430 XCIV. BORRAGINACES. Ecuium. y 
Sta. 5, inserted into the corolla and alternate with its lobes. 
Ova. deeply 4-lobed, the style arising from the base of the lobes. 
Fr.—Nuts or achenia 4, distinct, 1-seeded. Seeds without albumen. 
Embryo with a superior radicle. Cotyledons plano-convex. 
Genera 53, species 600? very abundant in the south of Europe and middle of Asia, becoming rare as we 
approach the arctic circle. All our native species are herbaceous. 
Properties.—Mucilaginous and emollient plants, never poisonous. 
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FIG. 52.—1. Borrago officinalis. 2. A petal with its appendage at base, and anthers produced at apex. 
3. Calyx with the 4 achenia and style. 4. Vertical section of one of the achenia, showing the seed, em- 
bryo and albumen. 5. Plan of the flower. "6. Lithospermum (Batschia) canescens. 7. Corolla laidopen, 
showing the stamens inserted.on the tube. 
Conspectus of the Genera. 
arrerdlar,¢).3* > 6 oh Petey ih Wi De) 2) 1 
Corolla rotate, blue. .  «. Borrago. 2 
Corolla campanulate. .. . Symphytum. 3 
excavated | Cor. funnel or ; tube straight. Anchusa. 4 
at base. (salver-form, ?tubetwice bent. Lycopsis. 5 
‘ Lvs. rough. Onosmodium. 6 
dilated. ? Lvs. smooth. Mertensia. 9 
: Cor. throat 4 nar- ie erect. . Pulmonaria. 10 
not ex-}) openand (row. ?lobesspreading.Lithospernmum. 7 
Ach. free, | cavate } Cor. closed S yellow, large. . . Pentalophus. 8 
( Ovary unarmed, Latbase. lat throat, ¢@white, small. .  . Myosotis. ll 
{ deeply : 3 : ; Corolla salver-form. . Echinospermwm.12 
4-parted. | Achenia echinate, cohering. ?¢ Corolla funnel-form. . Cynoglosswm. 13 
Corblla (regular. | Ovary entire (partible in fruit) bearing the style at the top. . Heliotropium» 14 
TrizeEl. BORRAGEX.—Ovary consisting of two bipartible (rarely 2-celled) 
carpels. Style arising from the base between the segments of the ovary. 
Fruit deeply 4-(rarely 2-)parted. Seeds without albumen. 
1 ECHIUM. Buek. 
Gr. EV tS, aviper; from the spotted stem of some species. 
Calyx 5-parted, segments subulate, erect ; corolla campanulate, ob- 
liquely and unequally lobed, with a short tube and naked orifice ; 
stigma cleft; achenia tuberculate, imperforate—Herbs or shrubs. 
Fils. irregular, in spicate, panicled racemes. Cor. cyanae. 
E. vutGare. Viper’s Bugloss. 
St. herbaceous, rough with bristles and tubercles; cauline lvs. lanceolate, 
and rough with bristles; spikes lateral, hairy, deflected—@ A rough plant, with 
large, handsome, violet-colored flowers, found in fields and waste grounds, N 
States. Stem 18—20’ high, round, with entire, dull green leaves, which are 
2—6' long, and } as wide, lower ones petiolate, ts i ones amplexicaul. Flow- 
ers in numerous, crowded, axillary, recurved spikes, appearing in June and 
July. § ; 
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