oo'2 EOnnAGINACr-E. (nORACK FAMILY.) 



* * Perennials : tiutlets smooth, while.. 



2. L. tuberosum, Rugel. Hispid with scattered vi^id liairs ; stem erect, 

 brandling iiliovc ; leaves somewhat 3-nervcd ; radical ones large (4' -C' long), 

 obovate-olilong, nan'owcd into a petiole, dotted with wliite jil ovc ; the middle ones 

 oblong, sessile; the floral ones (1' long) elliptical ; calyx-lobes linear, ns long as 

 the tube of the small yellowish-white corolla, and twice as long as tlic mostly 

 solitary polislicd nutlet. — Eocky banks of the Apalacliicola and Cliipohi Tvivcrs, 

 Florida. !March and April. — Plant 6' -10' higli, increasing in fruit to 2" or 

 more. Ivoots bearing oblong tubers. 



3. L. hirtum, Lcbm. Hispid with rigid glossy hairs ; stem mostly sim- 

 ple, erect ; k-uvcs linear-lanceolate, obtuse, sessile ; the lowest scale-like ; the 

 floral ones ovatc-lanccolatc ; corolla large, j-cllow; the tube hairy at tlie base 

 within, rather longer than the linear calyx-lobes ; nutlets ovate, i)olishcd. 

 (Batschia Gmelini, Michr.) — Dry pine barrens, Florida to South Carolina. 

 April and May. — Stem 1°-1^° high. Leaves l'-2' long. Corolla C"-8" 

 long. 



4. L. canesccns, Lehm. Stem villous, erect, nearly simple ; leaves lan- 

 ceolate, sessile, obtuse, somewhat silky with apprc'sscd glossy hairs; the lowest 

 small and scale-like; corolla lai-gc, j-ellow; the tube 2-3 times as long as the 

 calyx. — Dry soil in the upper districts. April and May. — Stem C- 12' high. 

 Corolla smaller than in the preceding. 



9. MERTENSIA, Rotli. 



Calyx ."i-parted. Corolla funnel-shaped, 5-lobcd, naked, or wiih 5 folds in the 

 throat. Stamens partly cxserted. Style filiform. Nutlets somewhat fleshy, not 

 flattened at t!ic base. — Smooth or soft hairy perennial herbs, with entire leaves, 

 and showy purplish-blue flowers ia corymbed or panicled racemes, the upper 

 ones brad less. 



1. M. Virginica, DC. Smooth; stem erect, simjdc ; leaves membrana- 

 ceous, elliptical or obovatc-oblong, the lower ones narrowed into a petiole ; 

 racemes coiymbose ; corolla large, naked and expanding at the throat, slightly 

 lobed ; the tube 4 times as long as the calyx, villous at the base within; fila- 

 ments longer than the anthers. (Pulmonaria Virginica, L.) — River-banks and 

 along mountain streams, South Carolina to Tennessee, and northward. May. — 

 8tcm lo-2°liigh. Leaves 2'-3' or the lowest 4'-G' long. Corolla 1' long, 

 sometimes wliite. 



10. MYOSOTIS, L. FoncicT Mi:-NOT. 



Calyx .") cleft. Corolla salvcr-fonn, 5-lobcd, convolute in the bud ; the ttibo 

 as long as the calyx, with 5 obtuse appendages in the throat. Stamens very 

 short, iii(lude<l. Xutlels 4, elli|)lical, compressed, smooth, with a mimito scar 

 at the ba'^e — Low liairv herbs, with entire ultcrnatc leave;, mid small white or 

 blue flowers in terminal brat-tless nicemcs. 



