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BORAGINACEAE. 

 Vviyj;;? I. Borago officinalis L,. 



[Vol. III. 

 Borage. 



(Fig. 3054.) 

 Borago officinalis L. Sp. PI. 137 



'75.'!- 



Stem erect, branched, i°-2>^° high, the 

 branches spreading or ascending. Leaves 

 oblong to obovatc, acute or obtuse at the 

 apex, 2'-5' long, narrowed into margined 

 petioles, or the upper smaller, ovate-lanceo- 

 late, sessile or partly clasping; flowers 8"- 

 10" broad, pedicels rather stout, \\i'-2' 

 long, spreading or recurving; calyx-seg- 

 ments lanceolate, nearly erect in fruit; 

 corolla bright blue, the lobes ovate-lanceo- 

 late; the cone of anthers darker, about 3" 

 long; nutlets 2" high. 



In waste places, escaped from gardens. Nova 

 Scotia to O.itario and Pennsylvania. Native of 

 southern Europe. June-Sept. 



15. LYCOPSIS L. Sp. PI. 138. 1753. 



Annual bristly-hispid branched erect or diffuse herbs, with alternate leaves, and small 

 blue or bluish flowers, in dense leafy-bracted terminal spike-like scorpioid racemes. Calyx 

 5-parted. Corolla slightly irregular, salverform, the tube curved, the limb somewhat un- 

 ■cqually 5-Iobed, the lobes obtuse, imbricated, the throat closed by hispid scales. Stamens 

 5, included, inserted on the tube of the corolla; filaments short; anthers obtuse at each end. 

 Ovary 4-dividcd; style filiform. Nutlets 4, wrinkled, erect, attached by their bases to the 

 flat receptacle, the scar of attachment concave. [Greek, wolf- face.] 



About 4 species, natives of the Old World. 



I. Lycopsis arvensis L. Small 

 Bugloss. (Fig. 3055.) 



Lycopsis arvensis L. Sp. PI. 139. 1753- 



Stem erect or ascending, at length divergeuth- 

 or diffusely branched, l°-2° high, the branches 

 becoming procumbent. Leaves lanceolate, nar- 

 rowly oblong or the lower oblanceolate, obtuse, 

 i'-2' long, undulate or dentate, sessile, or the 

 lower narrowed into petioles, the upper much 

 smaller and acute or acutish; flowers numerous, 

 crowded, 2"-3" broad, very short-pedicelled; 

 calyx-segments lanceolate, acute, nearly as long 

 as the curved corolla-tube; nutlets shorter than 

 the calyx. 



In fields and waste places, Nova Scotia to Onta- 

 rio, Pennsylvania and Virginia. Naturalized or 

 adventive from Europe. Native also of Asia. June- 

 Sept. 



16. ECHIUM L. Sp. PI. 139. 1753. 



Biennial or perennial mostly bristl3-hirsute branching herbs, with alternate leaves, and 

 rather large blue violet or rarely white flowers, in leafy-bracted scorpioid spikes. Calyx 

 5-parted, the segments narrow. Corolla tubular-funnelform, irregular, the limb unequally 

 5-lobed, the lobes rounded, spreading, the throat not appendaged. Stamens 5, inserted low 

 down on the tube of the corolla, unequal, at least the longer ones esserted; filaments slen- 

 der, dilated at the base; anthers ovate or oblong. Ovary 4divided; style filiform, 2-cleft at 

 the summit. Nutlets 4, erect, ovoid, rugose, attached b)' their bases to the flat receptacle, 

 the scar of attachment not concave. [Greek, a viper.] 



About 30 species, natives of the Old World. 



