508 BORAGINACEAE 
Stems slender, 1 to 3 ft. high. Not hairy or with very few hairs. Leaves 
deeply 5-lobed, the lobes sharp pointed and with coarse sharp teeth, the 
lower leaves with 5- to 7-lobes, feather-formed. Calyx without appendages 
between the sepals. Flowers white or pale purple. Woods. May-Aug. 
3. H. canadense, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 127.) Broap-LEAyED WATER LEAF, 
Stem slender, 1 to 2 ft. high. Leaves nearly round with 5 to 7 acute lobes 
and with coarse teeth. Appendages between the sepals absent. Lower 
side of leaves somewhat downy or hairy. Woods. June-Aug. 
2. ELLISIA, L. (Macrocalyx, Trew.) 
Our species a hairy branching, slender herb, with alternate feather- 
lobed leaves and solitary star-shaped flowers. Calyx equally 5-parted, 
large; the bell-shaped corolla much enlarged in fruit. Appendages be- 
tween sepals absent. Stamens 5, inserted at base of corolla and included 
within it. Capsule 2- to 4-seeded. 
E. Nyctelea, Kuntze. NycreneA. Stem much branched; leaves pin- 
nately divided. Flowers white, solitary; calyx, in flower about 1/6 to 
1/4 in. broad, in fruit about 1 in. or more broad, Capsule globose. Moist 
soil, southern part of our area. April-July. 
3. PHACELIA, Juss. 
Small annual herbs, usually with stiff hairs. Leaves alternate, some- 
times entire, but more frequently deeply cut or lobed. Flowers in coiled 
clusters (cymes). Calyx 5-lobed. Corolla open bell-shaped, tubular or 
funnel-formed. Styles united below, stamens included in the corolla or 
exserted. 
1. P. dubia, (L.) Small. SMALL-rFLowERED PHACELIA. Small branch- 
ing plant, 5 to 12 in. high. Leaves divided into 3 to 5 oblong segments, 
opposite and terminal. Flowers in narrow clusters, the clusters not much 
coiled, blue or white, 5 to 15 in a cluster. Capsule globular, 6- to 12- 
seeded. Moist shady places, New York, and southward. April-June. 
2. P. Purshii, Buckl. (Fig. 3, pl. 127.) Pursu’s PuHacerta. Branch- 
ing, 6 to 18 in. high. Lower leaves on leaf-stalks, narrow, much lobed; 
upper without leaf-stalks less lobed; cluster partly one sided, scarcely 
coiled, with 10 to 20 blue or white open bell flowers with exserted sta- 
mens. Calyx lobes linear, Penna., southward, locally further north. 
April-June. 
Famity V.—BORAGINACEAE. Borace FAMILy 
Herbs, annual, biennial or perennial. Leaves alternate or rarely 
opposite. Flowers, mostly blue, generally in one-sided, curved or 
coiled clusters. Flowers mostly regular, with both stamens and 
pistils, the corolla of one piece forming a tube and a spreading 
border, which is divided into 5 lobes. At the throat of the co- 
rolla often a slight crest. Stamens 5, alternate with corolla lobes 
and inserted at the throat of the corolla or deeper. Pistil 1, sim- 
ple or divided at top. Ovary superior, of 2 rounded pods each 
