. 7 



I Stamens ( Style short .. | Flowers large. Pvtmunaria. S 



I included. . . . | Style much exsened. . . Onnsiywdiutn. 5 



[orifice open. .( Stamens exserted. Corolla irregular. . ErMum. 4 



( orifice i Ach. smooth & shining. Myn^otis. 11 



il < closed. ( Achenia bristly. . ErJiinospermum. 3 



13 ( not yellow, . (orifice open or naked. . . Hcliotrophmi. 13 



g salver-form, ....( yellow, limb in 5, rounded segments. . . Batsckia. 6 



U [rotate, with acute segments. Stamens converging. . . . Borago. 1 



1. BORA'GO. 

 Cal}X 5-paited ; corolla rotate, with acute segments ; orifice 

 crowneJ ; filaments converging; achenia rounded, impertor- 

 ate at base, inserted lengthwise into an excavated receptacle. 



Said to be corrupted from cor, heart, and ago, to affect; on account of its 

 corrfia/ qualities. None of the species native. 



1. B. OFFICINA'LIS. — ieaves ovate, alternate, the lower ones pptiolate; 

 calyx spreading; peduncles terminal, many-flowered. Native of England, 

 and with us a common inhabitant of the gurden. The whole plant is rough 

 with short, bristly hairs, erect, :} feet high, with terminal clusters of hand- 

 some, sky-blue flowers during summer, it was formerly in high repute as a 

 cordial. The young leaves form a good salad and pot-herb. Ann. 



Common Borage. 



2. B, ORIENTA'LTS. — Lcarei cordate, petiolate ; peduncles many-flow- 

 ered ; stamens exserted, villous. An oinamental garden plant, native of 

 Turkey. Stem and leaves hairy. Flowers blue, appearing in the spring 

 months. Ann. Oriental Borage. 



2. CYNOGLO'SSUM. 

 Calyx 5-parted ; corolla short, infiindibuliform, vaulted; 

 orifice closed by 5 converging, convex scales; achenia de- 

 pressed, fixed laterally to the style. 



Gr. fc'jcav, a dog, and y\ocro-a, tongue ; from the form of the long, soft leaves. 

 Fls. blue and red. Cor. a little longer than cal. Fil, short. Style rather 

 long, subulate, central. Stig. small, emarginate. 



1. C. officina'le. 



Silky-pubescent ; leaves lanceolate, acute, radical ones alternate at the base, 

 petiolate, cauline ones sessile; stamens shorter than corolla. An erect, 



