BORRAGINACEJE. (BORAGE FAMILY.) 331 
6. ECHIUM, Tourn. 
Calyx 5-parted. Corolla funnel-form, unequally 5-lobed, naked at the throat. 
Stamens 5, unequal, mostly exserted. Style filiform. Nutlets 4, closed at the 
base, uneven or rough. — Herbs, with alternate leaves, and blue or purple flow- 
ers in spiked often panicled racemes. . 
M SR vulgare, L. Hispid with bristly spreading hairs; stem simple, 
erect (19 — 2° high); leaves linear-lanceolate, sessile ; flowers large, in short 
axillary racemose spikes; corolla purple, pubescent, twice as long as the 
lanceolate calyx-teeth, shorter than the stamens and style. — Fields, North 
Carolina. Introduced, June- Aug. (9) 
` 7. ONOSMODIUM, Michx. 
Calyx 5-parted, the lobes linear and acute. Corolla ovate-tubular, naked in 
the throat, with five acute, connivent lobes. Anthers nearly sessile, sagittate, 
included. Ovary 4-parted. Style smooth, exserted. Nutlets 1— 4, ovoid, shin- 
ing. — Erect hispid herbs, with entire somewhat ribbed sessile leaves, and green- 
ish flowers in a terminal bracted raceme or spike. 
1. O. Carolinianum, DC. Rough with spreading white rigid hairs; 
stem stout, branched ; leaves oblong-ovate ; lobes of the corolla ovate, hairy ; 
anthers oblong ; calyx-lobes scarcely twice as long as the dull white nutlets.— - 
Dry soil in the upper districts. June. l— Stem 3°-4° high. Leaves 2/~3! 
Racemes leafy. ; 
2. O. Virginianum, DC. Rough with appressed bristly hairs; stem 
slender, sparingly branched ; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, obtuse or 
acute ; lobes of the corolla lanceolate-subulate, bristly ; calyx-lobes 3 —4 times as 
long as the white polished nutlets. (O. hispidum, Michx.) — Dry pine barrens, 
Florida, and northward. May and June. 1}— Stem 19-29 high. Leaves 2! 
Corolla twice as long as the calyx. Racemes leafy. 
8. LITHOSPERMUM, L. Gzowwrrr. 
Calyx 5-parted, the lobes equal. Corolla funnel or salver form, obtusely 
Slobed, smooth, gibbous or hairy in the throat. Anthers oblong, nearly sessile, - 
Meluded. Stigma capitate, somewhat 2-lobed. Nutlets 1-4, ovate, stony, 
truncate at the base. — Chiefly rough-hairy herbs, with red roots, alternate entire 
ves, and variously colored flowers in leafy-bracted racemes or spikes. 
* Annual: nutlets roughened. | 
l. L. arvense, L. Rough with appressed hairs; stem nearly simple, or 
branched from the base; leaves lanceolate ; the upper ones sessile and acute, the —— 
Obtuse, tapering at the base; flowers scattered ; corolla yellowish-white, — 
. “ont as long as the linear-subulate lobes of the calyx; nutlets 4. — Cultivated 
