BORAGE FAMILY 515 
plant shaggy with long, spreading, loose hairs. Leaves broad lance- 
shaped, acute at apex; corolla tubular, 5-lobed, the lobes sharp pointed 
the points hairy outside. Flowers yellowish-white. Dry fields, woods 
and thickets, Mass., and southward. May-July. 
2. O.virginianum, (L.) DC. (Fig. 10, pl. 128.) VirciInta FALsE 
GRoMWELL. Similar to No. 1, but leaves blunt at apex, and lobes of 
corolla narrow, awl-shaped, very sparingly hairy on outside. Flowers 
yellowish-white. New York, New England and southward. May-July. 
9. SYMPHYTUM, L. 
Coarse hairy perennial herbs, with thick bitter mucilaginous roots, the 
clusters of flowers somewhat one-sided and nodding. Corolla tubular, 
inflated above, the border more or less spreading, the throat closed with 
the 5 very narrow, awl-like scales. Calyx, 5-cleft, the ‘segments narrow. 
Flowers yellow, blue or purple. Stamens 5, inserted on corolla tube, not 
extending beyond tube. Style 1, thread-form. Nutlets 4, smooth. 
S. officinale, L. (Fig. 8, pl. 129.) Comrrey. Whole plant very 
hairy, stem 2 to 3 ft. high. Leaves broad lance-shaped, the lower nearly 
a foot long on narrow leaf-stalk, the upper shorter without leaf-stalk, 
the insertion extending down the stem, forming wings. Flowers in rather 
spreading clusters, yellowish or purplish. Moist places, escaped from gar- 
dens. June-Aug. 
io. BORAGO, L. 
Hairy herbs, with alternate leaves and star-shaped, showy blue flowers 
in loose terminal clusters. Calyx 5-parted, deeply cleft, hairy; corolla 
wheel-shaped, with the 5 acute lobes forming a star, the tube shallow. 
Stamens 5, inserted into tube of corolla, the 5 anthers cohering about the 
pistil. Nutlets 4, smooth. 
B. officinalis, L. (Fig. 1, pl. 129.) Borace. Stem 1 to 2 ft. high; 
leaves oblong to egg-shaped, 2 to 5 in. long without leaf-stalks, mostly 
clasping the stem. Flowers bright blue. Escaped from gardens. June- 
Sept. 
rr, LYCOPSIS, L: 
Bristly herbs, with alternate leaves and small blue flowers. Calyx 
5-parted; corolla somewhat irregular, tubular, the tube curved, the border 
5-lobed; throat closed with scales. Nutlets 4, wrinkled. 
L. arvensis, L. (Fig. 2, pl. 129.) Smartt Buetoss. Stem branched, 
1 to 2 ft. high, covered with stiff hairs. Leaves alternate with stiff hairs, 
lance-shaped or narrowly oblong, obtuse at apex, without leaf-stalks. 
Flowers in a narrow crowded, one-sided coiled spike. Fields and waste 
places, generally in our area. June-Sept. 
12, ECHIUM, L. 
Plants covered with bristly hairs, with alternate leaves and with rather 
large, blue or rarely white, flowers in leafy, more or less one-sided clusters. 
Calyx 5-parted, corolla tubular, spreading at border, 5-toothed or lobed, 
the lobes unequal. Stamens 5, inserted low in corolla tube, unequal in 
