560 Order 90.— BORRAGINACE^E. 



1 B. officinalis L. Lvs. ovate, alternate, the lower ones petiolate ; eal. spread- 

 ing ; ped. terminal, many-flowered ; filaments included. — (J) A common inhabitant 

 of the garden. Tho whole plant is rough with short, bristly hairs, erect, 2f high, 

 with terminal clusters of handsome, sky-blue flowers during summer. It was 

 formerly in high repute as a cordial. The young leaves form a good salad and 

 pot-herb. % Eur. 



2 B. orientalis. Lvs. cordate, petiolate ; ped. many-flowered : fil. cxserted, vil- 

 lous. — (J) An ornamental garden plant, E. Eur. Stem and leaves hairy. Flowera 

 blue, appearing in the spring months. % (Psilostemon DC.) 



6- SYM'PHYTUM, Tourn. Comfrey. (Gr. ovpfivoig, a joining or 

 healing; from its reputation for healing wounds.) Calyx 5-partcd ; 

 corolla tubular-campanulate, orifice closed with 5, subulate scales, con- 

 verging into a cone ; achenia smooth, ovoid fixed by an excavated base. 

 — U Oriental herbs. 



S. officinale L. Hairy, branching above ; lvs. extensively decurrent, tho lower 

 and radical petiolate, ovate-lanceolate, upper and floral lanceolate ; sep. lanceolate, 

 acuminate; cor. limb with 5-recurved teeth. — A large, coarse-looking mucilagi- 

 nous plant, in gardens and low grounds, Mid. States. Whole plant rough with 

 dense hairs. Stem 3 — If high, winged by the decurreut leaves, bearing terminal, 

 icvolute racemes. Corollas white, pink and red, appearing all summer. \ § 



7. LYCOP SIS, L. Wild Bugloss. (Gr. Xvkxx;, a wolf, and di/>, the 

 eye ; name suggested by the small blue flowers.) Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla 

 runnel-form, tube incurved, orifice closed with ovate, converging scales; 

 achenia perforated at base, ovcid, angular. — Q Distinguished mainly 

 by the curved corolla tube. 



L. arvensis L. Plant hispid ; lvs. lanceolate, repand-denticulate ; rac. leafy ; fls. 

 sessile ; cal. shorter than the curved tube of tho corolla. — A very hispid, almost 

 bristly plant, in fields and roadsides, N. States, probably introduced. Stem erect, 

 branching, roundish, about a foot high. Leaves 5 or 6 times as long as wide, th« 

 margin irregularly and slightly toothed. Fis. small. Calyx erect. Corolla sky- 

 blue with white scales within. June, July. § S. Eur. 



8. ONOSRiO'DIUM, Mx. (From Onosma, another genus of this order, 

 and eldoc;, appearance.) Calyx deeply 5-parted, with linear segments ; 

 corolla cylindrical, having a ventricous, half 5-cleft limb, with the seg- 

 ments converging and the orifice open ; anthers sessile, sagittate, in- 

 cluded ; style much exserted ; achenia imperforate, whitish, shining. — 

 U North American. Rac. terminal, subspicate, one-sided. Fls. white. 



1 O. Viiginicum Alph. DC. Clothed with appressod, stiff bristles from a tuber- 

 cular base ; lvs. oblong, sessile, entire, acute or rather obtuse, b-veined, cal very 

 bristly, lobes lance-linear; cor. hispid or nearly smooth, a third longer than the 

 calyx, the segm. lance-subulate; aath. strongly sagittate. — Dry soils, N. Eng. to Fla. 

 and La. Plant mostly erect, 15 to 30' high, branching, very rough. Lvs. varia- 

 ble, 15 to 30 7 by 5 to 9". Floral lvs. bractlike. Cor. 4 to 5'' long. Jn. — Aug. 

 (0. hispidum Mx.) 



2 O. Caroliniamim DC. Tall, clothed with long spreading, rusty-white, bristly 

 hairs tubercled at base; lvs. lance-oblong, sessile, entire, T-veined, acute, gradually 

 diminished upwards; fls. shaggy, Iristhj ; cal. lobes lance-oblong; cor. near twico 

 longer, limb dilated, segm. ovate, cbtusish; anth. linear-oblong, cells scarcely di- 

 verging at base. — By streams, W. N. Y. to Wis., La. and Ga. St. hollow, 2 to 

 4f high, branched. Lvs. 2 to 3' or more long, near 1' wide. Cor. 5 to 6". Acb. 

 large, white. May — Jl. Varies in leaves and hairiness. 



jS. jiolle. Bristles short, appressed, and on the lower surface of the ohlong-ovaU 

 lvs. soft downy, except the 7 prominent, bristly veins. — Plant smaller. Lva 

 approaching to ovate, acute or obtuse. (0. mollo Mx.) — Chiefly S. Western, 



