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BORAGINE^ 



8. Mertensia. — CaZyx-ifw^^ short, deeply 5-cleft ; corolla funnel- 

 shaped ; stamens long, exserted ; nutlets fleshy. 



9. Myosotis. — Calyx 5-cleft ; corolla salver-shaped, its lobes 

 blunt, twisted when in bud, and its throat nearly closed by blunt 

 scales ; nutlets smooth. 



10. LiTHOSPERMUM. — Culyx deeply 5-cleft; corolla funnel- 

 shaped, its throat naked 

 or with 5 minute scales ; 

 stamens included ; nutlets 

 stony. 



II. EcHiUM. — Calyx 

 deeply 5-cleft ; corolla 

 monosymmetric, sub-cam- 

 panulate, its throat naked ; 

 stamens very long, unequal 

 in lengthy exserted. 



I. Cynoglossum 

 (Hound's - tongue). — 

 Coarse, hairy, herbaceous 

 plants, with small flowers 

 in forked, usually ebracte- 

 ate cymes ; calyx 5-cleft : 

 corolla i)olysymmetric, 



funnel-shaped, its mouth 

 closed by prominent blunt 

 scales ; stamens included ; 

 nutlets covered with hooked 

 bristles ; style rigid, per- 

 sistent. (Name from the 

 Greek gUssa, a tongue, 

 ciinos, of a dog, from the 

 shape and roughness of the 

 leaves.) 



I. C. officinale (Common 

 Hound's - tongue). — A 

 stout, herbaceous plant, 

 I — 2 feet high, with large, 

 downy leaves with adpressed hairs, lurid red-purple -flowers, and 

 large, flattened nutlets, covered with barbed prickles, so as to 

 stick to the wool of animals or the clothes of passers-by as closely 

 as burs. The whole plant has a strong, disagreeable smell, like 

 that of mice. — Waste ground. — Fl. June, July. Biennial. 



2. C.montdnurn (Green-leaved Hound's-tongue). — A more 



cynogl6ssum officinAl6 

 Comtnon Hound's-tongue). 



